soviet cruiser russian project class cruiser built world war built siberia components shipped european russia saw action war served cold war post war career uneventful disarmed converted floating barracks sold scrap description long waterline long overall beam draft displaced tonnes long tons standard load tonnes long tons load geared steam turbines produced total shaft horsepower trials fell somewhat short designed speed knots mph reaching knots mph trials tonnes long tons overweight ship normally carried tonnes long tons fuel oil tonnes long tons load tonnes long tons gave endurance nautical miles knots mph fuel carried caliber guns electrically powered triple turrets turrets small designed fit limited hull space available cramped rate fire lower designed rounds minute instead guns mounted single cradle minimize space close shot high muzzle blast adjacent barrels affected gun unlike half sisters built european russia secondary armament initially consisted single caliber anti aircraft guns mounted rear funnel guns originally intended run production problems guns stop gap army anti aircraft gun mount production replaced guns light guns initially consisted semi automatic guns rounds gun fully automatic guns thousand rounds gun machine guns rounds gun significantly increased war exchanged guns additional guns light anti aircraft armament consisted powered mounts millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple received system soviets called experimental soviet system built lacked radars equipped british american radars soviet designed systems british type american radar air search soviet radars main battery fire control anti aircraft fire control provided british type radars service project cruisers pair class cruisers larger powerful anti aircraft armament half sisters assembled newly constructed components built shipyard south laid august launched drydock completed december towed construction prolonged late deliveries western factories example propellers shipped surrounded germans propeller shafts removed factory destroyed germans commissioned ordered prepare transfer soviet northern fleet april extensive preparations voyage included installation special propellers blades strengthening hull withstand ice pressure transfer canceled explanation june alterations remained place remained inactive soviet invasion hosted russian visit october demonstrated main guns aboard spent post war period routine training missions placed reserve reactivated december disarmed converted floating barracks february finally sold scrap april
Soviet cruiser Kalinin