soviet cruiser russian class cruiser served world war cold war bombarded german troops siege badly damaged november german bombers return repairs march supported soviet troops siege amphibious landings end january active participation war ended october destroyers lost air attack missions large ships permission postwar converted missile test ship sold scrap description meters long beam meters draft meters displaced metric tons long tons standard load metric tons long tons load steam turbines proved powerful anticipated producing total shaft horsepower achieve ship designed speed knots sea trials reaching knots mph despite metric tons long tons overweight carried millimeter caliber guns electrically powered triple turrets secondary armament consisted single millimeter caliber anti aircraft guns fitted rear funnel ship light guns consisted semi automatic millimeter guns millimeter machine guns millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple wartime modifications war broke equipped radars received number british radars type type radars main battery fire control type air search anti aircraft fire control provided type radars service laid south shipyard october second project use industrial designation class cruisers launched june wait soviet built machinery delivered completed june june covered soviet destroyers bombarding germans attacked soviet_union slightly damaged exploded destroyer bombarded axis troops near september shells transferred shortly november ship bombed harbor bombers hit twice hit started fire magazine extinguished water flooding second hit towed repairs lasted february shelled axis positions near march april damaged fragments bombs april return minor repairs provided fire support soviet troops turbines broke helping transfer 9th required repairs lasting july november damaged nearby explosions bombarding shells managed return power repairs completed assisted soviet forces landing german lines shells end january february ship transferred withdrawn active operations loss destroyers attempting german evacuation air attack october loss caused deployment large naval units express permission granted rest war ship transferred august november awarded order red banner july postwar inspected found unsatisfactory given routine began postwar modernization april navy scope work deemed insufficient create fully modern ship unlike half sister selected conversion missile development project february conversion process prolonged armament removed received entirely new superstructure masts consequently recommissioned december ship modernized october december final conversion floating barracks october redesignated sold scrapping march ton propeller ton stop anchor display
Soviet cruiser Voroshilov