soviet cruiser russian red light cruiser laid imperial_russian_navy lead ship class built russo baltic yard estonia launched hull evacuated germans approached port late laid incomplete russian revolution ship completed soviets world war supported soviet troops siege siege winter awarded guards title june ship reclassified training ship november scrapped july service history towed november complete soviets expected commission laid incomplete russian civil war wasn november work renamed russian february completed october return dockyard remedy numerous problems wasn commissioned july completed nearly original design modified handle aircraft adding cranes middle funnel parking area built central rear funnels catapult fitted original internal torpedo tubes replaced triple millimetre torpedo tubes mounted deck rear funnel original caliber inch anti aircraft guns replaced caliber inch guns initially based baltic transferred arriving january battleship extensively overhauled late 1930s aircraft equipment removed fitted new fire control equipment ship given italian twin gun caliber millimetre anti aircraft mounts placed forecastle forward pattern gun quarterdeck single mounts semi automatic millimetre gun fitted seven millimetre machine guns point exchanged guns single mounts naval version automatic air defense gun renamed october world war provided gunfire support soviet forces defending escorted convoys bringing month september transported battalions 3rd marine regiment successful amphibious assault romanian lines destroy romanian coastal batteries near escorted convoys october evacuated siege ship provided gunfire support evacuated cut troops brought reinforcements ports helped transport december december bombarding german position interim sailed harbor december disembarked reinforcements provided gunfire support soviet troops ashore hit times axis artillery mortar fire retaliation january landed bulk reinforced troops january following months brought reinforcements garrison evacuated wounded bombarding german positions route mission june germans launched attack force city surrender july awarded guards title june recognition performance destroyer evacuated men august regiment 32nd guards rifle division august men tons supplies august september destroyers ferried regiments 3rd naval rifle brigade october half sister destroyers ferried men 8th 9th 10th guards infantry brigades reinforce defenses destroyers number transported 9th december night february soviets series amphibious landings west german lines destroyers provided fire support main landing soviet troops wiped february secondary landing successful loss destroyers attempting german evacuation october caused deployment large naval units express permission meant end active participation war post war career ship reclassified training ship redesignated experimental ship reclassified march floating barracks scrapped july
Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym