soviet cruiser russian class cruiser served world war cold war supported soviet troops siege amphibious landings end january ship extensively modernized renamed russian glory fell favour reclassified training ship sold scrap description sister heavier armor slightly improved class cruisers designated meters long waterline meters long overall beam meters draft meters displaced metric tons long tons standard load metric tons long tons load steam turbines produced total shaft horsepower sea trials reaching maximum speed knots mph shy designed speed knots mainly overweight metric tons long tons normally carried metric tons long tons fuel oil metric tons long tons load metric tons long tons gave range nautical miles knots mph carried millimeter calibre guns electrically powered triple turrets secondary armament consisted single millimeter calibre anti aircraft guns fitted rear funnel light guns consisted semi automatic millimeter guns millimeter machine guns millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple soviet ship carry radar air warning system entire war soviet designed gunnery radar systems added wartime modifications semi automatic guns replaced fully automatic millimeter guns thousand rounds gun extra machine guns aircraft catapult removed room light guns improved catapult fitted successfully test launched fighter concept abandoned catapult removed world war laid south january launched december completed june ship radar remained initial period provide air warning advance german troops late october forced transfer continued provide air warning ship bombard german troops near nearly shells november returning helped carry december loading troops december stern damaged german artillery shelled axis positions retaliation firing shells ship evacuated wounded departure december reprised role transport week january bow damaged heavy storm thrown january ship spent month repair bow straightened damage reduced speed knots number bombardment sorties support soviet troops peninsula march returned permanent repairs june transported men german positions unloading evacuated wounded women children departed june ship returned carrying reinforcements company ships bombarded german positions evacuated wounded refugees august returning bombardment mission near metres stern blown torpedo bombers acting concert italian torpedo boats damage reduced speed knots mph steered engines repair july stern incomplete class cruiser rudder incomplete cruiser steering gear cruiser steering submarine loss destroyers german air attack october resulted order forbade deployment large naval units express permission meant end active participation war postwar career refitted november repair wartime damage suffered fire shell handling room october extinguished flooding magazine handling room cost dead wounded ship served test bed radars intended class cruisers late 1940s postwar modernization began lasted january modernization received radar suite composed air search surface search main armament gunnery anti aircraft gunnery light anti aircraft guns replaced twin gun water cooled mounts guns fully powered anti aircraft fire control system replaced stabilized directors addition lost torpedo tubes anti submarine weapons boat cranes remaining aircraft equipment cost million half quarters cost new class cruiser october ship participated rescue efforts explosion sank italian battleship men lost battleship capsized hours explosion renamed august government unsuccessful coup year reclassified training cruiser august deployed mediterranean june soviet support syria day war returned mediterranean september december ship assisted class destroyer collision aircraft carrier november sold scrap april
Soviet cruiser Molotov