soviet cruiser russian red cruiser began construction world war incomplete russian revolution design heavily modified soviets completed world war supported soviet troops siege siege winter awarded guards title april reclassified training ship target service history laid october dockyard admiral imperial_russian_navy cruiser class launched june construction abandoned october revolution ship complete second half engaged completion ship january ship formally renamed captured shortly afterward hull relatively undamaged soviets decided finish ship modified design renamed december completed modernized design commissioned january initially intended accommodate inch guns twin turrets impossible given small lightly constructed hull twin turrets mounting new caliber gun development proved soviets settle single gun turrets end superstructure massively revised fit turrets original millimeter pattern guns removed completed secondary armament caliber guns mounted funnels original internal torpedo tubes replaced triple millimetre torpedo mounts mounted main deck forecastle break given aircraft handling crane catapult wasn installed aft rear funnel catapult imported germany fitted rails capacity mines light cruiser collided shortly commissioning badly damaged bow extensively rebuilt increased overall length metres port visits turkey greece italy refitted probably catapult removed anti aircraft armament greatly increased guns exchanged italian twin gun caliber mounts received single mounts semi automatic fitted machine guns single mounts guns fitted quarterdeck aft main gun turret guns received earlier sources unclear repair late landed aft pair torpedo tubes received mounts salvaged sunken cruiser single mounts naval version gun fitted carrying quadruple vickers machine gun iii mount superfiring main gun turrets cannon world war company cruisers number destroyers laid defensive barrage protecting base june provided gunfire support soviet forces defending escorted convoys bringing month september transported battalion 3rd marine regiment successful amphibious assault romanian lines destroy romanian coastal batteries near escorted convoys october evacuated escorted final evacuation convoy night october siege provided gunfire support evacuated cut troops brought reinforcements ports helped transport december december bombarding german positions interim operation sailed harbor december disembarked reinforcements provided gunfire support soviet troops ashore hit seventeen times axis artillery mortar fire retaliation january ferried supplies reinforcements soviet return voyage severely damaged german dive bombers near misses close stern damaged steering left propeller shaft blew propeller holes stern flooding caused draft increase metres escorted destroyer permanent repairs took october opportunity taken reinforce anti aircraft armament awarded guards title april recognition performance october half sister destroyers ferried men 8th 9th 10th guards reinforce defenses 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 history little known activities end war redesignated training ship sunk target ship missiles november
Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Kavkaz