soviet cruiser russian class cruiser served winter war world war cold war attempted bombard finnish coast defense guns action winter war driven number near misses damaged led evacuation end august blockaded provide gunfire support siege bombarded finnish positions offensive played war reclassified training cruiser august sold scrap february description metres long beam metres draft metres displaced tonnes long tons standard load tonnes long tons load steam turbines produced total shaft horsepower reached knots mph trials carried millimeter caliber guns electrically powered triple turrets secondary armament consisted single millimeter caliber anti aircraft guns fitted rear funnel light guns consisted semi automatic millimeter guns millimeter machine guns millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple wartime modifications exchanged guns fully automatic millimeter guns thousand rounds gun extra machine guns quadruple vickers machine gun iii mount lacked radar war broke equipped british models type air search type type radars main battery fire control anti aircraft fire control provided type radars post war refit completely overhauled secondary armament upgraded electrically powered fully automated fire control system replaced system stabilized directors light guns replaced twin gun water cooled mounts radars replaced soviet systems surface search air search surface gunnery anti aircraft gunnery radars anti submarine weapons torpedo launchers aircraft equipment boat cranes removed expensive half cost new class cruiser deemed success allowed serve decades service laid yard october launched november completed september commissioned autumn worked early sailed october soviet_union began occupy continuing following day world war winter war escorted destroyers attempted bombard finnish coast defense guns kilometres south november fired rounds damaged number near misses return soviet naval base repairs remained rest winter war repair october based near time german attack soviet_union june trapped rapid enemy advance supported sorties soviet destroyers western half evenings june loading fuel ammunition reduce draft passed shallow moon sound channel island mainland great difficulty managed reach end june provided gunfire support defense served flagship evacuation fleet end august rest war blockaded axis minefields provide gunfire support defenders siege damaged number german air artillery attacks seriously april hit bombs centimeter shell damaged guns aft funnel mainmast killed sailors wounded repairs took months catapult removed lighter pole mainmast fitted anti aircraft armament increased liberated early remained took war provide gunfire support soviet offensive mid post war damaged german magnetic leaving october repair december refitted november april machinery completely overhauled radars fire control systems anti aircraft guns replaced latest soviet systems participated fleet maneuvers north_sea january reclassified training cruiser regularly visiting poland august sold scrap february decommissioned gun turrets installed saint_petersburg monument
Soviet cruiser Kirov