soviet cruiser russian class cruiser saw action world war continued service cold war ship bow blown opening stages repairs repaired ship trapped harbour war axis minefields despite trapped active engagements ship provided gunfire support defenders siege later bombarded finnish positions offensive saw action world war major modernization begun navy cost effectiveness refit work cancelled sold scrap description 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 propelled ship maximum speed knots mph barely short designed speed knots tonnes long tons overweight normally carried metric tons long tons fuel oil metric tons long tons load metric tons long tons gave endurance 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 anti aircraft guns consisted semi automatic millimeter guns millimeter machine guns millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple wartime modifications exchanged guns fully automatic guns thousand rounds gun extra machine guns quadruple machine gun iii mounts war broke lacked radar equipped british radar type air search type type radars main battery fire control anti aircraft fire control provided type radars service laid yard december slightly improved version designated soviets pair class cruisers called project launched april completed december ship escorts ran german laid minefield providing cover soviet defensive mining efforts june destroyer lost bows port temporary repairs ship transferred assistance later new bow section fabricated ship july rest war blockaded axis minefields provide gunfire support defenders siege example fired shells september rounds offensive january bombarded finnish positions soviet offensive june repeatedly lightly damaged german air artillery attacks extended refit occurred winter upper deck reinforced millimetre armour plates postwar career tested soviet naval helicopter december began refit planned include complete overhaul machinery radar fire control systems anti aircraft guns replaced latest soviet systems torpedo fitted increase displacement metric tons long tons consequent penalties speed range navy evaluated scope work deemed insufficient create fully modern ship suspended refit sold scrapping april navy decided wasn needed missile test ship
Soviet cruiser Maxim Gorky