Slava-class cruiser
{{Short description|Russian/Soviet guided missile cruisers}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov MOD 45164874.jpg | Ship caption = Marshal Ustinov underway }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Slava class | Builders = 61 Communards Shipyard, Mykolaiv | Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
| Class before = {{sclass2|Kara|cruiser|4}} | Class after = {{sclass2|Lider|destroyer|4}} | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1976–1990 | In service range = 1982–present | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 10{{cite book |first= Ю.В. |last=Апалков |date=2003 |title=Ударные корабли, Том II, часть I |location=Санкт-Петербург |publisher=Галея Принт}} | Total ships completed = 3 | Total ships cancelled = 6 | Total ships active = 2 | Total ships sunk = 1 | Total ships lost = 1 | Total ships laid up = 1 (construction incomplete) | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Guided-missile cruiser | Ship displacement = *9,380 tons standard
| Ship length = {{convert|186.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|20.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|8.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = COGOG: GTU M21 2 × M70 cruise gas turbines and 4 × M90 boost gas turbines, 2 cruise steam turbines, 2 exhaust gas boilers, 4 × M8KF gas turbines, 2 shafts, {{convert|130000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|6800|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn}} | Ship complement = 485 (66 Off, 419 WO/Enl), alternate information 476-529 (84 Off, 75 WO, 370 Enl){{cite web |website=GlobalSecurity.org |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1164-specs.htm |title=Project 1164 Atlant Krasina/Slava class Guided Missile Cruiser - Specifications |date=11 July 2011 |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008223824/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1164-specs.htm |archive-date=8 October 2014 |url-status=live}} | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Radar: MR-800 Voshkod/Top Pair 3-D long-range air search, MR-700 Fregat/Top Steer (first two) or MR-710 Fregat-MA/Top Plate (second two) 3-D air search
| Ship EW = Kol'cho suite with Gurzhor-A&B/Side Globe intercept, MR-404/Rum Tub jammers, Bell Crown intercept, Bell Push intercept, 2 PK-2 decoy RL, 12 PK-10 decoy RL (in last two units only) | Ship armament = *Missiles:
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = Splinter plating | Ship aircraft = 1 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
The Slava class, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant ({{langx|ru|Атлант|Atlant|Atlas}}), is a class of guided-missile cruisers designed and constructed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy, and currently operated by the Russian Navy.
All ships were built and planned to be built at the Shipyard named after 61 Communards in Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR.
Design and history
The design started in the late 1960s, based around use of the P-500 Bazalt missile. The cruiser was intended as a less expensive conventionally powered alternative to the nuclear-powered {{sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser}}s. All are now armed with P-1000 Vulkan AShM missiles, developed in the late 1970s to late 1980s. There was a long delay in this programme, while the problems with the Bazalt were resolved.
These ships acted as flagships for numerous task forces. All ships were built at the 61 Kommunar yard in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukrainian SSR. The class was a follow-up to the {{sclass2|Kara|cruiser|2}}, which the Soviet Navy typed as a Large Anti-submarine Ship (Russ. BPK), constructed at the same shipyard and appears to be built on a stretched version of the Kara-class hull.{{cite web |website=GlobalSecurity.org |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1164.htm |title=Project 1164 Atlant Krasina/Slava class Guided Missile Cruiser |access-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425235416/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/1164.htm |archive-date=25 April 2007 |url-status=live}}
The Slava class was initially designated BLACKCOM 1 (Black Sea Combatant 1) and then designated the Krasina class for a short period until Slava was observed at sea. The SS-N-12 launchers are fixed facing forward at around 8° elevation with no reloads available. As there was nothing revolutionary about the design of the class, western observers felt they were created as a hedge against the failure of the more radical Kirov class.{{cite book |title=Modern Naval Combat |first1=David |last1=Miller |first2=Chris |last2=Miller |pages=150 |place=London; New York |publisher=Salamander Books |date=c. 1986 |isbn=0-86101-231-3}} The helicopter hangar deck is located a half deck below the landing pad with a ramp connecting the two.{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia Of World Sea Power |first=Tony |last=Cullen |publisher=Crescent |date=1988 |page=86 |isbn=0-517-65342-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_v9e5/page/86}}
Originally ten ships were planned, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union, only three were completed. A fourth vessel was launched, but final construction remains incomplete, and the ship has not been commissioned into service.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the three finished ships commenced service in the Russian Navy, while the uncompleted fourth vessel, renamed {{ship|Ukrainian cruiser|Ukraina||2}}, had its ownership transferred to Ukraine. Efforts have been made to complete and update the unfinished ship. In 2010, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych stated that Russia and Ukraine would work together on the project.{{cite web |url=http://russiamil.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-future-of-the-russian-navy-part-1-large-combat-ships/ |title=The Future of the Russian Navy Part 1: Large Combat Ships |website=Russian Military Reform |last=Gorenburg |first=Dmitry |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313130620/http://russiamil.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-future-of-the-russian-navy-part-1-large-combat-ships/ |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live}}
Russia has also expressed interest in purchasing the vessel, which Ukraine had previously offered for sale. However, as of early 2011, no final agreement had been concluded between the two countries.{{cite web |url=http://russiamil.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-future-of-the-russian-navy-part-1-large-combat-ships/ |title=The Future of the Russian Navy Part 1: Large Combat Ships |website=Russian Military Reform |last=Gorenburg |first=Dmitry |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313130620/http://russiamil.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/the-future-of-the-russian-navy-part-1-large-combat-ships/ |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live}}
The Russian Navy had plans to extensively upgrade all of their Slava-class vessels during the 2010s; completing work on Ukraina may have served as a test-bed for this. As of April 2022, the fourth hull remains afloat at a Ukrainian shipyard, uncompleted.
One of the vessels, Moskva, sank in the Black Sea on 13 April 2022 following an explosion during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian military officials claimed this was the result of a Neptune missile strike by Ukraine, while Russian military officials claimed the vessel suffered an explosion to its ammunition depot and sank while being towed to port.{{Cite news |date=2022-04-15 |title=Russian warship: Moskva sinks in Black Sea |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61114843 |access-date=2022-04-15}}
Gallery
File:Slava cruiser armament.svg|1) AK-130, 2) P-500 Bazalt, 3) RBU-6000, 4) AK-630, 5) S-300, 6) OSA-MA
File:SS-N-12 Sandbox surface-to-surface missiles.JPEG|Placement of P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) launchers on the Slava class.
File:SA-N-6 SAM launchers with radar.JPEG|A close up view of SA-N-6 launchers with 3R41 Volna "Top Dome" fire control radar on Marshal Ustinov.
File:Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov MOD 45164875.jpg|A stern view of Marshal Ustinov in 2018, after modernization
File:ГРКР «Москва» прибыл к побережью Латакии для противовоздушной обороны района.ogv|Video footage of Moskva during Russian military operations in Syria
File:Nuclear cruiser Kirov.jpg|{{ship|Russian cruiser|Marshal Ustinov||2}} (right) alongside the {{sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser|2}} {{ship|Russian battlecruiser|Kirov||2}}
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Ships
See also
- {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|1}}, United States
- Type 055 destroyer, China PLA Navy
References
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External links
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- {{cite web |url=http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/cruisers/slava/index.html |title=Slava class data |work=Warships on the Web |access-date=2007-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220202453/http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/cruisers/slava/index.html |archive-date=2007-02-20}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1164.htm |title=Krasina/Slava class |work=Federation of American Scientists |access-date=2007-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217092134/http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1164.htm |archive-date=2007-12-17}}
- {{cite web |url=http://home19.inet.tele.dk/airwing/ships/moskva.htm |title=Moskva—Project no: 1164 Atlant |work=Airwing Kuznetsov |access-date=2007-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703191052/http://home19.inet.tele.dk/airwing/ships/moskva.htm |archive-date=2007-07-03}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.cruiser-moskva.info/eng/photos |title=75 Photos Guided Missile Cruiser "Moskva" |work=Cruiser Moskva |access-date=2007-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022093707/http://www.cruiser-moskva.info/eng/photos/ |archive-date=2007-10-22}}
- {{cite encyclopedia |url=http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100198 |title=Series 1164 Slava |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Ships |language=ru |access-date=2007-02-27}}
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