Soviet cruiser Kirov

59°56′31″N 30°12′31″E / 59.9420402°N 30.2086731°E / 59.9420402; 30.2086731

Kirov in 1941
History
Soviet Union
Name	Kirov
Namesake	Sergei Kirov
Builder	Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad
Yard number	269
Laid down	22 October 1935
Launched	30 November 1936
Commissioned	23 September 1938
Reclassified	As a training ship, 2 August 1961
Stricken	December 1974
Honours and awards	Order of the Red Banner
Fate	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1974
General characteristics (Project 26)
Class and type	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement	7,890 t (7,765 long tons) (standard) 9,436 t (9,287 long tons) (full load)
Length	191.3 m (627 ft 7 in)
Beam	17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draught	6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) (full load)
Installed power	6 Yarrow-Normand boilers 113,500 shp (84,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.94 knots (66.56 km/h; 41.36 mph) (on trials)
Endurance	3,750 nmi (6,940 km; 4,320 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	872
Sensors and processing systems	Arktur hydrophone
Armament	3 × triple 180 mm (7.1 in) guns 6 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) dual-purpose guns 6 × single 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machine guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 96–164 mines 50 depth charges
Armor	Waterline belt: 50 mm (2.0 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) each Turrets: 50 mm (2.0 in) Barbettes: 50 mm (2.0 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 Heinkel K-12 catapult

Kirov (Russian: Киров, IPA: [ˈkʲirəf]) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War and World War II, and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the Evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.