Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz

Krasny Kavkaz in the 1930s
History
Soviet Union
Name	Krasny Kavkaz
Builder	Russud Dockyard, Nikolayev
Laid down	31 October 1913
Launched	21 June 1916
Acquired	November 1917
Commissioned	25 January 1932
Renamed	14 December 1926 from Admiral Lazarev
Reclassified	12 May 1947 as a training ship
Honours and awards	Awarded the Guards title, 3 April 1942
Fate	Sunk as target, 21 November 1952
General characteristics (in 1940)
Class and type	Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser
Displacement	7,560 t (7,441 long tons) (standard) 9,030 t (8,887 long tons) (full load)
Length	159.5 m (523 ft 4 in)
Beam	15.7 m (51 ft 6 in)
Draught	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Installed power	10 Yarrow boilers 55,000 shp (41,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	878
Armament	4 × 1 – 180 mm (7.1 in) guns 4 × 2 – 100 mm (3.9 in) AA guns 2 × 1 – 76 mm AA guns 4 × 1 – 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns 4 × 1 – 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machine guns 4 × 3 – 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60–120 mines
Armour	Upper and lower armoured decks: 20 mm (0.79 in) each Turrets: 76 mm (3.0 in) Lower armour belt: 76 mm (3.0 in) Upper armour belt: 25 mm (0.98 in) Conning tower: 76 mm (3.0 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

Krasny Kavkaz (from Russian: "Красный Кавказ" – "Red Caucasus") was a cruiser of the Soviet Navy that began construction during World War I, but was still incomplete during the Russian Revolution. Her design was heavily modified by the Soviets and she was completed in 1932. During World War II she supported Soviet troops during the siege of Odessa, siege of Sevastopol, and the Kerch–Feodosiya operation in the winter of 1941–42. She was awarded the Guards title on 3 April 1942. She was reclassified as a training ship in May 1947 before being expended as a target in 1952.