Marshal Ustinov in 2018, after modernisation
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History | |
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Soviet Union/Russia | |
Name | Marshal Ustinov |
Namesake | Dmitriy Ustinov |
Builder | 61 Kommuna#445 Yard, Mykolaiv, USSR |
Laid down | 5 October 1978 |
Launched | 25 February 1982 |
Commissioned | 19 September 1986 |
Homeport | Severomorsk |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Guided missile cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 186.4 m (611 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 505 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
The Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov (Russian: Маршал Устинов), is a Slava-class cruiser (Project 1164) of the Russian Navy. The Russian name for the ship type is Raketnyy Kreyser (RKR), meaning "Missile Cruiser". The ship is named after Dmitriy Ustinov, a former Soviet Minister of Defence. Marshal Ustinov was assigned to the 43rd Missile Ship Division of the Russian Northern Fleet, whose homeport is in Severomorsk. From 2012 to 2016, the cruiser underwent a major overhaul. The vessel returned to service in 2017 and has since been deployed to the Mediterranean Sea.
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