Soviet cruiser Voroshilov

Voroshilov
History
Soviet Union
Name	Voroshilov
Namesake	Kliment Voroshilov
Builder	Marti South, Nikolayev
Yard number	297
Laid down	15 October 1935
Launched	28 June 1937
Commissioned	20 June 1940
Out of service	6 October 1972
Renamed	31 December 1961 as OS-24
Reclassified	31 December 1961 as an experimental ship
Refit	April 1954 – 31 December 1961
Honors and awards	Order of the Red Banner, 8 July 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap 2 March 1973
General characteristics (Project 26)
Class and type	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement	7,890 t (7,770 long tons) (standard)
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 water-tube boilers 122,500 shp (91,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance	2,140 nmi (3,960 km; 2,460 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) DP 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 catapult

Voroshilov (Russian: Ворошилов) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She bombarded German troops during the siege of Odessa before being badly damaged in November 1941 by German bombers. Upon her return from repairs in March 1942 she supported Soviet troops during the siege of Sevastopol, the Kerch–Feodosiya operation and the amphibious landings at Novorossiysk at the end of January 1943. Her active participation in the war ended in October 1943 when three destroyers were lost to air attack and Joseph Stalin forbade missions using large ships without his permission. Postwar she was converted to a missile test ship before being sold for scrap in 1973.