Soviet cruiser Marshal Voroshilov

Marshal Voroshilov, c. 1990
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameMarshal Voroshilov
NamesakeKliment Voroshilov
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard
Laid down20 March 1970
Launched8 October 1970
Commissioned15 September 1973
Decommissioned29 October 1992
RenamedKhabarovsk, 1991
FateScrapped, after August 1994
General characteristics
Class and typeKresta II-class cruiser
Displacement
Length156.5 m (513 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam17.2 m (56 ft 5 in)
Draught5.96 m (19 ft 7 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement343
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
    • Volga
    • MR-600 Voskhod
    • MR-310U Angara M
    • 2 x 4R60 Grom
    • 2 x MR-103 Bars
    • 2 x MR-123 Vympel
  • Sonar
    • MG-332T Titan-2T
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck and hangar

Marshal Voroshilov (Russian: Маршал Ворошилов) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II) class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy after being renamed Khabarovsk in 1991. The fifth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War, from 1973 to 1992.

She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag. Marshal Voroshilov cruised in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during 1974, 1975, and 1976, spending several months under refit in 1977 before undertaking another Indian Ocean cruise between 1979 and 1980. Again refitted between 1980 and 1986, she operated in the South China Sea in 1989. She was decommissioned in 1992 due to deteriorating conditions which reduced naval funding prevented from being addressed before being scrapped in 1994 after a fire broke out.


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