Soviet cruiser Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky
History
Soviet Union
Name	Maxim Gorky
Namesake	Maxim Gorky
Builder	Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad
Yard number	270
Laid down	20 December 1936
Launched	30 April 1938
Commissioned	12 December 1940
Decommissioned	17 February 1956
Refit	Summer 1953
Honors and awards	Order of the Red Banner 22 March 1944
Fate	Sold for scrap 18 April 1959
General characteristics (Project 26bis)
Class and type	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement	8,177 t (8,048 long tons) (standard) 9,728 t (9,574 long tons) (full load)
Length	191.4 m (627 ft 11 in)
Beam	17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draught	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load)
Installed power	6 Yarrow-Normand boilers 129,750 shp (96,750 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance	4,220 nmi (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	963
Sensors and processing systems	Arktur hydrophone
Armament	3 × 3 – 180 mm (7.1 in) B-1-P guns 6 × 1 – 100 mm (3.9 in) B-34 dual-purpose guns 9 × 1 – 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K AA gun 4 × 1 – 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machine guns 2 × 3 – 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 96–150 mines 50 depth charges
Armor	Waterline belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) each Turrets: 70 mm (2.8 in) Barbettes: 70 mm (2.8 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 ZK-1 catapult

Maxim Gorky (Russian: Максим Горький) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that saw action during World War II and continued in service into the Cold War. The ship's bow was blown off by a mine in the Gulf of Riga during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, but she made it to Kronstadt for repairs. However, after being repaired, the ship was trapped in harbour for most of the war, by Axis minefields at Leningrad and Kronstadt. Despite being trapped, Maxim Gorky was active in two engagements: the ship provided gunfire in support for the defenders during the Siege of Leningrad, and she later bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944. She saw no further action in World War II. A major modernization was begun in 1953, but the navy reconsidered the cost-effectiveness of the refit and work was cancelled in 1955. Maxim Gorky was sold for scrap in 1959.