Slava-class Cruiser
Possibly designed as a less-expensive complement to the massive Kirov class battlecruisers, the Slavas are primarily surface action vessels, designated by the Soviets as missile cruisers. These ocean-going warships possess great anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. These cruisers were designed to operate in battlegroups and travel over significant ranges.
Their primary weapons are 16 P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 or Sandbox) anti-ship missiles. These missiles have a range of 550 km and carry a 1 000 kg high explosive or warhead or nuclear warhead with a yield of 350 kT.
These warships are fitted with S-300F Fort long-range air defense system (naval version of the S-300). There are 64 launchers with missiles.
The Slava class cruisers are fitted with ten 533 mm torpedo tubes for heavy torpedoes that can be launched against hostile ships and submarines.
There is a landing spot and hangar for a single Ka-27 naval helicopter.
There have been reports that the Slavas were built with large quantities of flammable material, and their damage control systems were poorly designed.
Moskva was in refit through most of the 1990s, returning to become flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. The second unit, Marshal Ustinov, commissioned in 1986, serves with the Northern fleet. It has been in overhaul since the mid-1990s. Overhaul completed in 2016. Varyag (formerly the Chervona Ukraina) was commissioned into the Pacific Fleet in 1989. Due to limited funding since 1990 it operated at reduced readiness. Its overhaul was completed in 2008. The fourth unit was launched in 1990 as the Admiral Lobov, but was transferred incomplete to the Ukrainian Navy. Renamed Ukraina, it was planned to become the Ukrainian fleet flagship, but was never completed due to limited funding. For a number of years this 4th ship of the class is awaiting for its disposal.
Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
Moskva (ex-Slava) 1976 1979 1982
Active, in service
Marshal Ustinov (ex-Admiral Lobov) 1978 1982 1986
Active, in service
Varyag (ex-Chervona Ukraina) 1979 1983 1989
Active, in service
Ukraina (ex-Admiral Lobov) 1984 1990 -
Incomplete, never commissioned. Belongs to Ukraine
Oktyabrskaja Revolyutsiya 1988 - -
Cancelled
Admiral Gorshkov - - -
Cancelled
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