Russian battlecruiser Kirov

	Kirov in 1989
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Kirov → Admiral Ushakov (since 1992)
Namesake	Sergei Kirov → Fyodor Ushakov
Builder	Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down	26 March 1974
Launched	27 December 1977
Commissioned	30 December 1980
Decommissioned	2002
Out of service	In reserve, 1990
Status	Laid-up, to be scrapped.
General characteristics
Class & type	Kirov-class battlecruiser
Displacement	24,300 tons Standard, 28,000 (Full load)
Length	252 m (827 ft); 230 m (750 ft) (Waterline);
Beam	28.5 m (94 ft)
Draft	9.1 m (30 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft CONAS, Nuclear propulsion with steam turbine boost; 140,000 shp;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	1,000 nautical miles (2,000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) (combined propulsion),; Essentially unlimited with nuclear power at 20 knots (37 km/h);
Complement	727; Aircrew: 18; Flag staff: 15;
Sensors &; processing systems	Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast; Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast; 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast; 2 × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control; 4 × Bass Tilt for AK-630 CIWS System fire control; 2 × Eye Bowl for SA-N-4 fire control; Horse Jaw LF hull sonar; Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar);
Armament	20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM; 1 x 2 (14) SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles; 12 × 8 (96) SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles; 2 x 2 (44) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM; 2 × RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers; 1 × RBU-6000 213 mm ASW rocket launchers; 2 × AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns; 10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo; 8 × AK-630 hex gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns;
Armour	76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried	3 Kamov Ka-27 "Helix" or Ka-25 "Hormone"
Aviation facilities	Below-deck hangar

Admiral Ushakov is the lead ship of the Project 1144 Orlan (NATO reporting name Kirov class) of battlecruisers. Originally built for the Soviet Navy as Kirov and passed onto the succeeding Russian Navy, it and its three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship) built by them. It was laid down on 26 March 1974 at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad, launched on 27 December 1977, and commissioned on 30 December 1980. In May 1992 all four ships of the class were renamed, and Kirov was given the name Admiral Ushakov.

Kirov entered service in the Northern Fleet in 1981 and remained in service until 1990, when it suffered a reactor accident while in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1999 there was a proposal to modernize the ship, but the plan was abandoned, and Admiral Ushakov was decommissioned in 2002.