Soviet helicopter carrier Moskva

	Moskva off the coast of Morocco in January, 1970
History
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Name	Moskva
Namesake	Moskva
Builder	Soviet Union Nikolayev South Shipyard
Launched	January 14, 1965
Commissioned	December 25, 1967
Decommissioned	1996
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Moskva-class helicopter carrier
Displacement	11,920 tons (standard); 15,280 tons (loaded);
Length	189.0 m (620.1 ft)
Beam	34.0 m (111.5 ft)
Draught	7.7 m (25.3 ft)
Propulsion	geared steam turbines, two shaft, 4 pressure-fired boilers; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h)
Range	14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	850
Armament	M-11 Shtorm' SAM 2 twin launchers,; 2 × twin 57 mm guns,; 1 × SUW-N-1 launcher for FRAS-1 anti submarine missiles,; 2 × RBU-6000 ASW rockets,; 10 × 553 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 5);
Aircraft carried	14 Ka-25 'Hormone' helicopters

Moskva was the first of her class of helicopter carriers in service with the Soviet Navy. Laid down at Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444), Moskva was launched in 1965 and she was commissioned two years later. Moskva was followed by Leningrad, which was commissioned in late 1968; there were no further vessels built, reportedly due to the poor handling of the ships in rough seas. Both were conventionally powered.