Kynda class

**Project 58**
	Project 58 cruiser Grozny
Ship data
Ship type	cruiser
Shipyard	Shipyard 190, Leningrad
Construction period	1961 to 1963
Units built	4th
Ship dimensions and crew
length	142.3 m ( Lüa )
width	16.2 m
Draft	Max. 4.73 m
displacement	Planning: 4,030 t; Use: 5,350 t;
crew	304 men
Machine system
machine	2 × gas turbines
Machine ; performance	2 × 46,000 PS (30,891 kW)
Top ; speed	36 kn (67 km / h)
Armament
	2 × four-fold starter SS-N 3 ; 1 × twin starter SA-N-1 Goa ; 2 × 2 76mm L / 59 AK-726 ; 2 × twelve-tube RBU-6000 water bomb launchers; 2 × 3 torpedo tubes ∅ 53.3 cm;

Project 58 , designated by NATO as the Kynda-class , was a cruiser class of the Soviet and Russian navies . Classified as CG (cruiser guided missiles), these ships were among the first in their class.

history

With the development of Project 58, parallel to the order in OKB 52, began in 1956 to develop the SS-N 3 , which was to represent the main armament of Project 58. The four units were laid down from 1960 to 1961.

construction

Armament

Project 58 was the first Soviet missile cruiser class and one of the first ship classes designed for anti-naval combat by SSMs. The eight SS-N 3s formed the main armament of the Kynda class. Airspace security was ensured at altitudes of 100 m to 25 km and up to a distance of 25 km by anti-aircraft missiles of the type SA-N-1 Goa . Against ship, land and air targets in the range up to max. Two double-barreled AK-726 (76 mm) could be used for 15 km . Two RBU-6000s and two three-tube torpedo launchers (533 mm) were available for ASW use . The torpedoes could also be used against ship targets.

Dimensions and drive

Project 58 was 142 m long, 16 m wide and 5 m deep than ships of the decommissioned Fletcher class , or other destroyers and frigates, but slightly smaller than the American Arleigh Burke and Ticonderoga classes. The ships of the Kynda class were propelled by a total of four boilers and two turbines, which had an approximate output of 100,000 hp and could accelerate the ships to a maximum speed of 35 kn .

Electronic systems

On the ships of the Kynda class were: two Head Net A and / or C (air surveillance), two Scoop Pairs ( SS-N-3 Shaddock steering), one Peel Group ( SA-N-1 Goa steering), one Owl Screech (Fire control), two Bass Tilt (fire control, only on Grozny and Varyag), and two Don-2 radars (navigation) installed. Optical systems for target acquisition, identification and navigation: two Tee Plinth o Plinth Net. Sonar: a wolf paw. ECM / ESM: two Watch Dogs, one Bell Clout, one Bell Slam, one Bell Tap, and four Top Hat,

Ships of project 58

The two AK-726 guns on the stern of the Grozny in 1970

Grozny

The Grozny (Russian: "Грозный") was laid down on February 23, 1960 in Leningrad with hull number 780 and was launched on March 26, 1960. She did her service in the Baltic Fleet and was decommissioned in 1991 and canceled in 1993.

Admiral Fokin

Under the name Stereguschtschi (Russian: "Стерегущий") the ship was laid on October 5, 1960 with the hull number 781 and was launched on November 19 of the next year. It was part of the Soviet Pacific Fleet and was first renamed Vladivostok (Russian: "Владивосто́к") in 1962 and baptized in 1964, on the day of his death, in the name of the first commander of the Soviet Pacific Fleet Admiral Fokin (Russian: "Адмирал Фокин"). It was canceled in 1993.

Admiral Golovko

She was laid down in Leningrad on April 29, 1961 under construction number 782 and launched on July 18, 1962. She was initially called Doblestny (Russian: "Доблестный"), but was renamed Admiral Golowko (Russian: "Адмирал Головко") in December 1962 . She was part of the Black Sea Fleet before she was decommissioned in 2002.

Varyag

The Varyag (Russian: "Варяг") was laid on October 13, 1961 under the hull number 783 and was launched on April 7, 1963. First was called Soobrasitelny (Russian: "Сообразительный"), but was before its commissioning in Varyag renamed. She served in the Pacific Fleet before being decommissioned in 1990.

Evidence and references

literature

С.С. Бережной: Советский ВМФ 1945–1995 Крейсера - большие противолодочные корабли, эсминцы. (For example: Berezhnoi SS: Soviet Navy 1945–1995 cruisers, large submarine fighters , destroyers ), Moscow 1995.

Web links

Commons : Kynda class - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Kynda class on fas.org (English)
Kynda class and Black Sea fleet on flot.sevastopol.info (English)