Ulyanovsk (ship)

**Ulyanovsk**
	Artist's impression of the Ulyanovsk, which is under construction
Ship data
flag	Soviet Union
Ship type	Aircraft carrier
Shipyard	Chernomorsky Sudostroitelni Sawod, Nikolayev
Keel laying	November 25, 1988
Whereabouts	Wrecked in 1991 unfinished
Ship dimensions and crew
length	324.6 m ( Lüa )
width	75 m
Draft	Max. 11.6 m
displacement	Standard : 60,000 ts ; Maximum: 79,758 t
crew	approx. 2,300 seafarers ; approx. 1,500 naval aviation personnel
Machine system
machine	4 CN 3 - reactors; 4 steam
Machine ; performance	200,000 PS (147,100 kW)
Top ; speed	30 kn (56 km / h)
propeller	4th
Armament
	6 × 30 mm L / 65 AK 630; 24 × VLS-ADAM starting devices with 192 3K95 Kinschal ; 8 × CADS-N-1 / cortics ; 12 × VLS mounted under the flight deck with SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles; 2 × RPK-5 / Udaw-1 ; 27 × Suchoi Su-33 "Flanker" and / or 10 × MiG-29K "Fulcrum"; 10 × Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot"; 3–4 × Jakowlew Jak-44 radar reconnaissance aircraft; 15-20 helicopters to fight submarines;
Sensors
	Radar air-to-ground search MR-710 Fregat-MA / Top Plate 3D; 2 × MR-320M Topas / Strut Pair 2D; 3 × Palm Frond for fire control; 4 × MR-360 Podkat / Cross Sword for SA-N-9 control; 8 × 3P37 / Hot Flash for SA-N-11 control; Fly Trap B; Zvezda-2; MGK-345 Bronza / Ox Yoke (mounted on the hull);

The Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск) was an unfinished aircraft carrier of the Soviet Union . She was supposed to be the lead ship of the Ulyanovsk class (project 1143.7) and was named after the Russian city of Ulyanovsk .

history

Work on Project 1143.7 began in 1973 under the name "Project 1153 Orel ". The design of the Orel is very similar to that of the US aircraft carriers USS Enterprise and USS Nimitz , which were completed by the United States Navy at the time . It should have a water displacement of about 80,000 tons. A total of around 70 MiG-29K and Su-33 fighters or Su-25 attack aircraft were planned as carrier aircraft . After the death of Defense Minister Andrei Antonowitsch Grechko in 1976, who had sponsored the project, Dmitri Fyodorowitsch Ustinov took over the ministry. This set different priorities than its predecessor, and the 1153 project was discontinued.

Schematic representation of the "Ulyanovsk"

Starboard and top view

Jak-44 and Su-33 on the flight deck

In 1984 the old plans were taken up again, and the planning of Project 1143.7 by the Newskoye Shipbuilding Office began. In terms of size and weight, the new ship, the Ulyanovsk , should be almost 5,000 tons lighter than the Orel and, with a difference in length of a few meters, be slightly below the Nimitz class .

The keel-laying of the first unit took place on November 25, 1988 in the Chernomorski Sudostroitelni Zavod Black Sea shipyard. Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, work on the 40% completed hull was stopped on November 1, 1991, as was the hull of the sister ship under construction. Scrapping began on February 4, 1992.

As with the Admiral Kuznetsov class , the Ulyanovsk had an upwardly curved launch pad, but in contrast to the US Nimitz class, only three elevators were provided, as well as two catapults for Yak 44 reconnaissance aircraft.

Specifications of the project 1143.7

Construction: Nevskoye Planning Bureau
Shipyard: Nikolayev South
Overall length: 332 m
Width overall: 75 m
Draft: 11.6 m
Displacement: 78,000 t (fully loaded), 60,000 t standard
Maximum speed: 30 knots
Drive: 4 pressurized water reactors type KN-3 , 4 shafts approx. 200,000 PS power
Crew: exact numbers unknown, but estimated
- 2,300 sailors
- 1,500 members of the naval forces

Armament

Active defense
- 6 × 30 mm L / 65 AK 630
- 24 × VLS ADAM launchers with 192 SA-N-9 Gauntlet guided missiles
- 8 × CADS-N-1 / cortics with 1 × twin Gatling 30 mm combined with SA-N-11 Grison
- 12 × VLS mounted under the flight deck with SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles
- 2 × RPK-5 / Udaw-1
radar
- Radar air-to-ground search MR-710 Fregat-MA / Top Plate 3D
- 2 × MR-320M Topas / Strut Pair 2D
navigation
- 3 × Palm Frond for fire control
- 4 × MR-360 Podkat / Cross Sword for SA-N-9 control
- 8 × 3P37 / Hot Flash for SA-N-11 control
Air traffic control
- Fly Trap B
sonar
- Zvezda-2
- MGK-345 Bronza / Ox Yoke (mounted on the hull)

Carrier capacity

Airplanes (up to 80):
- 27 × Sukhoi Su-33 and / or 10 × MiG-29K
- 10 × Sukhoi Su-25
- 3–4 × Jakowlew Jak-44 radar reconnaissance aircraft
15-20 helicopters to fight submarines

literature

А.С. Павлов: Рождение и гибель седьмого авианосца , (for example: Pavlov, AS: Birth and Death of the Seventh Bearer ), 2000 (Russian)

Web links

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