The Soviet aircraft carrier Baku at sea after her most recent overhaul.
The Kiev-class aircraft carriers (also known as Project 1143 or as the Krechyet-class) were the first class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers built in the Soviet Navy.
- The Kiev-class in AAO started out in the configuration of the Vikramaditya rather than the original design. Being designed as a pure carrier also allowed for an increased number of aircraft to be carried.
Specifications[]
- Type: Aircraft Carrier
- Service Period: 1976-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 930 feet (283.46 meters)
- Beam: 196 feet (59.74 meters)
- Draught: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
- Decks: 22
- Displacement: 45,400 tons
- Crew: 1,600 - 2,000
- Installed Power: 6 turbo alternators and 6 diesel alternators which generate 18 MWe
- Propulsion: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines, 180,000 hp
- Range: 13,500 nautical miles (25,002 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Long range Air Surveillance Radars
- LESORUB-E, Resistor-E radar complex
- CCS MK II communication complex
- Link II tactical data system
- Armament:
- 8 x AK-630 CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: Up to 50 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aircraft Supported: Su-33, Yak-41, Yak-43, Yak-44, Ka-27, Ka-28, Ka-31
- Aviation Facilities: Two acre flight deck, 14 degree ski-jump ramp, 3 30 m wide arrester gears and three restraining gears, 2 waist mounted steam catapults
Unit Run[]
- SVK Kiev (109)
- SVK Minsk (110)
- SVK Novorossiysk (111)
- SVK Baku (112)