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Kiev-class CVL

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

  • Kiev
  • Minksk
  • Novorossiysk
  • Baku
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