The Project 1143.7 Ulyanovsk-class aircraft carriers are a pair of nuclear powered aircraft carriers in service in the Soviet Navy from the late 1990s onwards.
Specifications[]
- Type: Nuclear powered supercarrier
- Service Period: 1997-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 1,065 feet (324.61 meters)
- Beam (Waterline): 131.2 feet (39.99 meters)
- Beam (Overall): 275.3 feet (83.91 meters)
- Draught: 35.4 feet (10.79 meters)
- Displacement: 65,800 tons (Standard); 85,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 3,800 (2,300 ship crew and 1,500 air wing)
- Endurance: 70 days
- Propulsion: 4 x KN-3 Nuclear Reactors, 4 x Steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 240,000 shp
- Range: Unlimited
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
- Sensor Suite:
- MR-320M Topaz 2D Air/Surface Search RDF x 2
- MR-710 Fregat-MA 3D Air/Surface Search RDF
- Palm Frond Navigation RDF x 3
- MR-360 Podkat SA-N-9 Fire Control RDF x 4
- 3P37 SA-N-11 Fire Control RDF x 8
- Fly Trap B Aircraft Control RDF
- Zvezda-2 Search and Attack ASDIC
- MGK-345 Bronza Hull Mounted ASDIC
- Armament:
- Buk SAMs
- 8 x CADS-N-1 CIWS
- 8 x AK-630 rotary anti-aircraft cannons
- Aircraft Carried: 80-90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
- Aviation Facilities: 2 x steam catapults, Angled arrested landing flight deck, Bow ski jump
Unit Run[]
- SVK Ulyanovsk (115)
- SVK Kremlin (116)