“Kirov” - the red-banner heavy nuclear missile cruiser, the lead ship of Project 1144 “Orlan” . From 1992 to 2002 it was called "Admiral Ushakov" [2] . In 2002, it was withdrawn from the fleet [3] and is awaiting disposal [4] .
| Heavy nuclear missile cruiser Kirov | |
|---|---|
 The cruiser "Kirov" in 1983 | |
| Service | |
 USSR → Russia | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | TARK project 1144 |
| Port of registry | Severomorsk |
| Organization | Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy |
| Manufacturer | Baltic factory |
| Construction started | 1973 year |
| Launched | December 27, 1977 |
| Commissioned | December 30, 1980 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | Since 1990 in reserve In 2002, removed from the fleet |
| Status | Withdrew from the fleet (awaiting disposal) |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 24,300 t (standard) 28,000 (full) |
| Length | 252 m 230 m (waterline) |
| Width | 28.5 m |
| Draft | 9.1 m |
| Engines | 2 boilers, nuclear reactor |
| Power | 140,000 liters with. (103 Mw ) |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km / h ) 17 knots on boilers |
| Autonomy of swimming | Not limited to reactor, 1,000 miles on boilers at 17 knots |
| Crew | 727 (97 officers) |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 1 - AK-100 |
| Flak | 8 × charger AK-630 |
| Missile weapons | 20 anti - ship missiles P-700 12 × 8 SAM S-300F "Fort" (96 missiles), 2 × 2 launcher launcher " Osa-M " (40 missiles) |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 1 × 2 PU PLUR "Metel" ), 1 × 12 RBU-6000 , 2 × 6 RBU-1000 |
| Mine torpedo armament | 10 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aviation group | 3 Ka-27 submarines |
Construction
- On March 26, 1973, the construction of the first lead ship of Project 1144, the Kirov heavy nuclear missile cruiser , began at the Baltic Shipyard
- Launching took place on December 27, 1977
- December 30, 1980 the cruiser was handed over to the fleet.
Service
- 1984 - the first military campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.
- On May 18, 1984, during the incident with the explosion of ammunition depots in Severomorsk , he remained in the harbor - unlike the other ships of the base, so that in case of launching missiles from a burning warehouse in the direction of the city or an atomic missile submarine cruiser located at the berth means of ship's air defense [5] .
- At the entrance to the Kola Bay, the gearbox of the main turbo-gear unit (GTZA No. 1) broke down when KKSF Gromov personally grabbed the telegraph handles on the navigation bridge and gave a full reverse. We entered GTZA No. 2, the nasal was disconnected from the shaft via a sound-insulating sleeve. In the PD-50, the bottom was cut and the two-hundred-ton planetary gearbox was unloaded onto the slipway and sent for repair to the Kirov Plant. After the repair, the cut in the PD-50 was repeated, the gearbox was loaded, it was centered on marks and optics. [6]
- On April 7, 1989, after an urgent order to go to the site of the K-278 Komsomolets accident, he gave the maximum possible speed of 33.5 knots (more than in the tests) at 100% of the APPU power. [one]
- In 1990, “Kirov” was returned from BS2 due to the detected gas density 1 of the contour of the bow apparatus KN-3 and was eliminated upon arrival at berth 7. In the rest of the ship, the ship was in good condition, but was put into reserve of category 2 due to lack of funds.
- In 1992, it was renamed Admiral Ushakov in honor of F. F. Ushakov .
- In 1999, the ship was put into modernization in Severodvinsk .
- In 2000-2001, the average repair began with modernization [3]
- In 2002, the cruiser was withdrawn from the fleet [3] , and in 2004 the name “Admiral Ushakov” was assigned to the destroyer “ Fearless ”, the name “Kirov” was returned to the cruiser.
- As of 2008, it was intended for disposal [7] .
- As of 2009, according to the statement of the 1st Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Vladimir Popovkin , the decision to restore the Kirov has not been made [8] .
- In 2011, a complete modernization of the cruiser was planned under the Navy's development program. Commissioning is planned no later than 2020 [9] [10] .
- In the fall of 2012, the following persons received an appeal to the public Internet reception of the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin :
| Dear Dmitry Olegovich! Thousands of people are turning to you, serving at different times on the Kirov nuclear-powered cruiser, which is currently on a joke in Severodvinsk. In 2009, we turned to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to clarify the fate of the ship to us ... We will not bore you with military terminology about the purpose of the atomic cruisers of this project, but in a nutshell: the atomic cruiser is the strength of the fleet and the prestige of the country! Dear Dmitry Olegovich! Help us (and the country!) Save our cruiser! Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Atomic Cruiser Kirov, VR, Secretary of the Council - B.P. Answer: The cruiser "Kirov" (now "Admiral Ushakov") is returned to the Navy. Currently, a project for the modernization of ships of this type is being developed.[eleven] |
- In December 2013, the specialists of the Zvezdochka Shipbuilding Center got an opinion about the need for the speedy utilization of the cruiser core [12] [13] [14] [15] .
- According to the press secretary of the Zvyozdochka Ship Repair Center, Evgeny Gladyshev, dated June 9, 2014, Admiral Ushakov will not be disposed of earlier than 2016. The budget of Rosatom State Corporation for 2015 includes the amount that is planned to be spent on the development of project documentation for the disposal of Admiral Ushakov. Spent nuclear fuel was not unloaded from it, however, Zvyozdochka specialists carried out work to seal the hazardous reactor zone [4] [16] .
- On April 25, 2015, the ceremony of solemnly raising the Andreevsky flag was held on the cruiser, dedicated to the 34th anniversary of the cruiser being part of the Navy [17] .
- In August 2015, the final decision was made to dispose of the cruiser [18] . The tender for the development of a project for the disposal of the cruiser was announced by Rosatom Corporation. According to the tender documentation, the ship recycling project should be ready by November 30, 2016.
- The Zvyozdochka ship repair center in Severodvinsk, at the expense of Italy, will unload spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from the decommissioned one of the largest warships of the domestic surface fleet - the Kirov heavy nuclear missile cruiser [19] .
Commanders
- Captain 1st rank - Alexander Kovalchuk (1976-1984)
- 1st rank captain - Sergey Vladimirovich Lebedev
- Captain 1st rank - Vladimir Ivanovich Rogatin (1989-1991)
- 1st rank captain - Leonid Viktorovich Sukhanov
- 1st rank captain - Oleg Anatolyevich Shirnin (1994-1996)
- Captain 1st rank - Sergey Borisovich Popov (1996-2000)
- Captain 1st rank - Alexander Sergeevich Fadeev (2001-2004)
- 1st rank captain - Pavel Kravchenko (2004-2005)
- 1st rank captain - Andrey Leonidovich Chernenko (2005-2010)
In popular culture
- Appears in the Soviet film “ Case in the 36-80 Square ” (1982)
- Mentioned in Tom Clancy’s novel The Red Storm Rises . During the third world war in 1986 he went to the Atlantic to hunt for convoys and was sunk by a Norwegian submarine, which went unnoticed into the center of the warrant and shot the cruiser with torpedoes.
- The Kirov nuclear-powered missile cruiser is mentioned in the television movie Threads , directed by Mick Jackson for the BBC in 1984. According to the BBC, the Kirov collided with the US destroyer Callaghan in the Strait of Hormuz during the crisis that led to the nuclear war.
- It is in the focus of the series of books by John Shettler "Kirov". According to them, in 2017–2021 the ship underwent a total modernization, for which three other Project 1144 cruisers were dismantled for parts, and made the flagship of the Northern Fleet. During the first missile firing, “Kirov”, due to an unknown anomaly, falls into the past - in August 1941, where it provokes a change in history, starting its long journey through different times and alternative realities [20] .
Interesting Facts
- In the late Soviet years (1986-1991), the cruiser team maintained bilateral patronage relations with the collective of the Almaty Central Department Store [21] .
Gallery
Cruiser at the pier of Severomorsk in 1992
Notes
- ↑ RussianShips.info
- ↑ Name selection traditions for ships of the Russian fleet . RIA Novosti (March 31, 2010). - “nuclear missile cruisers - Kirov, Frunze, Kalinin, Yuri Andropov (By decree of the President of Russia, these cruisers were renamed Admiral Ushakov, Admiral Lazarev, Admiral Nakhimov and Peter the Great, respectively ) ". Date of treatment December 28, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Report on the results of a comprehensive audit of the use of federal budget funds allocated for the construction and maintenance of the Northern Fleet (inaccessible link) . Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation (December 27, 2002). - "2.4.4 (...) in 2002, the repair of the ship was stopped and it was withdrawn from the combat strength of the fleet." Date of treatment December 28, 2014. Archived December 29, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Authorities decided to dispose of the nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Ushakov . ITAR TASS (June 10, 2014). Date of treatment December 28, 2014.
- ↑ Mushroom over the city
- ↑ Forum of the Cruiser Kirov :: Chronicle of the struggle [2 ] . www.kreiserkirov.ru. Date of treatment April 8, 2019.
- ↑ Money to scientists! What about the workers? // vdvsn.ru, 2008/07/08
- ↑ Russian Navy will replenish with three nuclear supercruisers , vg-news.ru , 09/20/2009
- ↑ Old cruisers will turn into atomic killers - News
- ↑ Russian Navy: Whom do we frighten with the “Eagles”? - Free Press , September 22, 2011
- ↑ Responses to letters Archive copy dated January 20, 2013 on the Wayback Machine in the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of Russia and in departments of the Government apparatus
- ↑ An environmental threat poses an environmental threat to residents of Severodvinsk. 12/16/2013
- ↑ The problems of the cruiser Admiral Ushakov have not been resolved for 16 years - the Asterisk. 12/16/2013
- ↑ The military prosecutor’s office began checking the cruiser, from which nuclear fuel has not been unloaded for 33 years. 12/25/2013
- ↑ Nuclear fuel from Admiral Ushakov should be removed as quickly as possible - experts. 12/25/2013
- ↑ “Admiral Ushakov” will not be disposed of earlier than 2016. 6/9/2014
- ↑ TARKR Kirov celebrated the 34th anniversary of its presence in the fleet
- ↑ Nuclear cruiser “Kirov” will go to cut (inaccessible link) . Date accessed August 7, 2015. Archived February 3, 2016.
- ↑ TASS: Army and defense industry - Zvezdochka will unload nuclear fuel from a decommissioned cruiser Kirov with Italian funds
- ↑ Kirov Series
- ↑ Svyatoslav Antonov. TSUM - the first mall in Kazakhstan . voxpopuli.kz (February 19, 2015).
Links
- Site of the heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Kirov"
- Heavy nuclear missile cruisers of the Kirov type, pr.1144 / 11442 Orlan (USSR / Russia)
- d / f "Cruiser of the Cold War" from the series "War, which was not" ( 100TV , 2012)