Kiev Class Aircraft Carrier - General Characteristics

General Characteristics

• Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau
• Builder: Nikolayev South (formerly Chernomorsky Shipyard 444)
• Power Plant: 8 turbopressurized boilers, 4 steam turbines (200,000 shp), four shafts
• Length: 273 meters overall (283 m for Vikramaditya)
• Flight Deck Width: 53 meters
• Beam: 32.6 meters
• Displacement: 43,000-45,500 metric tons full load
• Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
• Aircraft: 26-30
  • 12-13 Yak-38 VSTOL
  • 14-17 Ka-25 or Ka-27/29 helicopters
• Crew: 1,200-1,600 (including air wing)
• Armament:
  • Kiev and Minsk:
    • 4 × twin P-500 Bazalt SSM launchers (8 missiles)
    • 2 × twin M-11 Shtorm SAM launchers (72 missiles)
    • 2 × twin 9K33 Osa launchers (40 missiles)
    • 2 × twin 76.2 mm AA guns
    • 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
    • 10 × 21" torpedo tubes
    • 1 × twin SUW-N-1 FRAS Anti-Submarine Rocket launcher
  • Novorossiysk:
    • 4 × twin P-500 Bazalt SSM launchers (8 missiles)
    • 2 × twin M-11 Shtorm SAM launchers (72 missiles)
    • 2 × twin 76.2 mm AA guns
    • 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
    • 1 × twin SUW-N-1 FRAS Anti-Submarine Rocket launcher
  • Baku:
    • 6 × twin P-500 Bazalt SSM launchers (12 missiles)
    • 24 × 8-cell 9K330 Tor vertical SAM launchers (192 missiles)
    • 2 × 100 mm guns
    • 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
    • 10 × 21" torpedo tubes
• Date Deployed: 1975 (Kiev)