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)

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