Ships
The initial plan was for a single squadron of seven ships armed with long range missiles and two squadrons of fourteen ships armed with shorter range missiles. In reality only four ships were built before production switched to the anti-submarine variant the Kresta 2 class
| Ship | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Scrapped |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Zozulya Адмирал Зозуля | 1964 | 1965 | 1967 | 1994 |
| Vize-Admiral Drozd Вице-Адмирал Дрозд | 1965 | 1966 | 1968 | Sank 1992 on way to breakers |
| Vladivostok Владивосток | 1964 | 1969 | 1969 | 1991 |
| Sevastopol Севастополь | 1966 | 1967 | 1969 | 1991 |
Read more about this topic: Kresta I Class Cruiser
Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep”
—James Elroy Flecker (1884–1919)
“And when we can with Meeter safe,
We’ll call him so, if not plain Ralph,
For Rhime the Rudder is of Verses,
With which like Ships they steer their courses.”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
Come sailing by, come sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)