Engineering:Kynda-class cruiser

Short description: Soviet Navy warship class

Groznyy in 1985
Class overview
Name:	Kynda class
Builders:	Zhdanov Shipyard
Operators:	Soviet Navy Russian Navy
Preceded by:
Succeeded by:
Built:	1960–1965
In service:	1962–2002
Planned:	16
Completed:	4
Cancelled:	12
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Cruiser
Displacement:	4,400 tons standard, 5,500 tons full load
Length:	141.7–141.9 m (464 ft 11 in–465 ft 7 in)
Beam:	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught:	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	4 boilers 2 steam turbines 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement:	390
Armament:	ASM: 2×4 SS-N-3b (8+8 missiles) SAM: 1 twin SA-N-1 'Goa' launcher (16 missiles) Guns: 2× 76 mm (3.0 in) AK-726 guns, 4× 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630 guns ASW: 2× RBU-6000 launchers Torpedoes: 2×3 533mm tubes
Aviation facilities:	Helipad

The Project 58 missile cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта 58), known to NATO as the Kynda class and sometimes referred to as the Grozny class (тип «Грозный»), from the name of the first ship of the series to be constructed, were the first generation of Soviet missile cruisers and represented a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-3b 'Shaddock' missile. The design proved to be top-heavy and was soon succeeded by the larger , but the Kyndas stayed in service until the fall of the Soviet Union.

Design

Groznyy during the height of the Cold War, 1985

Admiral Golovko in the Mediterranean Sea

The specifications (TTZ in Russian) for this class were issued in 1956. The main armament comprised two trainable quadruple SS-N-3 anti shipping missile mountings; one forward one aft. One set of reload missiles was carried (16 missiles in total). Defensive armament comprised a twin SA-N-1 missile launcher forward and two twin 76mm AK-726 guns aft. Two RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers and two triple 533-millimetre (21.0 in) torpedo tubes were also fitted. The ships were refitted in the early 1980s with four 30-millimetre (1.2 in) AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS).

Radar:

• MR-500 Kliver air search
• MR-302 Rubka surface search
• Don DonKay navigation

Sonar:

• GAS-372 Gerkules-2M hull mounted

Other systems:

• Zaliv ESM
• Krab ECM
• Uspekh-U aircraft communications
• Yatagan SA-N-1 fire control (Peel Group SA-N-1 Target Acquisition /Target Tracking/Missile Guidance (TA/TT/MG) array
• MR105 AK-726 fire control (Hawk Screech) Fire Control for 76mm Guns
• Binom P35 Progress fire control

Ships

• (Fearsome) (Грозный)

Laid down 23 February 1960

Launched 26 March 1961

Completed 30 December 1962

Served in the Baltic Fleet

Scrapped 1991

• (Адмирал Фокин)

Laid down as Steregushchyy (Watchful) on 5 October 1960

Launched 19 November 1961

Completed 1964

Served in the Pacific Fleet

Scrapped 1993

• (Адмирал Головко)

Laid down as Doblestnyy (Valorous) on 20 April 1960

Launched 18 July 1962

Renamed on 31 October 1962 after Arseniy Golovko

Completed 1964

From 1995 to 1997 she served as flagship of the Black Sea fleet, before being deactivated and removed from service in 2002.

• (Варяг)

Laid down as Soobrazitelnyy (Shrewd) on 13 October 1961

Launched 7 April 1963

Completed 1965

Served in the Pacific Fleet

Decommissioned 1990. This ship was featured in a Soviet TV documentary in the late 1970s. There were plans to preserve her as a museum.

See also

• List of ships of the Soviet Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

External links

• Article from FAS in English
• page on Admiral Golovko from Black Sea Fleet
• (in English) All Russian Kynda Class Cruisers - Complete Ship List