Russian cruiser Tashkent
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Tashkent was the sixth ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in November 1975 and commissioned in December 1977 at the 61 Communards Shipyard.[2] After the fall of the USSR, she was scrapped in India in 1994.[1]
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Tashkent on 6 December 1984 | |
History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name |
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Namesake | destroyer Tashkent |
Builder | 61 Communards Shipyard |
Laid down | 22 November 1974 |
Launched | 5 November 1975 |
Commissioned | 31 December 1977 |
Decommissioned | 3 July 1992 |
Stricken | 10 August 1994 |
Homeport |
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Identification | 516, 528, 573, 716 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kara-class cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 173.2 m (568 ft) |
Beam | 18.6 m (61 ft) |
Draught | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89 MW) |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
Complement | 380-425 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix' |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
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