Russian cruiser Azov

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History
Russia
Name:	Azov
Builder:	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev
Laid down:	21 July 1972
Launched:	14 September 1973
Commissioned:	25 December 1975
Decommissioned:	1998
Fate:	Scrapped in 2000
General characteristics
Class & type:	Kara-class cruiser
Displacement:	8,900 tons
Length:	173.4 m (568.9 ft)
Beam:	18.5 m (60.7 ft)
Draft:	5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Propulsion:	4 turbine-type generators GTG-12,5A x1250 kW 1 turbine-type generator GTG-6M 600 kW
Speed:	32 knots
Range:	9,000 miles
Complement:	425
Armament:	2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launchers (40 missiles) SA-N-6 surface-to-air missile (48 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 × 5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 Kamov Ka-25

Azov was a Kara-class missile cruiser of the Soviet and later Russian Navy.

History

Azov was laid down on 21 July 1972, launched on 14 September 1973 and was commissioned on 25 December 1975. The ship was stationed in the Black Sea Fleet. In 1977 the ship was modified to carry the new S-300F (SA-N-6) anti-air missile complex. The first vertical launching system in the world was installed on the cruiser.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the ship became a part of the Russian Navy. There the cruiser served until 1998, when the ship was decommissioned and scrapped in 2000.

References

Sevastopol.info- Large ASW destroyer Azov