Soviet cruiser Kalinin
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For other ships with the same name, see Soviet ship Kalinin.
Kalinin (Калинин) was one of six Kirov-class cruisers (officially known as Project 26) built for the Soviet Navy in the Russian Far East from components shipped from European Russia during World War II. The ship was one of the last pair constructed, known as the Project 26bis2 subclass. Completed at the end of 1942 and assigned to the Pacific Fleet, she saw no action during the Soviet–Japanese War in 1945 and served into the Cold War. Sometimes serving as a flagship, her post-war career was uneventful until she was disarmed and converted into a floating barracks in 1960. She was scrapped in the early 1960s.
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Sister ship Petropavlovsk in 1958 | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Kalinin (Калинин) |
Namesake | Mikhail Kalinin |
Builder | Shipyard 199, Komsomolsk-on-Amur |
Yard number | 7 |
Laid down | 12 August 1938 |
Launched | 8 May 1942 |
Completed | 31 December 1942 |
In service | 31 January 1953 |
Out of service | 1 May 1956 |
Renamed | PKZ-21, 14 March 1960 |
Reclassified | 6 February 1960 as floating barracks |
Stricken | 12 April 1963 |
Reinstated | 1 December 1957 |
Fate | Transferred for scrapping, 10 August 1963 |
General characteristics (Project 26bis2) | |
Class and type | Kirov-class cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 191.2 m (627 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 17.66 m (57 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Endurance | 5,590 nmi (10,350 km; 6,430 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 812 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC-132 and Mars-72 sonars |
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