Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov Totally Explained

Everything about Russian Battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov totally explained

Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) is the third battlecruiser of the Kirov class. The ship was known as the Kalinin (Калинин) until 1992.

History

Kalinin was laid down on May 17 1983 at Baltiysky Naval Shipyard, Leningrad, launched on April 25 1986, and commissioned on December 30 1988 and joined the Northern Fleet on 21 April 1989 though GlobalSecurity noted the cruiser was a Pacific fleet unit.

Differences from lead ship

Kalinin was constructed differently from the lead ship of the class. On the forward part of the ship, the twin SS-N-14 ASW missile launcher was replaced with two SA-N-8 surface to air missile vertical launchers. The forward 30 mm CIWS cannons were replaced by CADS-N-1. On the aft part, a single twin AK-130 130 mm gun, similar to the guns used on Slava and Sovremennyy, was used instead of two 100 mm guns. Near the flight deck, the 30 mm CIWS cannons were replaced by CADS-N-1 and moved to the aft superstructure and replaced with two four tube SA-N-8 vertical launchers.

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