Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Soviet Navy — Cruiser

Soviet cruiser Kaganovich

Kirov-class cruiser

Soviet cruiser Kaganovich
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Service

  1. Soviet Navy as Kaganovich6 December 1944 — 1960270 days of the war
Kirov-class cruiser Particulars
Name
Kaganovich
Namesake
Lazar Kaganovich
Builder
Shipyard 199, Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Laid down
26 August 1938
Commissioned
6 December 1944
Fate
Sold for scrap around 1960 (1960)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
8,267 long tons (8,400 t)
Displacement, full load
9,881 long tons (10,040 t)
Length
191.2 m (627.3 ft)
Beam
17.66 m (57.9 ft)
Draught
6.3 m (20.7 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Complement
812
Main gun
180 mm (7.1 in)

Kaganovich was a Kirov-class cruiser, operated by the Soviet Navy. The ship was named after Lazar Kaganovich. Shipyard 199, Komsomolsk-on-Amur laid her keel on 26 August 1938. She was commissioned on 6 December 1944.

Six ships of the class were built. The class followed the Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Chapayev-class cruiser.

Displacement was 8,267 long tons standard and 9,881 long tons at full load. She measured 191.2 m (627 ft) long with a beam of 17.7 m (58 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 812. Her main battery was of 180 mm (7.1 in) calibre.

Her belt armour was 70 mm (2.8 in) and her deck 50 mm. She carried two aircraft. 126,900 shp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 270 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1960.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, 2 geared turbines
Power
  • 6 Yarrow-Normand boilers
  • 126900 shp
Armament
  • 3 × 3 - 180 mm B-1-P guns
  • 8 × 1 - 85 mm 90-K dual-purpose guns
  • 6 × 1 - 45 mm 21-K AA guns
  • 10 × 1 - 37 mm 70-K
  • 6 × 1 - 12.7 mm DShK AA machine guns
  • 2 × 3 - 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 100–106 mines
  • 50 depth charges
Armour
  • Waterline belt: 70 mm
  • Deck: 50 mm each
  • Turrets: 70 mm
  • Barbettes: 70 mm
  • Conning tower: 150 mm
Aircraft
  • 2 × KOR-2 seaplanes

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