Soviet cruiser Molotov
Service
- as Molotov14 January 1941 — 4 April 19721,692 days of the war
- Name
- Molotov
- Namesake
- Vyacheslav Molotov
- Builder
- Marti South, Nikolayev
- Laid down
- 14 January 1937
- Launched
- 4 December 1939
- Commissioned
- 14 January 1941
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 4 April 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 8,048 long tons (8,177 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 9,574 long tons (9,728 t)
- Length
- 191.4 m (628 ft)
- Beam
- 17.66 m (57.9 ft)
- Draught
- 6.3 m (20.7 ft)
- Speed
- 36.7 knots (68 km/h, 42.3 mph)
- Complement
- 963
- Main gun
- 180 mm (7.1 in)
Molotov was a Kirov-class cruiser in service with the Soviet Navy. She was named for Vyacheslav Molotov. Marti South, Nikolayev laid her keel on 14 January 1937. She entered service on 14 January 1941, having been launched on 4 December 1939.
She was one of six ships of her class. The class followed the Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Chapayev-class cruiser.
Displacement was 8,048 long tons standard and 9,574 long tons at full load. She measured 191.4 m (628 ft) long with a beam of 17.7 m (58 ft). Her designed speed was 36.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 963. 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. 129,750 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,692 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 4 April 1972.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts, 2 geared turbines
- Power
- 6 Yarrow-Normand boilers
- 129750 shp
- Armament
- 3 × 3 - 180 mm B-1-P guns
- 6 × 1 - 100 mm B-34 dual purpose guns
- 9 × 1 - 45 mm 21-K AA guns
- 4 × 1 - 12.7 mm DShK AA machine guns
- 2 × 3 - 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 96–150 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
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet cruiser Molotov on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Arkhiv fotografiy korabley russkogo i sovetskogo VMF. (Архив фотографий кораблей русского и советского ВМФ.) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons