According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on January 19, 2021, the Russian Navy Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser of project 11442M currently in overhaul and modernization at Sevmash Shipyard is preparing to receive organic power supplies, the shipyard said.
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Russian Navy Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser. (Picture source VPK)
“Sevmash began to install equipment and mechanisms in 2020. Cables are laid on the warship to provide organic power supplies. The cruiser will then begin mooring trials at the berth,” it said. Running trials will follow. The Admiral Nakhimov will be the most powerful warship of the Russian Navy. It can carry various radars, offensive and defensive weapons.
The Sevmash Shipyard launched the modernization of the Admiral Nakhimov to Project 11442M standard on January 24, 2014. The modernization started with dismounting the large equipment and systems subject to replacement or repair. This slashed the structural weight, which, in turn, made it easier to bring the ship from the berth to the flooding dock. Pontoons were manufactured by Sevmash for the Admiral Nakhimov to get across the flooding dock’s caisson gate.
The upgraded cruiser will be armed with hypersonic Tsirkon missiles, antiship Onyx missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles. Fort-M and Pantsir-M will provide air defense. The cruiser will carry powerful anti-submarine weapons. The cruiser joined the Soviet Navy as the Kalinin in 1988. It was renamed in 1992. It has been overhauled by Sevmash since 1999. The work actually began in 2013.
The Admiral Nakhimov is the third battlecruiser of the Russian Navy's Kirov class, soviet designation Project 114 Orlan. She is is a class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers of the Russian Navy.
The designing of the last Soviet missile cruiser (Project 1144) began in the mid-1960s. The lead ship of the five-hull series was laid down by the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad on March 26, 1974 and was commissioned in 1980. The cruiser was named Kirov. The ships of the class are the world’s largest surface combatants built after WWII, save for aircraft carriers. They displace 24,500 tons, measure 251 m long, have a 140,000-hp nuclear powerplant, a speed of 31 knots and a complement of 728 carry three Kamov Ka-27 (Helix) helicopters. Their main armament is 20 3M-45 Granit antiship missiles with a range of 600 km.
The second cruiser in the class, the Frunze, (renamed Admiral Ushakov in 1992) was commissioned in 1984. Both had been in reserve of the Navy for some time. Two other ships - the Admiral Nakhimov and Pyotr Veliky laid down as the Kalinin in 1983 and Yuri Andropov in 1986 - became operational in 1988 and 1998 respectively. The construction of the fifth cruiser was canceled.
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