| The Project 58 Missile cruisers, known to NATO
as the Kynda class were the first Soviet missile cruisers and a considerable advance
for the Soviet Navy. The Kynda Class was designed within the framework of the
anti-carrier naval construction doctrines of 1956-59. Initially laid down as destroyers,
on 29 September 1962 they were redesignated as Missile Cruisers. Only slightly
longer than the Krupnyy and Kildin destroyer, they had significantly more firepower. The
main purpose of the Project 58 was considered the destruction of light cruisers,
destroyers and large transports of the enemy and conduct a successful battle with
enemy ships, armed with short-range rocket weapons. Subsequently add the task
defeat the enemy aircraft carrier formations. The Kynda is a missile cruiser
with the odd feature of having a large trainable four round launcher forward and
aft. A large sensor mast is fitted in front of each funnel. The twin arm SAM launcher
is mounted forward and the two gun turrets at the rear. A helicopter deck allows
a Ka-25 helicopter to be carried. The main armament consist of two trainable four
round launchers for the 4K44 surface to surface missile, with a total of 16 missiles
carried. Additionally two twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose turrets are fitted. Air
defense is provided by a single twin round Volna launcher with 16 missiles (and
two twin 30mm AK-230 after modernization). Anti-submarine weapons include two
tripple 533mm torpedo launchers and two RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers. Missile
cruiser Grozny laid down on 23 February 1960 at the Shipyard No.190 named after
A.A. Zhdanova, Leningrad (yard No.780), launched on 26 March 1961, commissioned
on 30 December 1962 and was assigned to the Northern Fleet. 05 October
1966 the ship transferred to Black Sea Fleet. The missile cruiser served in the
30th Surface Ship Division of the Black Sea Fleet. 06 January 1984 the ship
transferred to Baltic Fleet. 24 June 1991 the missile cruiser Grozny was
excluded from the lists of the Baltic Fleet and scrapped in 1993 at Liepaya. | Specifications |
| Displacement (tons): | | Standard: |
4350 | | Full load: | 5400
| | Dimensions (m): | | Length: | 142,7 |
| Beam: | 16 |
| Draft: | 5,01 | | Speed
(knots): | 34,5 | | Range: | 4500
nmi (14,3 knots), 3500 nmi (18 knots), 1500 nmi (34 knots) | | Autonomy
(days): | 10 | | Propulsion: | 2x45000
hp TV-12 GTZA, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 2x750 kW turbine-type generators, 2x500
kW diesel generators | | Armament: | 2x4
SM-70 launchers P-35 anti-ship missile complex (16 4K44 missiles) - Binom fire
control system
1x2 ZIF-102 M-1 Volna SAM system launcher (16 V-600 missiles
(4K90)) - 4R90 Yatagan fire control system
2x2 76 mm AK-726 (1250 rounds)
- 2 MR-105 Turel fire control systems
2x1 45 mm 21KM
2x3 533 mm TTA-53-57bis
torpedo tubes (6 SET-53, 53-57 torpedoes) - Zummer fire control system
2x12
RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (96 RGB-60) - Burya fire control system
Helipad for Ka-25
helicopter | | Electronics: | 2
MR-300 Angara air/surface search radars, Bizan-4D reconnaissance radar, MRP-11-12
reconnaissance radar, 2 MRP-13-14 reconnaissance radars, 2 MRP-15-16 Zaliv reconnaissance
radars, 2 Krab-11 ESM radar systems, 2 Krab-12 ESM radar systems, Vzryv ESM radar
system, Don navigation radar, 2 Nickel-KM and 2 Khrom-KM IFF, Vizir-1 , GS-572
Gerkules-2M sonar | | Complement: | 304
(25 officers) |
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