13.01.2010
Northern Fleet's (NF) large ASW ship Vice Admiral Kulakov will start sea trials on January 18.
In 2000
Vice Admiral Kulakov was transferred from Kronshtadt shipyard where it had stayed for 10 years in expectation of repair to
Severnaya Verf shipyard (St. Petersburg). In Dec 2009 Svetlana Yermolaeva, the head of public relations department of
Severnaya Verf reported that overhaul and modernization had been almost completed, the ship had passed docking and mooring trials. However, it appeared impossible to start sea trials due to the fire occurred at the ship's stores. One man suffered.
Vice Admiral Kulakov is a Project 1155 large ASW ship.
REGISTRATION
Northern Fleet
CONSTRUCTION, NAME
The ship was laid down on November 4, 1977 at
Zhdanov Shipyard (now called
Severnaya Verf Shipyard) in Leningrad; launched on May 16, 1980; commissioned on February 9, 1982.
MILESTONES
The ship visited Havana (Cuba) in November 3-7, 1988.
PERFORMANCE AND DIMENSIONS
Speed: 29.5 knots; cruising – 14 knots
Endurance: 30 days
Crew: 220 men
Total displacement: 7,480 tonnes
Standard displacement: 6,840 tonnes
Length: 163 meters
Beam: 19 meters
Draft: 7.8 meters
PROPULSION
Two-shaft, 4 gas turbines, 61,000 shp (2 x 8,000 shp cruising gas turbines GTU
M-70 and 2 x 22,500 shp boost gas turbines GTU
M-8KF)
ARMAMENT
2 x 4-container
Rastrub rocket torpedo launchers
6-26 mines
8
Kinzhal SAM systems (64 missiles)
1 coupled 100-mm artillery gun
AK-100
4 x 6-barreled 30-mm machineguns
AK-630M
RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
2
Ka-27 helicopters.
Source: RusNavy.com, photo: Large ASW ship Vice Admiral Kulakov (atrinaflot.narod.ru)
