Ukrayina (Komsomolets / Admiral Flota Lobov)

History of Ukraine (Komsomol / Admiral Flota Lobov)

Ukraine is a Ukrainian Slava-class cruiser originally ordered by the Soviet Union in the early 1980s under the name Admiral Flota Lobov. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the ship sailed to Russia and then to Ukraine, where it was named Ukraine.

In 2010, the Ukrainian parliament named the ship after it. The vessel remains unfinished and is currently moored at Mykolayiv Shipyard (former 61 Kommunara Shipyard).

The ship was laid in 1983 and launched in 1990 on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Due to budget constraints, work on the cruiser stopped in the early 1990s and the ship remains unfinished. In 1993, the cruiser was withdrawn from the Russian Navy and handed over to Ukraine. In 1997, Ukraine announced that it did not need the cruiser and was ready to sell it. Russia was reluctant to buy the cruiser and as a result approached China and India, but showed no interest at the time.

In addition, the U.S. government has asked the Ukrainian government to stop providing military technology to China in exchange for joining NATO and providing economic aid. In 2007, the cruiser required $30 million to complete, according to Ukrainian sources.

Specification

Basic

Year of Service

1990

Origins

Ukraine

Status

under construction

Program is running.

supplement

480

staff

Class information

Class

Slava classes

Class Size

8

ships

Class

Moscow (Slava); Marshal Ustinov (Admiral Flota Lobov); Varyag (Chervona, Ukraine); Ukraine (Komsomol/Admiral Flota Lobov); Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya; Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Gorshkov (cancelled); Varyag (cancelled); Sevastopol (cancelled)

Operator

Ukraine

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

611.5 feet

186.39m

Ray

68. 2 feet

20.79m

Draft

27.5 feet

8.38m

Shift

11,500

t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

COGOG (combined gas or gas): 2 x 121,000 hp gas turbines on 2 x stern shafts.

Surface Velocity

32.0 nodes

(36.8 km/h)

Area

7,000nm

(8,055 miles | 12,963 kilometers)

Weapon

1 x 130 mm AK-130 L/70 Dual Purpose (DP) Dual Gun Deck Gun with Turret. 16 x P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 "Sandbox") anti-ship missiles (ASM). 8 x 8 cell S-300PMU Favorit (SA-N-4 "Gecko") short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). 2 x 20-cell OSA-MA (SA-N-4 "Gecko") short-range SAM. 6 x AK-630 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS).

2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine Missile Launchers (ASROC). 2 x 533mm quintuple torpedo tubes.

Aircraft

1 Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27 Naval Helicopter, equipped for anti-submarine/anti-ship roles.