Kresta I class cruiser

Kresta I class cruiser

Kresta I class cruiser is a Soviet cruiser class, the Soviet designation was Project 1134 "Berkut" (Golden Eagle)

These ships were designed for a surface warfare role. Soviet priorities were changed to an anti-submarine role and only 4 ships were built with this configuration. These ships were followed by the Kresta II class cruiser, an anti-submarine derivative.

Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous Soviet cruiser class, Kynda, the Kresta I surface warfare cruisers carried only half as many Shaddock launch tubes and one-fourth the total number of missiles. The Kresta I could launch four SS-N-3b SLCMs and 44 SA-N-1 surface-to-air missiles, and have ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. A single Ka-25 Hormone B is carried for targeting the cruise missile, and mid-course corrections.

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Links & References

*http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100600 - Article in Russian
*http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1134.htm

* Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1947-1995


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