SN Admiral Kuznetsov

Ship Class:

Although known mostly as an aircraft carrier, the Kuznetsov-class are classified as a Heavy aircraft cruiser.

The Kuznetsov-class has 3 ships built. 2 of them are in commission of the PRC, namely Liaoning (SN Riga/SN Varyag) and Shandong. The lead ship was still in use of the Russian Navy.

SN Admiral Kuznetsov has gone through a number of name changes 3 actually before being officially named as Admiral Kuznetsov;

I. SN Riga

II. SN Leonid Brezhnev

III. SN Tbilisi

The ship was built in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. When the Soviet Union was disbanded in 1991, the Soviets or Russians "stole" it for their own, making it their only working aircraft carrier, at a worse cost.

The ship has undergo several huge problems to which angers the Russian Navy and the Russian Nation. Several overhauls and retrofits are challenging to fix such Soviet-era Aircraft Carrier.

SN Admiral Kuznetsov's original class was the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser after SN Pyotr Velikiy, before construction of the aircraft carrier. This makes both the battlecruiser and aircraft carrier half-sister ships.

Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

Hull Number:

063

Measurements:

1,000 feet and 8 inches (305 m) - Long Overall

236 ft & 3 in (72 m) - Beam

32 ft (10 m) - Draft

52,000 long tons (53,000 tons) - Standard Displacement

57,700 long tons (58,600 tons) - Increased in Full Combat Mode at.

Propulsion:

Steam turbines, 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW) 

4 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines 

9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators 

6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators 

4 × fixed pitch propellers

29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) - Top Speed

8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) - Cruising range at a speed of 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Armaments:

6 × AK-630 AA guns (6 × 30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds)

8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 32 3K87 Kortik SAM)

12 × P-700 Granit SSM

24 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds)

RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets)

Aircraft:

18 × Su-33

6 × MiG-29K

4 × Ka-31

2 × Ka-27

Further Updates: The aircraft carrier has been going on a huge extensive overhaul and repair. Since the sinking of Slava-class missile-guided cruiser, SN Moskva in amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War, the aircraft carrier was kept safe, afraid for not being able to save their only aircraft carrier. In amidst her extensive overhaul for future sea operations for the Pacific, she was escorted by SN Pyotr Velikiy.