Soviet cruiser Admiral Yumashev
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- Admiral Yumashev
- (Адмирал Юмашев)
 Admiral Yumashev in 1982 | |
| History | |
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  Russia | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Ivan Yumashev |
| Ordered | 15 January 1973 |
| Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Yard number | 730 |
| Laid down | 14 April 1975 |
| Launched | 30 September 1976 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 30 July 1992 |
| Stricken | 31 December 1992 |
| Identification | See Pennant numbers |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kresta II-class cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Beam | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Draught | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range |
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| Endurance | 1,830 tonnes (1,801 long tons) fuel oil |
| Complement | 380 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Kamov Ka-25 |
| Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
Admiral Yumashev was a Kresta II-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.
By the mid-1960s, the rapid growth of the threat of nuclear missile strikes from sea areas began to require an early quantitative and qualitative increase in the power of the anti-submarine defense forces of the USSR Navy to eliminate this threat. The fleet began to focus on creating a far zone of anti-submarine defense by building anti-submarine ships capable of finding and destroying nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles in the ocean of a potential enemy, the United States.[1]
The Kresta II-class cruisers or also known as Project 1134A was developed in the northern PKB in 1964-1965. V. F. Anikiev was appointed chief designer, and deputy chief designer: Yu. A. Babich, M. S. Natus and V. D. Rubtsov. The main observers from the Navy on Project 1134-A were Captain 2nd Rank OT Safronov, then Captain 2nd Rank MA Yanchevsky, and since 1970 - Engineer-Captain 2nd Rank MA Kotler.[1][2]
Despite the fact that the project number and its code clearly show a connection with its predecessor (Project 1134 Berkut), in terms of its combat purpose it was already a completely different ship, with significant changes not only in the composition of weapons, but also in design. The main dimensions of the ship according to the project have changed slightly. The width remained the same, the length increased slightly, which was due to the limited size of the building places of the closed slipway of the Leningrad plant named after A. A. Zhdanova. The designers tried to unify as much as possible the component equipment of the new and old projects (already mastered by the industry).[1][2]
The tests of the ships of the series took place in a tense atmosphere typical of the Cold War. The state test program included: six to eight firings with an anti-aircraft missile system, up to 10 artillery fires with an AK-725 complex, five to six firings with anti-submarine weapons. Verification of hydroacoustic stations was carried out according to the range of determining the location of the Project 613 submarine (depth 30 m, speed 6 knots). Detection ranges of air and surface targets with all radars in service were tested on the Il-28 aircraft at an altitude of 11,000 m and patrol ships of Project 1135. State tests usually did not exceed three months, but during this period the ships passed at least 6,000 nautical miles. The displacement and stability of the ships of the project were determined by the results of the inclining of the lead ship. The test results showed quite satisfactory seaworthiness of the ships of Project 1134A.[1]