Name Kynda class Preceded by Sverdlov class In service 1962 - 2002 | Builders Zhdanov, Leningrad Succeeded by Kresta I class | |
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Operators Soviet Navy
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The Project 58 Missile (literally "rocket") cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта 58), known to NATO as the Kynda class and sometimes referred to as the Groznyy class (тип «Грозный»), from the name of the first ship of the series to be constructed, were the first generation of Soviet missile cruisers and represented a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-3b 'Shaddock' missile. The design proved top-heavy and was soon succeeded by the larger Kresta I class, but the Kyndas stayed in service until the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Design
The specifications (TTZ in Russian) for this class were issued in 1956.
The main armament comprised two trainable quadruple SS-N-3 anti shipping missile mountings; one forward one aft. One set of reload missiles was carried (16 missiles in total). Defensive armament comprised a twin SA-N-1 missile launcher forward and two twin 76mm guns aft. Two RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers and two triple 533mm torpedo tubes were also fitted. The ships were refitted in the early 1980s with four 30mm CIWS guns.
Machinery comprised high pressure steam turbines in a unit system with alternating boiler rooms and turbine rooms.
The electronics fit consisted of:
Radar:
Sonar:
Other systems:
Ships
The ships were ordered in 1956 and laid down in 1960-61. All four ships were built by the Zhdanov yard in Leningrad. Initially classed as destroyers and given traditional destroyer names, they were redesignated as Rocket Cruisers and renamed in September 1962. A total of 10 ships were planned but only four were built and the last six were replaced by the larger Kresta I class ships.