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ULYANOVSK nuclear powered heavy aircraft carrying cruiser (project 1143.7)

Ulyanovsk

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ульяновск [Ulyanovsk]   107 Black Sea Yd, Nikolayev 25.11.1988 --- --- cancelled 11.1991

 

Displacement standard, t

62580

Displacement full, t

73400

Length, m

321.2

Breadth, m

79.5 fd

Draught, m

10.6 max

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 sets GTZA-674 geared steam turbines, 4 KN-3-43 nuclear reactors

Power, h. p.

280000

Max speed, kts

29.5

Fuel, t

nuclear

Endurance, nm(kts)

unlimited

Armament

1 x 12 Granit SSM VLS (12 3M45), 4 x 6 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 9M330), 8 x (8 Kortik SAM + 2 x 6 - 30/54) Kortik CIWS (256 9M311), 2 x 10 RBU-12000 Udav-1 ASWRL, 71 aircraft (Su-33 fighters, Yak-44 EW planes, Ka-27, Ka-27PS helicopters)

Electronic equipment

Mars-Passat radar suite, MR-650 Podberiozovik, MR-350 Podkat-M, Volga, 4x 3R-95, Rezistor-K42, 2x Gazon radars, MGK-355TA Polinom-T, MGK-365 Zvezda-M1, MG-717 Amulet-1, Altyn, TK-146 Sozvezdiye-BR, MP-407 Start-2 ECM suites, 8x PK-2M, 4x PK-10 Smely decoy RLs, Tron-Diplomat CCS

Complement

3400

Aircraft facilities (fd - 15,500 m², ha - 5,600 m² / 44,240 m³): Flight deck: 321.2 x 79.5m. Hangar: 175.0 x 32.0 x 7.90 m. There are 3 deck-edge elevators (50t, 20 x 15m). There were 2 steam catapults. Aircraft fuel stowage: 5000 t of jet fuel.

Year fighters EW planes helicopters
design 25 Su-33, 20 MiG-29K 8 Yak-44 15 Ka-27PL, 2 Ka-27PS

Project history: This was the projected nuclear-powered successor to the Kuznetsov class, equipped with conventional steam catapults. She was laid down at Nikolayev in December 1988 and although her launch was expected during 1991, the economic collapse that year badly slowed work, and the split between Russia and Ukraine made essential parts such as the reactors undeliverable. By February 1992 this ship, which was 20%, was broken up.

Ship protection: Underwater protection consists of 3 longitudinal bulkheads (2nd bulkhead is armoured). Aviation fuel tanks and magazines have box protection.

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