![]() Russian naval officials have said that the failure to properly preheat the heavy mazut fuel prior to entering the combustion chamber may contribute to the heavy smoke trail associated with the ship. Unlike most western naval ships that use gas turbines or nuclear power, Admiral Kuznetsov is a conventionally powered ship that uses mazut as a fuel, often leading to a visible trail of heavy black smoke that can be seen at a great distance. The "cruiser" role is facilitated by Admiral Kuznetsov 's complement of 12 long-range surface-to-surface anti-ship P-700 Granit ( NATO reporting name: Shipwreck) cruise missiles, resulting in the ship's Russian type designator of "heavy aircraft-carrying missile cruiser". The ski-jump take-off is less demanding on the pilot's body, since the acceleration is lower, but results in a clearance speed of only 120–140 km/h (75–87 mph) requiring an aircraft design which will not stall at those speeds. This results in the aircraft leaving the deck at a higher angle and elevation than on an aircraft carrier with a flat deck and catapults. When taking off, aircraft accelerate toward and up the ski-jump using their afterburners. The carrier also carries the Kamov Ka-27 and Kamov Ka-27S helicopters for anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, and small transport.įor take-off of fixed-wing aircraft, Admiral Kuznetsov has a ski-jump at the end of its bow. It can perform air superiority, fleet defence, and air support missions and can also be used for direct fire support of amphibious assault, reconnaissance and placement of naval mines. The term used by its builders to describe the Russian ships is Tyazholyy Avianesushchiy Kreyser (TAVKR) – "heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser" – intended to support and defend strategic missile-carrying submarines, surface ships, and naval missile-carrying aircraft of the Russian Navy.Īdmiral Kuznetsov 's main fixed-wing aircraft is the multi-role Sukhoi Su-33. The design of Admiral Kuznetsov class implies a mission different from that of the United States Navy's carriers. ![]() The flight deck configuration has three launch positions for fixed-wing aircraft The current projection is that repairs will be completed and the ship will be transferred back to the Russian Navy sometime in 2024. In June 2022, the ship was transferred to a drydock at the 35th Ship Repair Plant in Murmansk, where it remained until February 2023. In another mishap in December 2019, a major fire killed at least one worker and injured ten others. After the floating drydock PD-50 sank in Kola Bay ( Murmansk) in an accident that killed one worker in October 2018, the ship was towed to Sevmorput Yard No 35. The repair process has been hampered by accidents, embezzlement of funds, and other setbacks. The ship has been out of service and in drydock for repairs since 2018. The second hull was eventually sold by Ukraine to China, completed in Dalian and commissioned as Liaoning. ![]() However, its sister ship Varyag was still incomplete when the Soviet Union disbanded in 1991. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of the two-ship Admiral Kuznetsov class. The initial name of the ship was Riga it was launched as Leonid Brezhnev, embarked on sea trials as Tbilisi, and was finally named Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov. It was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer of Soviet aircraft carriers, in Nikolayev within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) and launched in 1985, becoming fully operational in the Russian Navy in 1995. RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets)Īdmiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov ( Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, romanized: Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov or "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov", originally the name of the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy.24 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 missiles 1 missile per 3 seconds).8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 32 3K87 Kortik SAM).Steam turbines, 8 turbo-pressurised boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW). ![]() Kuznetsov-class aircraft cruiser/ aircraft carrier Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design BureauĢ0 January 1991 (fully operational in 1995).Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union KuznetsovĪdmiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov ( Russian: Адмирал Флота Советского Союза Кузнецов) ![]()
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