Project 1164

Slava class

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• project 1164
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• project 1164 variant
• project 1164 variant

Originally called Krasina class. 10 ships were planned (four for the Northern Fleet, four for the Pacific Fleet and one each for the Black Sea and Baltic Fleets) - later reduced to six ships. The first three were considerable delayed during construction, due to problems with the main armament, the P-500 missile.

Ships:

Slava - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2008 - laid down 5.11.76 - launched 27.7.79 - completed 30.12.82; tests began 9.82; from 7.2.83 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade (originally intended for the Pacific Fleet); 9.83 Minister of Defence Ustinov visited the ship; 15.10.83 arrived in Severomorsk for missile tests, and returned to Sevastopol in 1984; 4.85 damaged due to a fire onboard - repaired 9.85; 27.5.86 to 20.2.87 operations in the Mediterranean and the Northern Atlantic - tracked USS "Forrestal" and USS "America" - 9.86 visited Tartus, Syria - 18.11 to 22.11.86 visited Piraeus, Greece; 4.87 sailed with Commander of the Navy Gorshkov onboard; 1.89 to 3.89 repaired at 61 Kommunara; 1.12.89 to 2.12.89 visited La Valetta, Malta, during the Gorbachev-Bush summit; 8.90 tested in Yalta during the international conference on nuclear control; 21.3.91 began repairs and modernization at 61 Kommunara - the 30mm AK-630M guns were removed - then towed to Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol, where the guns were installed again; 1993 repair work stopped, but resumed in 1995; 16.5.95 renamed "Moskva"; 13.5.98 awarded the Guards title; 21.7.99 arrived in Sevastopol from Nikolayev; 25.7.99 took part in naval parade in Sevastopol; 4.2000 returned to service; 2001 visited Tunis, Tunisia; 13.10 to 11.11.2002 operations in the Mediterranean, with SKR "Pytlivyy", BDK "Yamal" and tanker "Ivan Bubnov"; 4.2003 to 5.2003 operations in the Indian Ocean, with BDK "Tsezar Kunnikov", tankers "Ivan Bubnov" and "Shakhter" - joined in the Indian Ocean by BPK "Admiral Panteleev", "Admiral Shaposhnikov" and tanker "Vladimir Kolechitskiy"; 2003 a meeting between the Russian President Putin and the Italian PM Berlusconi took place onboard the cruiser; 24.9.2004 visited La Valletta, Malta; 10.2.2006 arrived in Messina, Italy, and took part in the NATO exercise "Active Endeavour"; 9.5.2014 took part in the victory parade in Sevastopol; 9.5.2015 took part in the victory parade in Sevastopol

Marshal Ustinov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2009 - laid down 5.10.78 - launched 25.2.82 - completed 15.9.86; until 5.11.85 named "Admiral Flota Lobov"; 11.4 to 12.8.86 tests in the Black Sea; 17.3.87 arrived in Severomorsk - attached to the 120th Missile Ship Brigade; 7.12.87 to 23.6.88 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Tartus, Syria; 6.4.89 visited by the Soviet Commander of the Navy and the French minister of defence; 21.7 to 25.7.89 visited Norfolk, USA, together with EM "Otlichnyy" and tanker "Genrikh Gasanov" - then operations in the Mediterranean, including visits to Tartus, Syria and Algiers, Algeria - 14.12.89 returns to Severomorsk; 16.7 to 20.7.91 visited Mayport, USA, together with BPK "Simferopol"; 12.6.93 left Severomorsk together with BPK "Admiral Kharlamov" and the tanker "Dnestr" - 30.6 to 5.7.93 visited Halifax, Canada and 7.7 to 11.7.93 Boston, USA - 23.7.93 returned to Severomorsk; 2.9.94 to 14.12.97 repairs and modernization at the Northern Yard, St. Petersburg (13th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships); 15.1.98 left Baltiysk, and arrived in Severomorsk 21.1.98; 29.5.98 visited by the King of Norway; 23.7 to 26.7.98 took part in exercice "Kumzha"; 22.8.98 took part in an exercice in the presence of the Russian President

Chervona Ukraina - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2010 - laid down 31.7.79 - launched 28.8.83 - completed 25.12.89; 15.8 to 1.12.89 tests in the Black Sea - flag raised 7.1.90; 5.6 to 8.6.90 visited Kiel, Germany; 15.9.90 to 3.11.90 sailed form Sevastopol to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, together with EM "Bystryy" - visited Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam (22.10 to 24.10.90) - attached to the 173rd Missile Ship Brigade; 24.8.95 took part in the 60th anniversary of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok; 21.12.95 renamed "Varyag"; 11.10.96 took part in an exercise with the Russian Minister of Defence onboard; 3.2 to 19.2.97 visited Inchon, South Korea - and took part in a joint exercise; 30.12.97 suffered a fire, but only little damage; 29.9 to 6.10.99 visited Shanghai, China, together with EM "Burnyy"; 1.10 to 24.10.2002 visited Yokosuka, Japan; 10.2 to 15.2.2004 visited Inchon, South Korea, together with BPK "Admiral Tributs" and MPK "Koreets"; 2005 began repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - ZRK Fort (SA-N-6) replaced by a modified version Fort-M - ZRK Osa-M (SA-N-4) replaced with ZRK Gyurza - 30mm AK-630M guns replaced by ZRAK Kortik (30mm guns and missiles)

Admiral Flota Lobov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2011 - laid down 29.8.84 - launched 11.8.90; until 23.3.85 known as "Komsomolets"; 18.3.93 decomissioned from the Russian Navy, and taken over by Ukraine (75% complete) - 20.3.93 renamed "Vilna Ukraina"; anchored at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev; 1999 visited by the Ukrainian President; 2001 little work done, now 87% complete - attempt to sell the hull to Russia failed; originally planned for the Northern Fleet

Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2012 - laid down 15.11.88; Project 11641; until 30.12.87 named "Rossiya"; work stopped in 1989; 4.10.90 excluded, and scrapped - originally intended for the Baltic Fleet

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2013 - laid down was planned for mid-1989, with delivery in 1994; Project 11641; excluded 4.10.90 - originally intended for the Black Sea Fleet

Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2014 - laid down was planned for mid-1990, with delivery in 1994; Project 11641; excluded 4.10.90 - originally intended for the Baltic Fleet

Varyag - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2015 - laid down was planned for late 1989, with delivery in 1996; Project 11641; excluded 4.10.90 - originally intended for the Pacific Fleet

Sevastopol - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2016 - laid down was planned for late 1990, with delivery in 1997; Project 11641; excluded 4.10.90 - originally intended for the Northern Fleet