Kara Class Guided Missile Cruiser

BPK (Bolshoi Protivolodochnyy Korabl)
Translation: Large Anti-Submarine Ship

Manufacturer:

61 Kommuna, Nikolayev North Shipyard

Role:

Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship

Year Adopted:

1971

Operational Status:

Russia - Still in Use
Produced from 1967 to 1974

Armament:

2x Twin SA-N-3 'Goblet' SAM, with 72 missiles.
2x Twin SA-N-4 'Geko' SAM, with 36 missiles.
2x Quad SS-N-14 'Silex' ASW, with 8 missiles.
2x Dual Purpose 76mm (3 inch) Guns
4x 30mm ADG6-30 CIWS mountings
2x 12 Barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
2x RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers
2x Quintuple 533mm (21 in) ASW torpedo tubes

Sensor Suite:

1x 'Top Sail' 3D radar
1x 'Head Net C' 3D radar
2x 'Pop Group' SA-N-4 fire control radars
2x 'Head Light' SA-N-3 fire control radars
2x 'Owl Screech' 76mm fire control radars
2x 'Bass Tilt' CIWS fire control radars
2x 'Don Kay' navigational radars
1x 'Don 2' or 'Palm Frond' navigation radar
1x 'Side Globe' ESM suite
2x 'Bell Clout' ECM suite
2x 'Bell Tap' ECM suite
2x 'Square Head' IFF systems (Nikolayev only)
2x 'Salt Pot' IFF system
2x twin chaff launchers
2x 'Round House'
1x TACAN (Petropavlovsk only)
1x low frequency bow sonar
1x medium freq variable depth sonar

Engine:

4x COGAG gas turbines (120,000 hp or 88,250 Kw total power).

Crew:

380 Officers and Sailors

Length:

567.6 feet
(173 meters)

Draught:

22 feet
(6.7 meters)

Beam:

61 feet
(18.6 meters)

Maximum Speed:

34 knots

Aircraft:

1x Ka-25 'Hormone-A' ASW Helicopter