Varangian (until June 19, 1990 - "Riga"), Project 1143.6 heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser
6 December 1985 laid down at the Black Sea shipyard in Nikolaev
(serial number 106), launched on November 25, 1988.
In 1992, at 67% of technical readiness, construction was suspended, the ship was mothballed.
In 1993, under an agreement between Ukraine and Russia, "Varyag" went to Ukraine. (16 photos)
Sold to Chong Lot Travel Agency Ltd in April 1998 for $ 20 million.
- at a ready-made cost of about 5-6 billion dollars.
Since 2008 - renamed to "Shi Lang"
basic information
Type Aircraft carrier
Flag State Flag of China China
Dalian home port
Construction started on December 6, 1985
Launched November 25, 1988
Commissioned not completed
Current status sold
Kiev - heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of the Northern Fleet of the USSR Navy (USSR Navy).
Built from 1970 to 1975 in Nikolaev at the Black Sea shipyard.
In 1993, due to a lack of funds for operation and repair, a significant depletion of the resource of weapons, mechanisms and equipment, it was withdrawn from the fleet, after which it was disarmed and sold to the government of the PRC. In early 1994, it was towed to Qinhuangdao, where it was converted into a museum.
In September 2003, the Kiev was towed to Tianjin.
basic information
TAKR type
Flag State Flag of the USSR USSR
Shipyard Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolaev (USSR, now Ukraine)
Construction started on July 21, 1970
Launched on December 26, 1972
Commissioned on December 28, 1975
Withdrawn from the fleet on June 30, 1993
Current status Sold to a Chinese company in an amusement park
Minsk - heavy aircraft carrier cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR Navy, and later - the Russian Navy.
"Minsk" was launched on September 30, 1975.
Commissioned in 1978.
In November 1978, it would be included in the Pacific Fleet.
In 1993, a decision was made to disarm the "Minsk", exclude it from the Russian Navy and transfer it to the OFI for dismantling and implementation. In August 1994, after the ceremonial descent of the Naval Flag, it was disbanded.
At the end of 1995, the Minsk was towed to South Korea to cut its hull into metal. After the aircraft carrier was resold to the Chinese company Shenzhen Minsk Aircraft Carrier Industry Co Ltd. In 2006, when the company went bankrupt, Minsk became part of the Minsk World military park in Shenzhen. On March 22, 2006, the aircraft carrier was put up for auction, but no buyers were found. On May 31, 2006, the aircraft carrier was again put up for auction and sold for 128 million yuan.
basic information
TAKR type
Flag State (Flag of the USSR USSR)
Shipyard Black Sea Shipyard
Launched September 30, 1975
Withdrawn from the fleet on June 30, 1993
Modern status entertainment center
Novorossiysk - an aircraft carrier of the Black Sea and Pacific Fleets of the USSR Navy (USSR Navy) in 1978-1991.
For the first time in the USSR, an aircraft carrier was designed to accommodate troops on board, receive heavy transport helicopters and base Yak-38P fighters.
Built from 1975 to 1978 at a shipyard in Nikolaev (Black Sea Shipyard, director Gankevich). Changes made to the project during construction delayed the date of commissioning until 1982. Since 1978 it has been launched and completed floating.
On August 15, 1982, the USSR naval flag was solemnly raised on the ship, and on November 24 it was included in the Red Banner Pacific Fleet.
basic information
Aircraft carrier type
Flag State Flag of the USSR USSR
Launched on December 26, 1978
Withdrawn from the fleet 1991
Current status sold to South Korea
Heavy aircraft carrier "Admiral Gorshkov"
(until October 4, 1990 it was called "Baku", then renamed into "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov", but recently in official documents it is called in a simplified form "Admiral Gorshkov") - Soviet and Russian heavy aircraft carrying cruiser, the only ship of Project 1143.4 [1], sold to India on January 20, 2004. On March 5, 2004, the cruiser was excluded from the combat composition of the Russian Navy, the current name was canceled, the Andreevsky flag was solemnly lowered. At the present time, the ship, after a complete restructuring, is included in the Indian Navy as the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier and is being completed afloat, at one of the berths of the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise.
basic information
Type Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, project 1143.4
Flag State Flag of Russia Russia
Launched 1987
Withdrawn from the fleet 2004
Current status sold to India January 20, 2004
Ulyanovsk (order S-107)[1] - Soviet heavy nuclear aircraft carrier with a displacement of 75,000 tons, Project 1143.7.
Laid down on the slipway of the Black Sea Shipyard on November 25, 1988, construction stopped in 1991. By the end of 1991, most of the hull of the nuclear aircraft carrier was formed, however, after the termination of funding, the ship, which was ready by almost a third, was cut on the slipway. The metal intended for the second ship of this type was also melted down.
"Ulyanovsk", which was supposed to become the flagship of the Navy, was supposed to have an air group, including up to 70 vehicles, such as helicopters and aircraft Su-27K, Su-25, Yak-141 and Yak-44. The ship was equipped with two catapults, a springboard and an aerofinisher. To store the aircraft under the deck, there was a hangar with a size of 175 × 32 × 7, 9 m. They were lifted onto the flight deck using 3 lifts with a carrying capacity of 50 tons (2 on the starboard side and 1 on the left). The aft part housed the Luna optical landing system.
It was supposed to build 4 ships. On October 4, 1988, the head "Ulyanovsk" (serial number 107) was included in the lists of the Navy ships and on November 25, laid down at the Black Sea shipyard number 444 in Nikolaev. Commissioning was planned for December 1995.
basic information
Type Heavy aircraft carrier
Flag State Union of Soviet Socialist Republics of the USSR
Home port Sevastopol
Current status scrapped
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov
he is "Soviet Union" (draft), aka "Riga" (bookmark), aka "Leonid Brezhnev" (launching), aka "Tbilisi" (trials))
Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser of Project 1143.5, the only one in the Russian Navy in its class (as of 2009). Designed to defeat large surface targets, protect naval formations from attacks of a potential enemy.
Named after Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. Built in Nikolaev, at the Black Sea shipyard.
On the aircraft-carrying cruiser, during the campaigns, the Su-25UTG and Su-33 aircraft of the 279th shipborne fighter aviation regiment (base airfield - Severomorsk-3) and the Ka-27 and Ka-29 helicopters of the 830th separate shipborne anti-submarine helicopter regiment (base airfield - Severomorsk-1).
On December 5, 2007, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" led a detachment of warships that set off on a voyage to the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Thus, the Russian Navy has resumed its presence in the world's oceans.
Large anti-submarine ships of the Komsomolets Ukrainy type (project 61, NATO code - Kashin).
For 2009, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy includes only one (SKR Smetlivy) out of 20 ships of the project that became part of the USSR Navy in the period from 1962 to 1973. The remaining 19 ships are currently decommissioned and scrapped.
Anti-submarine helicopter cruisers.
Moscow
Sold to India, cut into scrap.
Leningrad
They were taken in tow to India, where they were cut into metal.
Cruiser project 1164 Ukraine
(former "Admiral of the Fleet Lobov") in 1993 became part of the Ukrainian Navy, the decision to complete it was made in 1998, but Ukraine cannot put it into operation, and therefore the cruiser is at the pier, options for selling the cruiser are being considered.
Total:
-Of the SEVEN heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, ONE is ready to defend Russia.
Five SOLD.
One is scrapped.
-Of two anti-submarine helicopter cruisers
SOLD TWO.
-Of 20 BOD (project 61)
19 ships were decommissioned and scrapped.
It is a pity that we treat our own property in this way. Unlike us, Americans make museums out of ships that have served their time.
P. S.
From the country that broke the back of Nazism, from the country that was the first to join the Komsomol, from a country in which medicine and education were free for ALL citizens, from a country whose strength was reckoned with and respected, we turned into a country - a merchant.
We do it very well.
Selling what our fathers and mothers did.
Fleet, industry, military-industrial complex, economy, resources, their children.
We have forgotten how to do anything, except how to sell what was done by someone else's hands.
Even our children, whom we actually sold, will not respect us..
There is nothing to respect us for.
Or is there still something left?
What has not yet been sold and what is not for sale.
