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Chapayev Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Chapayev	O	8th October 1939	28th April 1946	16th May 1950
Chkalov / Komsomolets	O	31st August 1939	25th October 1947	1st November 1950
Frunze	M	29th August 1939	31st December 1940	19th December 1950
Kubishev	K	31st August 1939	31st January 1941	20th April 1950
Ordzonikidze	M	31st December 1940	N/A	N/A
Sverdlov	K	31st December 1940	N/A	N/A
Zheleniakov	L	31st October 1939	25th June 1941	19th April 1950

Builders:
K : 61 Kommunar Nikolaiev, Russia
L : Marti, Leningrad, Russia
M : Marti South, Nikolaiev, Russia
O : Ordzonikidze, Leningrad, Russia


Dimensions:
659' 9" x 64' 8" x 21' / 201.00m x 19.70m x 6.40m

Displacement:
11480 tons std / 15240 tons max

Complement:
840

Armament:
12 x 6"/57 guns in triple turrets
8 x 3.9"/56 B34 guns in single mountings
24 x 37mm guns in twin mountings
6 x 21" torpedo tubes in triple mountings
200 mines

Aircraft Facilities:
Two seaplanes were carried along with a hangar and catapult.

Armour:
Deck: 2.75"
Turrets: 3"
C.T.: 4"
Belt: 2"

Powerplant:
Six boilers were fitted with two steam turbines producing a total of 130000shp on two shafts.

Maximum speed was 34kts and maximum fuel load was 3500 tons oil. Range was 7000NM @ 20kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
N/A

Sonar:
N/A

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: