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Maxim Gorky Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Kaganovich / Lazar Kaganovich	A	26th August 1938	7th May 1944	6th December 1944
Kalinin	A	12th June 1938	8th May 1942	31st December 1942
Maxim Gorky	O	20th December 1936	30th April 1938	25th October 1940
Molotov	M	14th January 1937	19th March 1939	14th June 1941

Builders:
A : Amur, Komsomolsk, Russia
O : Ordzonikidze, Leningrad, Russia
M : Marti South, Nikolaiev, Russia

Dimensions:
626' 8" x 58' 1" x 20' 9" / 191.40m x 17.70m x 6.33m

Displacement:
8048 tons std / 9948 tons max

Complement:
Kaganovich : 812
Kalinin : 812
Maxim Gorky : 953
Molotov : 861

Armament:
9 x 7.1"/57 guns in triple turrets
6 x 3.9"/56 B34 guns in single mountings
6 x 45mm guns in single mountings
4 x 0.5" guns in single mountings
6 x 21" torpedo tubes in triple mountings
90 mines

Aircraft Facilities:
Two KOR-1 seaplanes were carried along with a hangar and catapult.

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

Powerplant:
Six Yarrow Normand boilers were fitted with two steam turbines producing a total of 129750shp.

Maximum speed was 36kts and maximum fuel load was 1650 tons oil.

Kaganovich:
Range was 3100NM @ 18kts

Kalinin:
Range was 3100NM @ 18kts

Maxim Gorky:
Range was 4880NM @ 18kts

Molotov:
Range was 3850NM @ 18kts

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: