Upgraded Kirov class: Project 11442 [Admiral Nakhimov]

mnztr wrote:It will be great just to see it float again. What ship (s) will they put in there?

Only PTG the great will get the same refit the other two won't.

Great news indeed

This guy Red Samovar (@Strike_Flanker) linked a satellite picture of the basin at Sevmash filled with water, a sign of a vessel movement being prepared



https://twitter.com/Strike_Flanker/status/1293996953412435969/photo/1

Alternatively, they might be preparing to launch the Kharbarovsk?

Hopefully they will do both

This is the area from May.

There was a small city in the dock, with a crane, so if it is filled up then all remainng work can be done on pierside.

Alternatively, they might be preparing to launch the Kharbarovsk?

As I understand it Khabarovsk is in the shed to the right in Singular_Transforms pic -> Nakhimov has to be out of the way.

hoom wrote:

Alternatively, they might be preparing to launch the Kharbarovsk?

As I understand it Khabarovsk is in the shed to the right in Singular_Transforms pic -> Nakhimov has to be out of the way.

Are you sure? That's the old build hall before the larger grey one was constructed I thought it was only used for repair and side jobs like building Sevmash's civilian projects like oil and gas platforms.

Khabarovsk is probably in the Borei build line no? I could be very wrong in all honesty, I've never seen a good layout or infographic on Sevmash's buildings and construction profile.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/15/russias-giant-battle-cruiser-will-return/#35c2ae4966ea

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/06/09/russias-newest-submarine-khabarovsk-could-redefine-underwater-warfare/#148281b54d4b






There is something next to the submarine launch dock, and the Nikhimov is in the water completly.

Tehre is a blue ramp connecting the ship to the assembly hall however.

owais.usmani wrote:

x_54_u43 wrote:

hoom wrote:

Alternatively, they might be preparing to launch the Kharbarovsk?

As I understand it Khabarovsk is in the shed to the right in Singular_Transforms pic -> Nakhimov has to be out of the way.

Are you sure? That's the old build hall before the larger grey one was constructed I thought it was only used for repair and side jobs like building Sevmash's civilian projects like oil and gas platforms.

Khabarovsk is probably in the Borei build line no? I could be very wrong in all honesty, I've never seen a good layout or infographic on Sevmash's buildings and construction profile.

Khabarovsk is probably being built in shop 42:

https://sevmash.livejournal.com/169940.html

The slipway of that shop is too short, only 120 meters long.

The Belgorod is 180 meters long.

hoom wrote:

Alternatively, they might be preparing to launch the Kharbarovsk?

As I understand it Khabarovsk is in the shed to the right in Singular_Transforms pic -> Nakhimov has to be out of the way.

That hall has two door, the Khabarovsk most likelly is behind the non blocked door.


Means the flood of basin means interesting things.

Actually, the old workshop can make 320 meters long objects, the new one can make 220 meters long objects.

Due to the length of the floating dock.

Singular_Transform wrote:

owais.usmani wrote:Khabarovsk is probably being built in shop 42:

https://sevmash.livejournal.com/169940.html

The slipway of that shop is too short, only 120 meters long.

The Belgorod is 180 meters long.

This isn't about Belgorod (whose length is attributable to the addition of a module to support operations with the Losharik).  Khabarovsk won't be anywhere near as long.

That said, I don't think Kharbarovsk is being built in shop 42.

Singular_Transform wrote:
This is the area from May.

Poking around on Google Earth I think they're probably launching the big blocks above Nakhimov.
There's the red one (~90m *26m) & 6* similar height square blocks that started appearing (presumably out of the shop to right) in May 2018 & 2nd, taller big block appeared between June 2019 & May 2020.

What are they?
It looks like bits of a big semi-submersible something.
Probably some kind of oil infrastructure but wouldn't it be interesting if they've been quietly building a big new floating dock?
There would need to be another 10 or 11 more of the red block to make a base for a big floating dock.

Singular_Transform wrote:
This is the area from May.

Pic from HI Suttons article, from a week ago. basin flooding is in progress, but incomplete at this time.  Not a lot of change on the vessel, but the crane has withdrawn and the access ramps and construction village to the south look to be gone.

hoom wrote:

Singular_Transform wrote:
This is the area from May.

Poking around on Google Earth I think they're probably launching the big blocks above Nakhimov.
There's the red one (~90m *26m) & 6* similar height square blocks that started appearing (presumably out of the shop to right) in May 2018 & 2nd, taller big block appeared between June 2019 & May 2020.

What are they?
It looks like bits of a big semi-submersible something.
Probably some kind of oil infrastructure but wouldn't it be interesting if they've been quietly building a big new floating dock?
There would need to be another 10 or 11 more of the red block to make a base for a big floating dock.

That is a floating dock to float out objects from the old shop.

It is quite small, only 80 meters long.

Half as long as the main floating dock/barge.


But the floating dock used to moce out the Yassens/Boreis from the main shop can't be used on the old dock, it is too tall , and its rails are above the old shop floor level even if it is laying on the bottom of the basin.

New Cannon?

Wonder if it is a 152mm gun... ???

They said there were naval 152mms on the way.... but did they mean on cruisers and destroyers, or were they meaning as just a replacement for the coastal truck mounted Bereg 130mm gun system.

The new 152mm weapons have bigger shells (HE are about 33kg and 43kgs respectively for 130mm and 152mm) and much better range (70km for standard shells and talk of 170km rounds that perhaps might have ramjet or scramjet boosters or might be reduced size rounds.... compared with about 30km range for the 130mm guns)

I presume the Army will be developing a range of new rounds for the gun, and the Navy could do the same... for instance a nose mounted set of fins that are used in the air for guidance and in the water to guide a shaped charge towards a sonar contact like a guided depth charge... (note they already have kits to attach to standard bombs so they can be used as guided depthcharges and mines...)

Later a 203mm gun could be even more flexible....

most likely AK 192 single 130mm gun same as in Gorshkov. But we will see.

Big_Gazza wrote:

Singular_Transform wrote:
This is the area from May.

Pic from HI Suttons article, from a week ago. basin flooding is in progress, but incomplete at this time.  Not a lot of change on the vessel, but the crane has withdrawn and the access ramps and construction village to the south look to be gone.

Kirov is a 25,000 ton project and yet it only carries 174 missiles whereas US destroyers carry 122 missiles for 9,000 ton displacement. Why is that?

They can quad-pack smaller missiles instead of bigger ones. 9M96 will be the main AA missile IMO and they can carry 4 insead of 1 48N6.

The disadvantage of upgrading a ship with new VLS is that the ship wasn't made for them. You can just replace them. You need to do the engineering to see how the ship will handle the weight changes but also size changes.

A modern cruiser the size of Kirov can carry much more VLS than the upgraded Kirov.

The S-300 rotary launcher seems to be still on the ship. UKSK replaced only Granit launchers.

Isos wrote:The S-300 rotary launcher seems to be still on the ship. UKSK replaced only Granit launchers.

It makes a lot of sense, if you place from 40N6 to 9M96 missiles on them you get a massive AD capabity

Burkes can carry 96 missiles
Ticonderogas 122

Nakhimov carries 80 cruise missiles, 96 long-range AD missiles and 320 short-rang AD missiles = 496 missiles in total.

Hole wrote:Burkes can carry 96 missiles
Ticonderogas 122

Nakhimov carries 80 cruise missiles, 96 long-range AD missiles and 320 short-rang AD missiles = 496 missiles in total.

Burkes and Tics have 96 and 122 vls cells, doesnt mean they cant have more missiles then that.

Hole wrote:Burkes can carry 96 missiles
Ticonderogas 122

Nakhimov carries 80 cruise missiles, 96 long-range AD missiles and 320 short-rang AD missiles = 496 missiles in total.

Which short range missiles ? Tor was not fitted on all of them I think.

Anyway number of missiles isn't the only important factor. The number of targets engaged at the same time is also important. The S-300 radar can engage just one side at a time (no 4 face arrays).

Nakhimov and Kirov in general have 2 s-300 on them and enough other systems. But Slava are more limited because they have only one S-300 radar and 2 Osa system which aren't the best system Russia can use on a ship even back when it was build.

william.boutros wrote:
Kirov is a 25,000 ton project and yet it only carries 174 missiles whereas US destroyers carry 122 missiles for 9,000 ton displacement. Why is that?

Numbers are wrong.
Unmodernised PtG has:
20* Granit
96* S-300
64* Kinzhal (old naval Tor, space for 128 but only half installed)
192* Kashtan missiles
372 total. (+64 if had full Kinzhal load)