Russian Navy Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russian_Navy_Kuznetsov-class_aircraft_carrier
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:Ka-27
gptkb:MiG-29K
gptkb:Su-33
gptkb:Ka-31
gptkbp:airWingSize about 40 aircraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:AK-630_CIWS
gptkb:CADS-N-1_Kashtan
gptkb:P-700_Granit_missiles
gptkb:RBU-12000_anti-submarine_rocket_launchers
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Black_Sea_Shipyard
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Mykolaiv,_Ukraine
gptkbp:commissionedAdmiralKuznetsov 1991
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:crewComplement about 1,960
gptkbp:decommissionedVaryag never commissioned in Soviet/Russian Navy
gptkbp:designation heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser
gptkbp:displacement about 58,000 tons
gptkbp:enteredService 1990
gptkbp:features missile armament unlike Western carriers
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched gptkb:Admiral_Kuznetsov
gptkbp:flightDeck ski-jump
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Murmansk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Navy Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:hullNumberAdmiralKuznetsov 063
gptkbp:length 305 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Admiral_Nikolai_Kuznetsov
gptkbp:NATOReportingName gptkb:Kuznetsov_class
gptkbp:notableDeployments gptkb:Syrian_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableEvent 2019 fire
frequent breakdowns
2016 aircraft losses
2018 drydock accident
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Russian_Navy
gptkbp:originallyPlannedShips 2
gptkbp:propulsion conventional steam turbines
gptkbp:refitStatus undergoing repairs as of 2024
gptkbp:role gptkb:ship
gptkbp:secondShip gptkb:Varyag
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Varyag
gptkbp:status only Admiral Kuznetsov in service
gptkbp:VaryagCurrentName gptkb:Liaoning
gptkbp:VaryagCurrentOperator gptkb:People's_Liberation_Army_Navy
gptkbp:VaryagFate sold to China
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kamov_Ka-31
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6