WThe Project 58 missile cruisers, known to NATO as the Kynda class and sometimes referred to as the Grozny class, from the name of the first ship of the series to be constructed, were the first generation of Soviet missile cruisers and represented a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-3b 'Shaddock' missile. The design proved to be top-heavy and was soon succeeded by the larger Kresta I class, but the Kyndas stayed in service until the fall of the Soviet Union.
WAdmiral Fokin was the second ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class. Launched on 19 November 1961, the vessel served with the Pacific Fleet during the latter half of the 1960s, through the 1970s into the 1980s, undertaking a tour of the Indian Ocean which included visits to foreign ports. Admiral Fokin was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union but was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped.
WAdmiral Golovko was the third ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class.
WAdmiral Golovko was the third ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class.
WGroznyy was the lead ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class guided missile cruisers, also known as the Kynda class. Originally designated a destroyer, the vessel was reclassified as a cruiser on 29 September 1962.
WVaryag was the fourth and final ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class.
WAdmiral Fokin was the second ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class. Launched on 19 November 1961, the vessel served with the Pacific Fleet during the latter half of the 1960s, through the 1970s into the 1980s, undertaking a tour of the Indian Ocean which included visits to foreign ports. Admiral Fokin was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union but was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped.
WVaryag was the fourth and final ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class.
WAdmiral Fokin was the second ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers, also known as the Kynda Class. Launched on 19 November 1961, the vessel served with the Pacific Fleet during the latter half of the 1960s, through the 1970s into the 1980s, undertaking a tour of the Indian Ocean which included visits to foreign ports. Admiral Fokin was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union but was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped.