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Murmansk 1944

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Мурманск <Murmansk> (ex-CL5 Milwaukee)   Todd, Tacoma, USA 13/12/1918 24/3/1921 20/6/1923 // 9/3/1944 to USA 3/1949 (CL5 Milwaukee)
  

Displacement normal, t

7050

Displacement full, t

10460

Length, m

167.6 wl 169.4 oa

Breadth, m

16.9

Draught, m

4.11

No of shafts

4

Machinery

Westinghouse geared stem turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

90000

Max speed, kts

34

Fuel, t

oil 1852

Endurance, nm(kts) 6660(12)

Armour, mm

belt: 76, deck: 38, CT: 32

Armament

2 x 2 - 152/53 Mk 12/14/18, 6 x 1 - 152/53 Mk 12/14/18, 6 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/17/18/20/21, 3 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 12 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 catapults, 2 seaplanes (OS2U)

Sensors SK, 2x SG, 2x Mk 3 radars

Complement

458

Ship project history: Former USN light cruiser CL5 Milwaukee of Omaha class. 10/4/1944 she was transferred to the USSR on account of reparations from Italy, 20/4/1944 was commissioned by Northern Fleet as Murmansk. Actual speed did not exceed 28.76kts.

Ship protection: Main 5.8m high belt protected only machinery and was closed by 38mm fore and 76mm aft bulkheads. Main deck consisted of 22mm STS armour and 15mm plating. Guns had only 6mm protection.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: 16/3/1949 Murmansk was returned to the USA at Philadelphia and 10/12/1949 sold for scrap.

 

Murmansk 1949

 

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