Soviet cruiser Admiral Fokin
1961 Project 58 Grozny cruiser
Admiral Fokin (Russian: Адмирал Фокин) was the second ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта, RKR), also known as the Kynda Class. Designed for the Soviet Navy, the ship was designed to counter the aircraft carriers of the United States Navy and was therefore fitted with eight launchers for 4K44 (NATO reporting name SS-N-3 'Shaddock') anti-ship missiles. Launched on 19 November 1961, the vessel served with the Russian Pacific Fleet from the latter half of the 1960s through the 1980s. Between 1968 and 1969, the ship undertook a tour of the Indian Ocean, which included visits to seven foreign countries, subsequently visiting Mauritius in 1970 and 1972. The journeys encompassed more than 60,000 km (37,000 mi) sailing. Admiral Fokin was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, was decommissioned in 1993 and sold to be broken up.
Design and development
After his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy in 1956, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergey Gorshkov instigated a new vision for the service with a focus on destroying the aircraft carriers of the United States Navy using anti-ship missiles. Key to this was the development of a weapon system able to operate at long distance. Leadership for the design was given to V. A. Nikitin, The subsequent Project 58 ships were given the designation of Ракетные крейсера проекта (Guided Missile Cruiser) or RKR. They were known as the Kynda-class cruisers to NATO. Of the four of the planned ten were constructed, Admiral Fokin was the second to be ordered, approval for the design being given on 6 December 1956.
Displacing 4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons) standard and 5,300 tonnes (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons) full load, Admiral Fokin was 142.7 m (468 ft 2 in) in overall length with a beam of 16 m (52 ft 6 in) and a draught of 5.01 m (16 ft 5 in).
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