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Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant - Slava class) flagship of Russia Black Sea Fleet to be refitted

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Naval Forces News - Russia
 
 
 
Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant - Slava class) flagship of Russia Black Sea Fleet to be refitted
 
Moskva, lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy and flagship of the Black Sea fleet, will be sent to the Ship Repair Center "Asterisk" (located in Severodvinsk) at the end of 2015 for modernization according to "Interfax " citing the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
     
Moskva, lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy and flagship of the Black Sea fleet, will be sent to the Ship Repair Center "Asterisk" (located in Severodvinsk) at the end of 2015 for modernization according to "Interfax " citing the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Project 1164 Atlant class "Moskva" cruiser, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
(Picture: George Chernilevsky)
     
The cruiser has already received some upgrades: According to Interfax the main weaponry has been replaced. The existing P-500 "Basalt" supersonic anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometers have been replaced with P-1000 "Vulkan", with maximum range of 700 kilometers.
     
Moskva, lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy and flagship of the Black Sea fleet, will be sent to the Ship Repair Center "Asterisk" (located in Severodvinsk) at the end of 2015 for modernization according to "Interfax " citing the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Project 1164 Atlant class "Moskva" cruiser, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet
     
The Moskva (originally name "Slava") was laid down in 1976 in Shipyard 445 of the 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant in Nikolayev, was launched in 1979, and commissioned on 30 January 1983. Slava returned to Nikolayev in December 1990 for a refit but was not returned to service until April 2000. Recommissioned as Moskva, she replaced the Kynda class cruiser Admiral Golovko as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.

Modernization and repair will extend the life of the ship until the end of the 2020s. Another vessel of the same class, the Marshal Ustinov has just been refitted.

Currently, the Moskva is preparing for another campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.