Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov

Admiral Nakhimov (Адмирал Нахимов) is the third battlecruiser of the Kirov class. The ship was known as the Kalinin (Калинин) until 1992.

History
Kalinin was laid down on May 17, 1983 at Baltiysky Naval Shipyard, Leningrad, launched on April 25, 1986, commissioned on December 30, 1988 and joined the Northern Fleet on 21 April 1989 though GlobalSecurity noted the cruiser was a Pacific fleet unit. After the end of the Cold War the cruiser was rarely deployed and by 1999 it was permanently docked in Sevmash awaiting repairs.

Reactivation
In 2006, a decision was made to modernize this ship instead of completing the construction of SSGN Belgorod. Later in 2006, she was undergoing refit at Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, but was reported finished ahead of schedule and was announced to again be in service with the Northern Fleet. However later reports state that the cruiser has been docked at Sevmash since 1999 without any activity. On October 30, 2008, Russian Navy representatives of the Northern Fleet announced that the first modification on the Nakhimov had been started and that the cruiser would re-join the Russian fleet by 2012. In November 2010 the director of Sevmash, Nikolai Kalistratov, repeated this statemant confirming that the Russian government had appropriated money for Admiral Nakhimov to be repaired in 2011. However he also said that the funds were insufficient and more were needed to bring the large cruiser back to active service. After finishing repairs the cruiser is to join the Russian Pacific Fleet. In December 2011 the Sevmash shipyard stated that the refit of the ship would not be finished until after 2012. According to Sevmash General-Director Andrei Dyachkov the repairs were stopped because it was senseless to continue without having determined the final variant of modernization.

Differences from lead ship
Kalinin was constructed differently from the lead ship of the class. On the forward part of the ship, the twin SS-N-14 ASW missile launcher was replaced with eight SA-N-9 surface to air missile vertical launchers. The forward 30 mm CIWS cannons were replaced by CADS-N-1. On the aft part, a single twin AK-130 130 mm gun, similar to the guns used on Slava and Sovremennyy, was used instead of two 100 mm guns. Near the flight deck, the 30 mm CIWS cannons were replaced by CADS-N-1 and moved to the aft superstructure and replaced with eight SA-N-9 vertical launchers.