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Moskva cruiser (Project 1164 Atlant - Slava class) flagship of Russia Black Sea Fleet to be refitted.
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Project 1164 Atlant class "Moskva" cruiser, flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet |
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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. |
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