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Russian Navy Kirov-class Nuclear Powered Missile Cruiser Pyotr Veliky
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The Project 11442 (NATO reporting name: Kirov-class) Pyotr Veliky
nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser, the flagship of the Russian
Navy’s Northern Fleet, has put out to sea for the first time in
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Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great) heavy nuclear-powered missile
cruiser (TARKR), the fourth Kirov class CGN of the Russian Navy.
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"This is the first sortie of the missile
cruiser following her repairs. The crew of the Pyotr Veliky has completed
the base training and checked the weapons and systems of the ship for
being fit for use at sea," the press office added.
The crews of the Pyotr Veliky and tanker Sergei Osipov conducted an
exercise in the roads in Severomorsk to sharpen their replenishment-at-anchorage
skills. The Pyotr Veliky is to leave the naval base escorted by five
coastal and ocean minesweepers.
"The crew will spend several days practicing their cruise standing
operating procedures and checking their weapons and systems in the Barents
Sea. Damage control drills will be conducted on the move and at an anchorage,
and the personnel will train to receive helicopters and execute antisubmarine
and air defense," the press office told journalists.
The press office stressed that the Pyotr Veliky’s sortie "will
be the first seamanship training for the draftees and a number of enlistees
who signed up in 2015 and 2016." The press office also reminded
that the cruiser had gone to the Mediterranean in 2013-2014 on a mission
more than seven months long.
It was reported in September 2015 that the Pyotr Veliky was placed in
a dry dock of the 82nd Shipyard in Roslyakovo (Murmansk Region). While
in the dry dock, the cruiser was supposed to be repaired, with the repairs
to apply to her hull, prop-and-rudder systems and shafting. The hull’s
submerged part also was supposed to be painted and the engineer department
hardware repaired.
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