Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev
Kiev-class aircraft carrier
Kiev is an aircraft carrier that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1975 to 1993. She was built between 1970 and 1975 at Chernomorski factory in Mykolaiv and was the first Kiev-class vessel to be built. She is currently part of a... Wikipedia
Length: 896′
Launched: December 26, 1972
Aircraft carried: 32 (total); 12 Yak-38M fighter aircraft; 20 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 helicopters
Commissioned: 28 December 1975
Complement: 1,612 ship's crew; 430 air group
Decommissioned: 30 June 1993