Tianjin Kiev Aircraft Carrier

Tianjin Kiev Aircraft Carrier

Introduction The "Kiev Aircraft Carrier" was the lead ship of the Soviet Union's Kiev-class aircraft carriers. It was built in 1970, commissioned in 1975, and decommissioned in 1994. Once a globally renowned maritime "behemoth" and a formidable naval force feared by the West, it served during a time when it visited countries such as India, North Korea, and Algeria, and was hailed as the "Crystal Ideal" and the "National Business Card." The Kiev Aircraft Carrier had the hull number 075, measured 273.1 meters in length, 52.8 meters in width, and 61 meters in overall height. The hull was divided by the deck, with 8 levels on the superstructure and 9 levels below the deck, totaling 17 decks. It had a standard displacement of 32,000 tons and a full load displacement of 40,500 tons, with a range of 13,000 nautical miles (1 nautical mile equals 1.852 kilometers). Its maximum speed was 32 knots (a knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour), and it carried a crew of 1,400 officers and sailors along with 33 aircraft.

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