Kiev Aircraft Carrier in Tianjin

　　     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 threat feared by the West, it visited countries such as India, North Korea, and Algeria during its service and was hailed as the "Crystal Ideal" and the "National Business Card." The Kiev Aircraft Carrier has the hull number 075, with an overall length of 273.1 meters, a width of 52.8 meters, and a total height of 61 meters. The hull is divided by the deck: there are 8 decks above the deck including the superstructure, and 9 decks below the deck, totaling 17 decks. It has 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), a maximum speed of 32 knots (a unit of speed where 1 knot equals 1 nautical mile per hour), and accommodated 1,400 crew members along with 33 carrier-based aircraft.

　　 Tanggu District, Tianjin

　　(No images available yet, contributions welcome.)