Soviet cruiser Molotov

Side view of Molotov
History
Soviet Union
Name	Molotov
Namesake	Vyacheslav Molotov[1]
Builder	Marti South, Nikolayev
Laid down	14 January 1937
Launched	4 December 1939
Commissioned	14 January 1941
Renamed	Slava (Glory) 3 August 1957
Reclassified	3 August 1961, as training ship
Refit	1952–28 January 1955
Fate	Sold for scrap, 4 April 1972
General characteristics (Project 26bis)
Class and type	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement	8,177 t (8,048 long tons) (standard) 9,728 t (9,574 long tons) (full load)
Length	191.4 m (627 ft 11 in)
Beam	17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load)
Installed power	6 Yarrow-Normand boilers 129,750 shp (96,750 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared turbines
Speed	36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance	4,220 nmi (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	963
Sensors and processing systems	Arktur hydrophone Redut-K air-warning radar
Armament	3 × 3 - 180 mm (7.1 in) B-1-P guns 6 × 1 - 100 mm (3.9 in) B-34 dual purpose guns 9 × 1 - 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K AA guns 4 × 1 - 12.7 mm (0.5 in) DShK AA machine guns 2 × 3 - 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 96–150 mines 50 depth charges
Armor	Waterline belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) each Turrets: 70 mm (2.8 in) Barbettes: 70 mm (2.8 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × KOR-2 seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 ZK-1 catapult

Molotov (Russian: Молотов) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She supported Soviet troops during the Siege of Sevastopol, the Kerch-Feodosiya Operation and the amphibious landings at Novorossiysk at the end of January 1943.

The ship was extensively modernized between 1952 and 1955. She was renamed Slava (Russian: Слава, Glory) in 1957 after Vyacheslav Molotov fell out of favour. Slava was reclassified as a training ship in 1961 before being sold for scrap in 1972.