Russian cruiser Kerch

Kerch in Sevastopol Bay, 2009
History
Russia
Name	Kerch
Namesake	Hero City Kerch
Builder	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down	30 April 1971
Launched	21 July 1972
Commissioned	25 December 1974
Decommissioned	15 February 2020
Out of service	4 November 2014
Identification	713
Fate	Scrapped 14 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Kara-class cruiser
Displacement	8,900 tons
Length	173.4 m (568.9 ft)
Beam	18.5 m (60.7 ft)
Draft	5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Propulsion	4 turbine-type generators GTG-12,5A x1250 kW 1 turbine-type generator GTG-6M 600 kW
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Complement	425
Armament	2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launchers (40 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 × 5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25

Kerch (Керчь) was a Kara-class missile cruiser of the Soviet and later Russian Navy. She served as part of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was scrapped in 2020 following a large fire which broke out on 4 November 2014.^[1]