Book Review of The Cruiser Moskva Top Drawings No. 55
Author: Witold Koszela
Kagero Publications
ISBN: 078-83-65437-77-8
By Ray Mehberger
MSRP: $23.95
ISBN: 078-83-65437-77-8
By Ray Mehberger
MSRP: $23.95
HISTORY:
Moskva (Russian: Москва — "Moscow", formerly Slava (Russian: Слава — "Glory") is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy.
The work on the design of future long-range active anti-aircraft and anti-submarine ship - as it was initially determined - was conducted by the Leningrad CKB-12 in close cooperation with OKB-938 led by N.I. Kamov.
The author of the ship's design, which was given the number 1123 and the code name "Kondor", was A.B. Sawiczew, and from 1967 - A.W. Marinich. The main task of the ship was to search and destroy American nuclear submarines carrying "Polaris" ballistic missiles in the Antarctic Ocean and Barents Sea.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Slava (in Soviet service) Moskva (from 2000)
Namesake: Glory / Moscow
Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev
Laid down: 1976
Launched: 1979
Commissioned: 30 January 1983
Decommissioned: September 1990
Reinstated: April 2000
Status: In service, Black Sea Fleet
Class and type: Slava-class cruiser
Displacement: 12,490 tons
Length: 186.4 m (611.5 ft)
Beam: 20.8 m (68.2 ft)
Draught: 8.4 m (27.6 ft)
Propulsion: 4 COGOG gas turbines, 2 shafts 121,000 shp (90,000 kW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 480
Sensors and processing systems: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, Palm Frond navigation radar, Pop group SA-N-4 fire control radar. Top Dome SA-N-6 fire control radar, Bass Tilt AK-360 CIWS System fire control radar, Bull horn MF hull mounted sonar, Electronic warfare & decoys, Rum Tub and Side Globe EW antennas, 2 × PK-2 DL (140mm chaff / flare)
Armament: 16 × P-500 Bazalt or P-1000 Vulkan anti-ship missiles, 8 × 8 (64) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles, 2 × 20 (40) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM, 1 × twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns, 6 × AK-630 close-in weapons systems, 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars, 10 × (2 quin) 533 mm torpedo tubes
Armour: Splinter plating.
THE BOOK:
Kagero is a publisher based in Lublin, Poland. They do their books in both Polish and English. This book is all in English.
The book comes in a self-sealing clear cello bag.
The cover art shows the center section of the Moskva as a grey line drawing. To the right of it on an orange area is a color illustration of it's top.
The book is soft cover of 20 pages in 8 1/2" x 11" page format.
Inserted in the book is sheet that is 22" x 16" folded twice to fit the book.
On it's face side is a 1/400th scale line drawing showing the starboard side twice. One is the helicopter arrangement and a starboard view with all the equipment named.
The reverse side has 3 1/144th scale line drawings showing Moskva at end of service. The port, starboard and top sides.
A second sheet is the same size. It is in full color and printed on slick paper.
The face side has a 3-view of Moskva in early service in 1/400th scale.
The reverse side has a 1/400th scale 3-view line drawing of Moskva again in early service - 1969.
In the book is a 2-view in no mentioned scale showing the hull and starboard side.
Twenty-one 1/200th scale walk-around type line drawings.
Thirty 1/100th scale line drawings.
Three 1/50th scale line drawings.
A 3-view in 1/72nd scale line drawing of Kamov Ka-25 helicopters carried aboard the Moskva.
The back cover has a 3-view color illustration of the Moskva as seen in end of its service colors. No scale is given for this illustration.
This is a neat book. It will be of interest to nautical historians and modelers alike. Although I don't know if a model kit of it exists?
I want to thank Casemate publishing, who sent me this sample and the folks at Kagero as well. Casemate is the N.American distributor of Kagero books and all their titles can be viewed at:
Moskva (Russian: Москва — "Moscow", formerly Slava (Russian: Слава — "Glory") is the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy.
The work on the design of future long-range active anti-aircraft and anti-submarine ship - as it was initially determined - was conducted by the Leningrad CKB-12 in close cooperation with OKB-938 led by N.I. Kamov.
The author of the ship's design, which was given the number 1123 and the code name "Kondor", was A.B. Sawiczew, and from 1967 - A.W. Marinich. The main task of the ship was to search and destroy American nuclear submarines carrying "Polaris" ballistic missiles in the Antarctic Ocean and Barents Sea.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Slava (in Soviet service) Moskva (from 2000)
Namesake: Glory / Moscow
Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev
Laid down: 1976
Launched: 1979
Commissioned: 30 January 1983
Decommissioned: September 1990
Reinstated: April 2000
Status: In service, Black Sea Fleet
Class and type: Slava-class cruiser
Displacement: 12,490 tons
Length: 186.4 m (611.5 ft)
Beam: 20.8 m (68.2 ft)
Draught: 8.4 m (27.6 ft)
Propulsion: 4 COGOG gas turbines, 2 shafts 121,000 shp (90,000 kW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 480
Sensors and processing systems: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, Palm Frond navigation radar, Pop group SA-N-4 fire control radar. Top Dome SA-N-6 fire control radar, Bass Tilt AK-360 CIWS System fire control radar, Bull horn MF hull mounted sonar, Electronic warfare & decoys, Rum Tub and Side Globe EW antennas, 2 × PK-2 DL (140mm chaff / flare)
Armament: 16 × P-500 Bazalt or P-1000 Vulkan anti-ship missiles, 8 × 8 (64) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles, 2 × 20 (40) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM, 1 × twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns, 6 × AK-630 close-in weapons systems, 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars, 10 × (2 quin) 533 mm torpedo tubes
Armour: Splinter plating.
THE BOOK:
Kagero is a publisher based in Lublin, Poland. They do their books in both Polish and English. This book is all in English.
The book comes in a self-sealing clear cello bag.
The cover art shows the center section of the Moskva as a grey line drawing. To the right of it on an orange area is a color illustration of it's top.
The book is soft cover of 20 pages in 8 1/2" x 11" page format.
Inserted in the book is sheet that is 22" x 16" folded twice to fit the book.
On it's face side is a 1/400th scale line drawing showing the starboard side twice. One is the helicopter arrangement and a starboard view with all the equipment named.
The reverse side has 3 1/144th scale line drawings showing Moskva at end of service. The port, starboard and top sides.
A second sheet is the same size. It is in full color and printed on slick paper.
The face side has a 3-view of Moskva in early service in 1/400th scale.
The reverse side has a 1/400th scale 3-view line drawing of Moskva again in early service - 1969.
In the book is a 2-view in no mentioned scale showing the hull and starboard side.
Twenty-one 1/200th scale walk-around type line drawings.
Thirty 1/100th scale line drawings.
Three 1/50th scale line drawings.
A 3-view in 1/72nd scale line drawing of Kamov Ka-25 helicopters carried aboard the Moskva.
The back cover has a 3-view color illustration of the Moskva as seen in end of its service colors. No scale is given for this illustration.
This is a neat book. It will be of interest to nautical historians and modelers alike. Although I don't know if a model kit of it exists?
I want to thank Casemate publishing, who sent me this sample and the folks at Kagero as well. Casemate is the N.American distributor of Kagero books and all their titles can be viewed at: