A Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser, attempting to intercept a U.S. Navy carrier battle group, is intercepted by the battleship USS Iowa. The biggest ship-against-ship battle since the World War ...

Kirov-Class Battlecruiser Additional Early History and Specifications. As already indicated, the Kirov—named for Bolshevik revolutionary and Joseph Stalin toady Sergei Mironovich Kirov (March 27 ...

Kirov-class battlecruisers are nuclear powered, using KN-3 nuclear, marine propulsion with two GT3A-688 steam turbines for a whopping 140,000 hp. The ships are 827 feet long, ...

Russia's Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruisers are among the world's most imposing warships. The Kirovs' fortunes fell along with the Soviet Union, but Russia has invested in upgrading them ...