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 Ochakov in 1982 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Ochakov |
| Namesake | Ochakov |
| Builder | 61 Communards Shipyard |
| Laid down | 19 December 1969 |
| Launched | 30 April 1971 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 2011 |
| Status | Laid up, awaiting scrapping |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kara-classcruiser |
| 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) |
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| Speed | 32 knots |
| Range | 9,000 miles |
| Complement | 425 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1Kamov Ka-25 |
Ochakov was aKara-classcruiser of theRussian NavyBlack Sea Fleet. She was decommissioned in 2011 but remained laid-up inSevastopol, until on 3 March 2014 she was towed and sunk as ablockship in the channel toDonuzlav lake, inNovoozerne, in westernCrimea.[1][2][3] A few months later she was refloated and returned toInkerman to await scrapping.[4]
Ochakov was laid down in theSoviet Union on 25 December 1969, launched on 30 April 1971, and commissioned in the Soviet Black Sea Fleet on 4 November 1973. The ship was constructed in the61 Kommunar Shipyard atNikolayev (Mykolaiv) on theBlack Sea. She was in service with theSoviet Fleet until 1991, and then joined its successor, theRussian Navy. In 2000, the ship was laid up for modification and repairs. By 2006, all work on the ship had been halted, and, in 2008, the ship was towed fromSevmorzavod.[5]
On 20 August 2011, the naval flag ofOchakov was hauled down and the ship prepared to be sold for scrap.[6][7]
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On 6 March 2014, during theannexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Russian sailorsscuttled the hull ofOchakov inDonuzlav Lake at the entrance toDonuzlav Bay in western Crimea as ablockship, in an attempt to preventUkrainian Navy ships from gaining access to theBlack Sea.[1][2] Trapped in the bay, the Ukrainian squadron based at theSouthern Naval Base surrendered without a shot being fired. TheOchakov was refloated several months later, and returned toInkerman to await scrapping.[4]
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