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Design studies based on Project 23bis, all found too heavy and cancelled 1940. [11] 24 Battleship 1950 81 150 0 2 planned for 1955, still in design phase and cancelled after Stalin's death. [12] 25 Battleship "Battleship B" 1937 30 900 0 Design study for small battleship, cancelled 1937. [9] 26 26 Cruiser: Kirov-class: 1934 9436 6 2
Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photo of the Ordzhinikidze Yard (Shipyard 189), Leningrad, showing the battleship Sovetsky Soyuz (top) and the cruiser Chkalov under construction, 26 June 1941. As designed, the Project 23-class ships, as Sovetsky Soyuz and her sisters were designated, were 269.4 meters (883 ft 10 in) long overall.
The armor of the Project 26 ships was vulnerable even to destroyer-class weapons at ranges under 10 km (6.2 mi) and the last four ships were given additional armor. The belt, traverse bulkheads, barbettes and turret face thicknesses were all increased to 70 mm (2.8 in) and the box protecting the steering gear was increased to 30 mm (1.2 in).
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The Sverdlov-class cruisers, Soviet designation Project 68bis, were the last conventional gun cruisers built for the Soviet Navy. They were built in the 1950s and were based on Soviet, German, and Italian designs and concepts developed before the Second World War .
(The Center Square) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is trying to increase the state’s housing supply. The governor signed an executive order Wednesday creating an Illinois Director of Housing ...
The start date of an SCB project can be several years before it became a budget line item or an actual ship construction. SCB 157 began in July 1955 as a study for a new amphibious assault helicopter carrier, but a resultant ship (the future Iwo Jima) was not laid down until 2 April 1959. An even more extreme example is SCB 123, which began in ...