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Originally assigned Project 2. [1] 2 Guard Ship: Uragan-class: 1926 633 8 Uragan-class Series I. Originally assigned Project 1 but poor test results led to its number being swapped with the Leningrad-class. [2] 3 Minesweeper: Fugas-class: 1930 Fugas-class Series I. 4 Guard Ship Uragan-class 1931 619 4 Uragan-class Series II. [2] 5 Cargo Lighter ...
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.
They were to form the backbone of light forces flotillas with additional tasks including offensive minelaying, commerce raiding, and battleship screening against enemy light forces. The 3 triple 180 mm (7.1 in) gun turrets on the Kirovs were changed to 4 triple 152 mm (6.0 in) gun turrets, offering a higher rate of fire.
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. automakers Ford Motor and General Motors will donate $1 million each, along with vehicles, to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, company ...
A man who went to a neighborhood destroyed by the ongoing fires in Los Angeles found something else to care for in the rubble — a lonely dog left behind.. Rick Miller told CNN on Jan. 9 that he ...
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).
The single exception was in Two Bridges at the end of the historic Lower East Side, on a block that once served as home to Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and has been a landing spot for ...