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Displacement |
2225 tons
standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
418'3" by 38'6" by 13'3" |
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Maximum speed |
36 knots |
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Complement |
250 |
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Armament |
5 130mm guns 2 76.2mm AA
guns 2 45mm guns 2x4 21" torpedo tubes 84 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine (66,000
shp) 3 boilers |
| Bunkerage |
600 tons |
| Range |
2100 nautical miles (3900 km) at
20 knots |
The Leningrads were authorized under the first Soviet Five Year Plan (1920) and designed as flotilla leaders. They had a distinctive raked look and massive bridge structures, but were poor sea boats. Like all Russian destroyers, they were equipped for minelaying. Two of these vessels were based in the Far East at the time of Pearl Harbor, but one braved the Northeast Passage to Murmansk to assist with convoy duty in the White Sea area. The other, Tbilisi, might have played a role in the Russian offensive against Japan late in the war, but Japan had already agreed to a cease-fire by the time Russian forces began to move into the Kuriles.
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