OVERVIEW: The SVERDLOV class CL is a steam-powered light cruiser modified for the role of a command ship.

DETAILS:   An all-gun vessel, the SVERDLOV class CL was the last last all-gun cruiser in commission by any navy.    These vessels were modified with extensive command and communications facilities for use as flagships.


NOTES: Displacement: 12,900 tons standard
       Speed: 32.5 knts
       Range: 2,500 nm @ 32 knts; 10,200 nm @ 13.5 knts
       Complement: 1,050 (approx.)
       In Commission: 1972-1990 
       Completed: 2 	  

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 150-51;  Russian-Ships.Info, "Light Cruisers - Project 68bis." Accessed November 17, 2013. http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_68bis.htm.  
