OVERVIEW: The SVERDLOV class CL is a steam-powered light cruiser.

DETAILS:   An all-gun vessel, the SVERDLOV class CL was the last last all-gun cruiser in commission by any navy.    One vessel was transferred Indonesia. 

 
Specifications: 
       Displacement: 16,000 tons standard; 17,300 full load
       Speed: 32.5 knts
       Range: 2,500 nm @ 32 knts; 10,200 nm @ 13.5 knts
       Complement: 1,050 (approx.)
       In Commission: 1951-1998 
       Completed: 14 	  


NOTES: IOC 1951.  

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; Moore, John. Jane's Fighting Ships: 1987-88. Ihs Global, 1987, pg. 579; "Sverdlov Class." The Luftwaffe, 1933-45. Accessed December 23, 2019. https://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/sverdlov.htm.  
