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The world's largest warship was designed in Russia. This reconnaissance vessel was called "Ural".

A unique development has become a real buoyant scourge of the domestic fleet. And it all began with the numbers. Surprisingly, from the hundreds of combinations was selected option 1941. It is not even necessary to explain what associations these numbers cause in millions of people. In mysticism or not, the project "Ural", for which was spent not one billion Soviet rubles, in the end, did not bring any benefit.

What was it for?

To understand the purpose for which Soviet designers created the world's largest warship, let us turn our eyes to the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. It is there that the top-secret American training ground is located, where intercontinental ballistic missiles like MX and Minimen land from California for testing. Since 1983, this place has played the role of one more of the research centers of the States implementing a strategic defense initiative. The idea of its creation belongs to Ronald Reagan, who planned to disarm the Soviet Union. Soon rockets began to be launched from this range, the purpose of which was to intercept and destroy Soviet nuclear warheads. Telemetric information about such tests could shed light on Reagan's machinations, but how could they be obtained? Civil ships like "Academician Korolev" or "Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin" were not suitable for reconnaissance purposes. Although these ships were equipped with special test and measurement systems for monitoring space objects, they could not obtain intelligence on what was happening on the above-described base in Kwajalein.

The main reason was that they had no functioning radar systems and only received signals sent by domestic satellites. That's why there was an idea to build a powerful military ship capable of catching all the available information about any subcosmic object on any part of the trajectory in all regions of the World Ocean. So there was a project under number 1941 - "Titan". It was developed on the basis of the Leningrad design bureau under the name "Iceberg", and built a ship at the Ordzhonikidze Baltic Plant.

Painstaking work

In order to create the world's largest warship equipped with the latest technology, we needed powerful electronics, otherwise it would not be possible to collect a huge amount of information about trial launches of US missiles. Eighteen ministries have worked on creating the necessary equipment for the Urals, with the active participation of their own design bureaus and research institutes. To equip the ship with the equipment specialists of the Leningrad industrial and technical enterprise created for this purpose were involved.

Results of labor

The world's largest warship was equipped with a powerful surveillance system "Coral". It was based on seven highly efficient radioelectronic systems. The information was processed by computers unique at the time. They provided an opportunity to decipher the characteristics of any space objects at a distance of up to 1,500 kilometers. As claimed by the creators, in terms of the composition of the exhaust gases of moving objects, the Ural crew had the opportunity to determine the secret components of the fuel. In addition, the largest Russian warship had outstanding defensive characteristics. So, it was equipped with artillery, approximately corresponding to the weapon of the destroyer. The ammunition was enough for at least twenty minutes of continuous combat. At the stern there was an aviation hangar, in which the Ka-32 helicopter was waiting for its time.

The crew of the battle machine

For the management of the Urals, a team of one thousand men was needed, of which at least four hundred midshipmen and officers. It was assumed that the crew of the reconnaissance complex was divided into six services.

The designers took care of the conditions for the rest of the ship crew. So, on the "Urals" were provided smoking room, cinema and gym, billiard room, slot machines, swimming pool and two saunas, as well as a salon of nature.

Naturally, for the placement of equipment and everything else, there was a corps of appropriate dimensions. The design of the project 1144 Kirov (nuclear missile cruiser) was taken as a basis. As a result, the "Ural" boasted a length of two football fields and the height from the keel to the scotch with a twenty-eight-story house!

Big plans

The hopes placed on the Ural by the USSR Ministry of Defense were simply enormous. This is evidenced by the fact that the chief designer of the project, Arkharov, who was in no way connected with the military service, was awarded the title of not only Hero of Socialist Labor, but also Rear Admiral.

The descent of the Ural to water took place in 1983. Six years later he joined the Navy of the USSR. In the same year the ship went to its permanent base in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

In the beginning everything went well. The crew successfully tested all the possibilities of unique equipment. "Ural" easily found the launching American space shuttle Columbia, located for a thousand kilometers. The ship received more and more information about the movements of enemy combat equipment. However, it was very difficult to work with permanently failing systems. The situation worsened when the Ural arrived in the Pacific - a place of permanent deployment.

The first trip of the unique ship was the last one. The quay wall was not prepared for it, so it was not possible to supply electricity, fuel, or water from the shore. Boilers and diesel generators of "Ural" have never been turned off, reducing the precious motor resource, which was supposed to be spent only during hikes. We can say that the ship "ate" itself. In addition, in 1990, a "Ural" fire broke out, resulting in the outage of the stern engine room. More than a year, the power supply was replenished by the bow machine, but then it also burned down. After that, only emergency power generators were the only energy sources. Funds for repairs were not.

Inglourious end

In 1992, the nuclear reactors of the ship were drowned. He was placed at a remote pier and turned into a huge officer's dormitory. CER-33 "Ural" was sarcastically called a croaker, and the abbreviation is deciphered as a "special sleeping car".

Current state of affairs

Russian warships all meet the classification adopted in the world. Morally obsolete vessels are replaced by modernized models. The fleet is constantly improving.

Admiral Kuznetsov

The largest warships in Russia, of course, are represented by a class of aircraft carriers. The pride of the fleet is the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov. On its decks, seventy meters wide, there are fifty helicopters and aircraft of various types. The hull of the ship is armored. He is able to withstand a direct hit of a mass of up to four hundred kilograms.

"Peter the Great"

Russian warships are also replenishing the ranks of cruisers. Thus, the Peter the Great strike rocket ship embodies the power of the modern fleet. Its nuclear power plant is designed for fifty years of operation. This flagship vessel of the Northern Fleet is a storm of shock air groups. The speed of thirty-two knots can be infinitely maintained during the course of a nuclear installation. Autonomous life support crew is enough for sixty days.

Shock complexes of cruise missiles are designed for a range of more than five hundred kilometers. A truly unique group guidance system is truly unique: it was built on a multivariate intelligent control algorithm.

"Varangian"

Modern warships are represented by another powerful cruiser, the Varyag. It is similar to the American rocket ships of the Ticonderoga series, but it develops a great speed and is distinguished by its impressive firepower.

The newest warships will soon be represented by the class of universal landing craft. Russian specialists plan to lower these novelties by 2020. In the process of creating more and more improved corvettes and frigates.

The largest warships such as "Stereguschego" provide confidence in the forces of the Navy. Russian ships are becoming world leaders in terms of the following indicators: the availability of airborne aircraft, the versatility of missions performed, firepower, autonomy, ultra-modern electronics, excellent driving performance.

Most modern projects are characterized by low cost of creation and operation, which corresponds to world trends. According to statistics, at present the number of the Russian fleet is at least two hundred units. Unfortunately, some ships are obsolete physically and morally, do not meet the latest requirements of naval combat, they need modernization or at least repair. In addition, additional funding is required by hydrographic services, marine units and auxiliary vessels.

The biggest sailing war ship

"Santisima Trinidad" - a real giant in a series of sailing military vessels. He was sent to water in Havana in the distant year of 1769. He was listed as a Spanish fleet for thirty-five years. The entire hull of the ship was made of a very durable expensive material - the Cuban red wood. The thickness of the sides reached up to sixty centimeters, which made the ship almost unsinkable.

The armament of this sea giant consisted of one hundred and thirty guns of different calibers. After the modernization on the deck there were already one hundred and forty-four most powerful at that time guns. The crew of the ship included from eight hundred to a thousand two hundred people.

Important mission

In the course of the American revolutionary war, Santisima-Trinidad faced the task of scouring the ships of British adversaries in the English Channel. During the battle near Cape St. Vincent, the ship miraculously escaped the English captivity.

Final chord

The last for the "Santisima-Trinidad" was the Battle of Trafalgar. It was the most wide-scale sailing fight of the nineteenth century. The ship described played the role of the flagship of the French-Spanish forces. The leading English vessel was Victoria. It concentrated all its power on Santisima-Trinidad as the most dangerous rival. Eight British battleships attacked the ship simultaneously. Each of them had no less than seventy-two guns, but they could not cope with the task: "Santisima-Trinidad" stayed afloat. A huge ship was boarded after about four hundred crew members were wounded and approximately the same number were killed. Two days after the end of the battle the ship was decided to flood. So the unique creation of human hands went into oblivion.