Minsk |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Chernomorsky Sudostroitelni Zavod (Black Sea Shipbuilding Yard) Nikolayev, Ukraine |
Hull Number: |
015, 130 (1978),117 (1979), 042 (1979), 011 (1980), 025 (1983), 038 (1991) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
September 27, 1978 |
Keel Laid: |
December 1972 |
Decommissioned: |
June 30, 1993 |
Launched: |
September 30, 1975 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold to a South Korean businessman in 1995, resold to
Shenzhen Minsk Aircraft Carrier Industry Co. Ltd., China. Displayed as a theme park named Minsk World in Shatoujiao, China until the company went bankrupt in 2006. Sold at auction on May 31, 2006 current disposition unknown. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
895' 5" |
Engines: |
4 steam turbines |
Beam: |
107' 3" |
Boilers: |
8 turbopressurized |
Draft: |
32' 10" |
Shafts: |
4 |
Flight Deck: |
154' 10" (width) |
HP: |
200,000 |
Displacement: |
36,000 std. / 43,000 full |
Speed: |
30 knots |
Crew: |
1,200 (including air group) |
Range: |
4,000 NM @ 30 knots / 13,500 NM @ 18 knots |
Aircraft: |
30 |
Ship's Data |
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Page published Aug. 4, 2007 |