None of the four were identical, but Baku (Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov) differed the most. It had phased-array radar, more anti-ship missiles, SA-N-9 in place of SA-N-4, no SA-N-3, 100 mm guns in place of 76 mm, and RBU-12000 in place of RBU-6000.
Don S.
Competition no.7
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Donald M. Scheef
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If you don't mind, I would like to pose my own question. No prize - just to see if there are any other military trivia nuts out there.
Early in the first world war, the British armed merchant cruiser RMS Carmania and the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar engaged in battle. What was unusual about the ruse de guerre employed by the Cap Trafalgar in the days preceding the battle?
Don S.
Early in the first world war, the British armed merchant cruiser RMS Carmania and the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar engaged in battle. What was unusual about the ruse de guerre employed by the Cap Trafalgar in the days preceding the battle?
Don S.
"When a fire starts to burn,
here's a lesson you must learn:
something-something and you'll see
you'll avoid catastrophe."
D'oh!
here's a lesson you must learn:
something-something and you'll see
you'll avoid catastrophe."
D'oh!
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Fireball: Yes, the Cap Trafalgar was posing as the British Carmania. One suspects that the bridge officers of the Carmania were more amused than confused by this subterfuge.
Since you are concerned with the size of he decals, I will give the extreme dimensions of the Kiev rather than the waterline values. In both cases the extreme values are significantly greater than the waterline values due to the clipper bow and overhang of the flight deck.
902 feet (275 m) length, 154 feet (47.2 m) wide
In 1/2400 scale this converts to 4.51 inches (11.5 cm) by 0.77 inches (2.0 cm).
Note that the flight deck is only about 2/3 the length of the ship, so a flight deck decal would be only about 3 inches long. This is not unusually large. For example, the WWII US Ess*x class flight deck was almost 900 feet (275 m) long
Don S.
Since you are concerned with the size of he decals, I will give the extreme dimensions of the Kiev rather than the waterline values. In both cases the extreme values are significantly greater than the waterline values due to the clipper bow and overhang of the flight deck.
902 feet (275 m) length, 154 feet (47.2 m) wide
In 1/2400 scale this converts to 4.51 inches (11.5 cm) by 0.77 inches (2.0 cm).
Note that the flight deck is only about 2/3 the length of the ship, so a flight deck decal would be only about 3 inches long. This is not unusually large. For example, the WWII US Ess*x class flight deck was almost 900 feet (275 m) long
Don S.
"When a fire starts to burn,
here's a lesson you must learn:
something-something and you'll see
you'll avoid catastrophe."
D'oh!
here's a lesson you must learn:
something-something and you'll see
you'll avoid catastrophe."
D'oh!