Russian Light Cruiser Sverdlov

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vingrjoe

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Here is the pediacons, unit32 and sound files.
 

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Some info courtesy of globalsecurity.org.

"Sverdlov", the lead ship of project 68 bis, was laid down on 15 October 1949, launched on 5 July 1950 and commissioned on 15 May 1952. Their construction was carried out in accordance with a new technique, by forming (for the first time in national shipbuilding) an all-welded hull (instead of riveted one), which allowed to reduce the construction period about twice. The construction period was brought to two-and-half years. The cruisers of project 68 bis became the biggest series in the history of national shipbuilding. Baltiysky Zavod built in total six cruisers of this project.
The major surface units in the post-WWII Soviet Navy, construction halted when Nikita Khrushchev decided the program had been made obsolete by the advent of guided missiles. One unit was converted to an experimental guided missile cruiser [the Adm. Nakhimov] and the Dzerhinsky was refitted in 1960 with the SA-N-2 surface to air missile. Two other units were converted to command ships in the early 1970s.
 
Perfect even as a Medium Cruiser for WWII games ;) when we consider that the tech tree advance "all welded hull construction" was essentialy the same used by pre-1945 Western contemporaries, also that the USSR was lagging behind Western shipbuilding programes due to lack of resources and experience and wouldn't have been able to produce a Swerdlovsk within WWII- yet in Civ3 it may well work) brilliant unit!!! - and a great choice of time period :goodjob:
 
Hurrah! A Communist Cruiser for the Korean Scenario...

I have a request to make of you, Vgnrjoe... Could you make a Gearing Class destroyer?
Would be invaluable.

And.. if you made a gearing.. you could possibly make a Fletcher and an Allen M. Sumner Class... since The Sumner ws based on the fletcher and the Gearing was based on the Sumner...

Well.. whatever.
 
Goldflash said:
Hurrah! A Communist Cruiser for the Korean Scenario...

I have a request to make of you, Vgnrjoe... Could you make a Gearing Class destroyer?
Would be invaluable.

And.. if you made a gearing.. you could possibly make a Fletcher and an Allen M. Sumner Class... since The Sumner ws based on the fletcher and the Gearing was based on the Sumner...

Well.. whatever.
Click to expand...

BeBro made a Sumner. SOE has a Gearing class. I think. Wyrm made the fletcher
 
A brilliant unit indeed; you've done it again Vingrjoe!!! :goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

Did you know that 'Murmansk', the last Sverdlov class cruiser in service was decommissioned only thirteen years ago in 1992?!

Or that Indonesia was the only other nation to operate one of these beauties?
In 1962-63, 'Ordzhonikidze' of this class was transferred to Indonesia and renamed 'Irian'. She was scrapped 1972 owing to lack of spare parts.
 
Flamescreen, no. I use Rhino 3.0 for constrcution and 3DMax6 for construction, effects and animation.
 
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