Chevron missile cruiser Moscow.  Moskva" is a Soviet and Russian missile cruiser of project 1164 (code "Atlant", English Slava class according to NATO classification), which was in service in 1982-2022.  The main ship of its series.  It was part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation and was its flagship.  In 2022, during the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, it was destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Moscow"

RKR "Moscow"

History

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Name:

"Glory" (1979—1996)

"Moscow" (1996—2022)

Builder: Shipbuilding Plant named after 61 Komunar, Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSRBuilding number: 2008Layed down: November 5, 1976Launched: July 27, 1979 Accepted: December 13, 1982Sunk: April 14, 2022Port of assignment: SevastopolIdentifier: 121 Awards and
awards: Order of NakhimovStatus: destroyed, exhibit No. 2064 of the underwater cultural heritage of UkraineMain characteristicsClass and type: project 1164 "Atlant", class "Slava"

Crew: 485 people (66 officers

Became widely known after the February 24, 2022 attack on the Ukrainian garrison on Zmiiny Island, when the ship received the response "Russian military ship, go to hell" when the Ukrainian soldiers were offered to surrender.

On April 13, 2022, the Ukrainian Navy struck the cruiser with two R-360 Neptune cruise missiles of the RK-360MC Neptune coastal anti-ship complex.  As a result of the damage and difficult weather conditions, it capsized and sank. In the evening of April 14, the sinking of the "Moscow" was recognized by the Ministry of Defense of Russia

In Ukraine, the cruiser received the status of the Underwater Cultural Heritage of Ukraine