Russian missile cruiser docks at Cam Ranh port

On April 27, the missile cruiser Varyag - the flagship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy, with 642 officers and sailors commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ulyanenko Alexey, began a 5-day visit to Cam Ranh International Port and Nha Trang city (Khanh Hoa province).

Russian missile cruiser docked at Cam Ranh port to begin a five-day official visit to several locations in Vietnam.

Welcoming the ship and its officers and crew were officers and soldiers from Naval Region 4, Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense Office, Foreign Affairs Department, Khanh Hoa Provincial Military Command...

During the visit, the fleet commander will pay courtesy visits to leaders of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee and the Navy, lay wreaths at the Memorial to Soviet - Russian - Vietnamese soldiers who sacrificed their lives for peace and stability in the region, and interact with officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Navy.

The visit of the Russian Navy Fleet contributes to further strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including defense cooperation and naval cooperation between the two countries.

Welcoming ceremony of officers of Region 4 and some functional agencies of Vietnam.

The Varyag missile cruiser of the Slava class (project 1164, NATO reporting name Atlas), was designed to be used as a surface attack warship.

The ship was launched in July 1983 and officially commissioned into the Soviet Navy on October 16, 1989, with the original name Chervona Ukraina.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Navy took over the cruiser.

Since 1996, the ship was renamed Varyag and became the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, Russian Navy.

The Varyag cruiser has a standard displacement of 9,800 tons, full load of 11,490 tons; length of 186.4m, width of 20.8m, height of 8.4m, has 4 gas turbine engines with a total capacity of 130,000Hp, maximum speed of 32 nautical miles/h, cruising range of 7,500 nautical miles (13,200km) at a speed of 18 nautical miles/h.

Delegates from both sides took souvenir photos.

Varyag is equipped with 16 P-500 Bazalt long-range supersonic anti-ship missiles (NATO designation SS-N-12 “Sandbox”) carrying a 1-ton conventional warhead or a 350 Kt nuclear warhead.

In addition, Varyag is also equipped with 2 clusters of 2 9K33M “Osa-M” close-range air defense missiles (NATO designation SA-N-4 “Gecko”) with a base of 40 missiles.

This type of missile is 3.2m long, 0.21m in diameter, has a range of 15km, an operational altitude of 12km, and a launch speed of up to 2.5Mach.

The ship also has a flight deck and hangar for a Ka-25/27/28 anti-submarine helicopter.

According to Dantri