Kaganovich
| Country | Russia |
| Ship Class | Kirov-class Light Cruiser |
| Builder | #199 Amurski, Komsomol'sk, Russia |
| Laid Down | 26 Aug 1938 |
| Launched | 7 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 6 Dec 1944 |
| Displacement | 8,400 tons standard; 10,040 tons full |
| Length | 628 feet |
| Beam | 58 feet |
| Draft | 19 feet |
| Machinery | Six Yarrow-Normand boilers, TB-7 geared turbines, two shafts |
| Bunkerage | 1,707t oil overload |
| Power Output | 126,900 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 36 knots |
| Range | 5,590nm at 17 knots |
| Crew | 812 |
| Armament | 9x180mm/57 MK-3-180 guns, 8x85mm/52 90-K DP guns, 6x45mm/46 21-K guns, 10x37mm/67 70-K guns, 6x12.7mm DShK machine guns, 6x533mm 53-38 torpedoes, 100 mines, 20 depth charges |
| Armor | 70mm belt, turrets, barbettes, bulkheads; 50mm deck; 150mm conning tower |
| Aircraft | two KOR-2 floatplanes |
| Sold for Scrap | 6 Feb 1960 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseKaganovich was laid down in 1938 and was commissioned in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. However, she was not fully completed until 29 Jan 1947, thus missing all WW2 action. She was named for Joseph Stalin's associate Lazar Kaganovich; in 1945, Lazar's brother Mikhail was accused of associating with Stalin's political opponents and committed suicide to avoid persecution, thus the ship was renamed Lazar Kaganovich to distinguish her from Mikhail. In the late 1940s and most of 1950s, she performed training missions. On 3 Aug 1957, she was renamed once more, this time to Petropavlovsk, as Lazar Kaganovich was purged from the government after a unsuccessful coup against Nikita Khrushchev. On 19 Sep 1957, her exterior was badly damaged by a Force 12 typhoon, though her hull remained in tact, and she was able to sail back under her own power. She was sold for scrap in 1960.
ww2dbaseSources: Warship 2009, Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Nov 2009
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Kaganovich Operational Timeline
| 6 Dec 1944 | Kaganovich was commissioned into service. |
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