The government of Ukraine made the final decision on the unfinished cruiser “Ukraine”, located at the Nikolaev shipyard. As Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Urusky said, the ship will be sold or scrapped.
In Kyiv, they decided to sell the unfinished cruiser. According to Urusky, all weapons will be removed from the ship, then “Ukraine” put up for auction. In the absence of buyers, the ship is disposed of. The issue of possible completion and introduction into the Ukrainian Navy is not considered. The issue of flooding has also been removed from the agenda. “Ukraine” in connection with a possible environmental catastrophe.
(…) disputes about the fate of the ship have been going on for decades, and the question of its sale is transferred from government to government. the, that he cannot be introduced into the Navy at all, understandably
– Urusky said.
he stressed, that the cruiser takes place at the Nikolaev shipyard, and a huge amount of money is spent on its maintenance. Therefore, a decision was made on the final fate of the unfinished ship.
Project missile cruiser 1164 “Ukraine” It was founded 29 August 1984 year “Shipyard named after 61 Communards” in the city of Nikolaev by order of the USSR Navy. The cruiser was supposed to be the fourth ship of the project 1164 “Atlas”, designed to combat enemy aircraft carrier formations. The cruiser was originally named “Komsomol”, 23 Martha 1985 was renamed to “Fleet Admiral Lobov”.
11 August 1990 year the cruiser was launched. 1 October 1993 year when 75% readiness was withdrawn from the Russian Navy and transferred to the ownership of Ukraine. 17 December 1993 the cruiser was named “Ukraine”. AT 1994 a crew was formed for the ship, but in 1996 its completion was suspended due to lack of funding.
AT 2010 year Ukraine planned to sell built on 95% Russian cruiser, but Moscow refused to buy and complete it, since its completion required a serious modernization of the capacities of the Nikolaev Shipyard, and the delivery of the cruiser to Severodvinsk was fraught with the danger of losing the ship and was considered inappropriate.
