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Incorporating lessons from the construction of the Azov class, but enlarged to accomodate jets, which Russian Naval Staff clearly see as entering service during her service life.

One will be laid down at each of the S4.5s at Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok.

Reval class, Russian Aircraft Carrier laid down 1944

Displacement:
50,152 t light; 51,693 t standard; 59,246 t normal; 65,289 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,002.82 ft / 967.85 ft x 104.99 ft (Bulges 118.11 ft) x 31.82 ft (normal load)
305.66 m / 295.00 m x 32.00 m (Bulges 36.00 m) x 9.70 m

Armament:
16 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns in single mounts, 15.43lbs / 7.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (16x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,493 lbs / 677 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 400

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.15" / 80 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.98" / 25 mm 721.78 ft / 220.00 m 42.65 ft / 13.00 m
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.97" / 50 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 29.53 ft / 9.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Armour deck: 3.94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3.15" / 80 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 197,610 shp / 147,417 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 16,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 13,596 tons

Complement:
1,898 - 2,468

Cost:
£17.627 million / $70.509 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 189 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 9,184 tons, 15.5 %
- Belts: 2,283 tons, 3.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,270 tons, 2.1 %
- Armament: 47 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 5,481 tons, 9.3 %
- Conning Tower: 103 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 5,046 tons, 8.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,733 tons, 28.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,094 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 19,000 tons, 32.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
94,769 lbs / 42,986 Kg = 1,413.7 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 14.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 7.0 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 18.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.75

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.570
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.19 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 35.79 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 49.21 ft / 15.00 m
- Forecastle (33 %): 49.21 ft / 15.00 m (32.81 ft / 10.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Average freeboard: 33.26 ft / 10.14 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 206.1 %
Waterplane Area: 75,259 Square feet or 6,992 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 149 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 146 lbs/sq ft or 712 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.08
- Overall: 0.99
Caution: Hull subject to strain in open-sea
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

130mm twin automatic DP mounts - 800 tons
75mm single automatic DP mounts - 80 tons

Aviation-3 Catapults, 42 Fighters, 42 Dive Bombers, 42 torpedo bombers
20 spare aircraft
Flight Deck-305m*37m
Two catapults
Electronics fit:
Air Search Radar - 10 tons
Aerial Battle Management Radar - 10 tons
AA Fire Control radar (2) - 20 tons
Aerial Combat Information Center - 250 tons
Misc. extras - 100 tons

Your notes list first three (3), then two (2) catapults?!

How many lifts?

Quoted

Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
- Overall: 0.99

Problem.

Reval class, Russian Aircraft Carrier laid down 1944

Displacement:
49,854 t light; 51,388 t standard; 58,908 t normal; 64,923 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
1,002.82 ft / 967.85 ft x 104.99 ft (Bulges 118.11 ft) x 31.92 ft (normal load)
305.66 m / 295.00 m x 32.00 m (Bulges 36.00 m) x 9.73 m

Armament:
16 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (8x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns in single mounts, 15.43lbs / 7.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (16x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 12 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 1,493 lbs / 677 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 400

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 3.15" / 80 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.98" / 25 mm 721.78 ft / 220.00 m 42.65 ft / 13.00 m
Main Belt covers 94 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.97" / 50 mm 590.55 ft / 180.00 m 29.53 ft / 9.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Armour deck: 3.94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 3.15" / 80 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 196,450 shp / 146,552 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 16,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 13,535 tons

Complement:
1,889 - 2,457

Cost:
£17.529 million / $70.118 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 189 tons, 0.3 %
Armour: 9,158 tons, 15.5 %
- Belts: 2,284 tons, 3.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 1,270 tons, 2.2 %
- Armament: 47 tons, 0.1 %
- Armour Deck: 5,455 tons, 9.3 %
- Conning Tower: 103 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 5,017 tons, 8.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,791 tons, 28.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 9,054 tons, 15.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 18,700 tons, 31.7 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
95,356 lbs / 43,253 Kg = 1,422.5 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 14.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 7.0 ft / 2.1 m
Roll period: 18.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.05
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.76

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised forecastle
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.565
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.19 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 35.81 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 40
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 6.56 ft / 2.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 49.21 ft / 15.00 m
- Forecastle (33 %): 49.21 ft / 15.00 m (32.81 ft / 10.00 m aft of break)
- Mid (50 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Average freeboard: 33.26 ft / 10.14 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 81.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 206.1 %
Waterplane Area: 74,899 Square feet or 6,958 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 150 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 147 lbs/sq ft or 716 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.09
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

130mm twin automatic DP mounts - 800 tons
75mm single automatic DP mounts - 80 tons

Aviation-2 Catapults, 42 Fighters, 42 Dive Bombers, 42 torpedo bombers
20 spare aircraft
Flight Deck-305m*37m
Electronics fit:
Air Search Radar - 10 tons
Aerial Battle Management Radar - 10 tons
AA Fire Control radar (2) - 20 tons
Aerial Combat Information Center - 250 tons
Misc. extras - 100 tons