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The most significant new ships the Russian Federation will be laying down in 1943 are two Perm class ice-capable oil tankers. While not icebreakers, their strengthened hulls permit an additional margin of safety when transiting the Northern Sea Route under icebreaker escort. Their high freeboard at normal displacement provides for sufficient freeboard at maximum displacement

Because of their unique requirements, they are being built to naval, not merchant standards (meaning I'm paying for 'em in full).

Other activities for Russian shipyards in 1943 will be laying down a follow-on to the carrier escort Khranitel, Chasovoi, ten new Delfin class fleet submarines, reconstruction of two more armored cruisers into amphibious command and fire support ships, two more conversions of merchant ships into escort carriers, refitting the Admiral Ushakov class light cruisers, converting another Atlantic class repair ship, building another large shallow-draft icebreaker, building another ten Gostinitsa class partol boats, and refitting a number of older corvettes.

Russian yards will have a busy 1943!

Perm class, Russian Ice-capable oil tanker laid down 1943

Displacement:
9,492 t light; 10,044 t standard; 26,055 t normal; 38,864 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
557.74 ft / 557.74 ft x 91.86 ft x 25.43 ft (normal load)
170.00 m / 170.00 m x 28.00 m x 7.75 m

Armament:
2 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Dual purpose guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on side amidships, all raised guns
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 171 lbs / 78 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300

Armour:
- 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 -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 19,093 shp / 14,243 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 135,500nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 28,821 tons

Complement:
205 - 267

Cost:
£2.727 million / $10.909 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 18 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 493 tons, 1.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,976 tons, 30.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 16,563 tons, 63.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 1,000 tons, 3.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
326,814 lbs / 148,240 Kg = 4,875.3 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 31.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.91
Metacentric height 12.5 ft / 3.8 m
Roll period: 10.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.01
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has raised quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.700
Length to Beam Ratio: 6.07 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.62 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 39 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 25
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 36.09 ft / 11.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 32.81 ft / 10.00 m (29.53 ft / 9.00 m before break)
- Stern: 32.81 ft / 10.00 m
- Average freeboard: 30.54 ft / 9.31 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 12.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 225.3 %
Waterplane Area: 41,067 Square feet or 3,815 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 1,000 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 132 lbs/sq ft or 646 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.10
- Longitudinal: 2.62
- Overall: 1.20
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

Ice-capable oil tanker. Internal fuel for 12,800nm @ 12kts-3,000 tons. Cargo: 1,000 tons cargo-handling equipment, 24,000 tons fuel oil, 1,800 tons aviation fuel.

Note: Weapons not added in peacetime, merely provided for in the design.

Her range has increased on the same bunkerage due to the greater efficiency of her 1943 engine. There is another 80 tons of misc weight as well.

Chasovoi, Russian Carrier group escort laid down 1943

Displacement:
23,395 t light; 24,653 t standard; 28,550 t normal; 31,668 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
737.93 ft / 721.78 ft x 82.02 ft (Bulges 91.21 ft) x 31.17 ft (normal load)
224.92 m / 220.00 m x 25.00 m (Bulges 27.80 m) x 9.50 m

Armament:
6 - 14.02" / 356 mm guns (3x2 guns), 1,653.47lbs / 750.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread, all raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (10x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts
64 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (16x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 6 raised mounts
8 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1943 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 11,925 lbs / 5,409 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.84" / 250 mm 459.32 ft / 140.00 m 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 459.32 ft / 140.00 m 30.18 ft / 9.20 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 11.8" / 300 mm 7.87" / 200 mm 9.45" / 240 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
4th: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Armour deck: 4.72" / 120 mm, Conning tower: 9.84" / 250 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 102,198 shp / 76,240 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 13,150nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,014 tons

Complement:
1,097 - 1,427

Cost:
£14.850 million / $59.401 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,286 tons, 4.5 %
Armour: 8,283 tons, 29.0 %
- Belts: 2,192 tons, 7.7 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 808 tons, 2.8 %
- Armament: 1,543 tons, 5.4 %
- Armour Deck: 3,542 tons, 12.4 %
- Conning Tower: 198 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 2,639 tons, 9.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 10,856 tons, 38.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,155 tons, 18.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 330 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
40,678 lbs / 18,451 Kg = 29.5 x 14.0 " / 356 mm shells or 6.7 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 4.5 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 18.0 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.67
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.487
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.91 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 31.31 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 51 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 4.92 ft / 1.50 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30.84 ft / 9.40 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 20.67 ft / 6.30 m
- Mid (50 %): 19.03 ft / 5.80 m
- Quarterdeck (17 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Stern: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Average freeboard: 20.99 ft / 6.40 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 87.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 137.7 %
Waterplane Area: 40,529 Square feet or 3,765 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 118 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 172 lbs/sq ft or 841 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.43
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily


12 Twin 130mm automatic mounts-10 tons misc weight each

Air search radar-10 tons
Surface search radar - 10 tons
Main battery fire control radar-10 tons
Secondary battery fire control radar -10 tons
Antiaircraft battery fire control radars (2)-20 tons
2 seaplanes, 1 catapult - 50 tons
Reserved for other uses - 100 tons

Rebuilding the Admiral Ushakov class will address a number of problems the class has had the past few years, and will make them into effective, modern units. Throughout their service lives, they have been unpopular with their crews while steaming the stormy seas above the North Cape, due to their wetness forward. Raising the stem and modifying the bow addresses this problem. They also lacked a modern electronic fit, which they now have. Due to new engines, they have significantly greater range on the same bunkerage. The new, lighter engines also permit the addition of radars without straining the hull.

Admiral Ushakov, Russian Light Cruisers laid down 1924 (Engine 1943)

Displacement:
7,521 t light; 7,886 t standard; 9,291 t normal; 10,415 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
610.66 ft / 600.39 ft x 55.12 ft x 21.00 ft (normal load)
186.13 m / 183.00 m x 16.80 m x 6.40 m

Armament:
12 - 5.98" / 152 mm guns (4x3 guns), 125.66lbs / 57.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (6x2 guns), 37.48lbs / 17.00kg shells, 1943 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
32 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (8x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1943 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts
8 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1943 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 2,008 lbs / 911 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
12 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 421.75 ft / 128.55 m 9.19 ft / 2.80 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 108 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.95" / 75 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Armour deck: 1.57" / 40 mm, Conning tower: 2.95" / 75 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 78,162 shp / 58,309 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 8,550nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,529 tons

Complement:
473 - 615

Cost:
£2.263 million / $9.053 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 222 tons, 2.4 %
Armour: 1,320 tons, 14.2 %
- Belts: 467 tons, 5.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 200 tons, 2.2 %
- Armour Deck: 624 tons, 6.7 %
- Conning Tower: 28 tons, 0.3 %
Machinery: 2,019 tons, 21.7 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 3,740 tons, 40.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,771 tons, 19.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 220 tons, 2.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
11,365 lbs / 5,155 Kg = 106.1 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 2.5 ft / 0.8 m
Roll period: 14.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.75
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.25

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck
Block coefficient: 0.468
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.89 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.50 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.22 ft / 8.60 m
- Forecastle (30 %): 21.65 ft / 6.60 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.73 ft / 5.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (16.57 ft / 5.05 m before break)
- Stern: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Average freeboard: 19.41 ft / 5.92 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 114.3 %
Waterplane Area: 21,431 Square feet or 1,991 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 126 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 101 lbs/sq ft or 493 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.48
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Extra machinery for 100mm auto DP mounts - 30 tons

Torpedos: 25 tons

Aviation fit:
2 Seaplanes, 1 Catapult - 70 tons

Electronics Fit:
Surface Search Radar - 10 tons
Air Search Radar - 10 tons
MB Fire Control Radar - 10 tons
Secondary Battery Fire Control Radar - 10 tons
Antiaircraft Battery Fire Control Radar (2) - 20 tons


Reserved for future upgrades: 35 tons

Quoted

Originally posted by AdmKuznetsov
two more conversions of merchant ships into escort carriers

I am interested to learn more about these. What does the conversion look like? What rules apply? How much do you pay?

I'm looking at a 50% conversion (replacement of superstructure, new engines)

Russian Merchant aircraft carrier conversion laid down 1921 (Engine 1943)

Displacement:
6,925 t light; 7,221 t standard; 14,529 t normal; 20,376 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
524.93 ft / 524.93 ft x 65.62 ft x 24.61 ft (normal load)
160.00 m / 160.00 m x 20.00 m x 7.50 m

Armament:
1 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading gun in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 92 lbs / 42 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 100

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 1.97" / 50 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 1.97" / 50 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 12,801 ihp / 9,550 Kw = 18.00 kts
Range 70,000nm at 12.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 13,155 tons

Complement:
661 - 860

Cost:
£0.887 million / $3.549 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 10 tons, 0.1 %
Armour: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 5 tons, 0.0 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 699 tons, 4.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 4,211 tons, 29.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 7,605 tons, 52.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 2,000 tons, 13.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
56,151 lbs / 25,470 Kg = 837.6 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 6.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.39
Metacentric height 4.7 ft / 1.4 m
Roll period: 12.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.02
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.600
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.91 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 35 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Stern: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Average freeboard: 23.49 ft / 7.16 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 32.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 166.7 %
Waterplane Area: 25,192 Square feet or 2,340 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 417 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 100 lbs/sq ft or 488 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.05
- Longitudinal: 2.22
- Overall: 1.13
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

Flight deck is 154m x 20m

30 aircraft - 900 tons. 14 Fighters, 14 Dive bombers, 2 Scouts.

Surface search radar - 10 tons.
Air search radar - 10 tons.
Antiaircraft fire control radar - 10 tons.
Combat Information Center - 200 tons.

Munitions - 500 tons

Fuel for 12,000nm at 12 knots ~2,000 tons.
Aviation fuel - 1,000 tons

Low-stowed cargo/ballast - 10,100 tons