Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Here is a lil oopsiee that happened on the BAKU (now India's sole operational carrier) in 1991. DFO

CG AZOV, trials ship for vls missile launch........... DFO

Nicknamed the 'widow maker', VTOL Yakovlev Yak-38Ms, (NATO reporting name Forger), pictured on Kiev Class Carrier Novorossiysk c1985.

Soviet K Class Submarines K-56 and K-53 pictured at Liepāja, Latvia in 1946.... K-53 was stricken on March 11th 1960....K-56 was sunk during nuclear tests on October 16th 1957.

Here is the X-ZHANDOV being towed out of Sevastopol for scrapping in Alang, India........1991. Also, a photo of her in earlier days after her modernization. DFO

Three more views of ZHANDOV during her career in the Soviet Navy. Despite the conversion work, still a handsome, impressive looking cruiser! DFO