The Admiral Kuznetsov, the seemingly cursed “ship of shame,” could be scrapped soon, after a troubled service.

In the 1980s, the Soviet Navy built Admiral Kuznetsov, a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser meant to support missile-equipped ...

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After a disastrous career plagued by accidents and endless, costly overhauls, Russia is finally giving up on its only ...

In 2018, a massive floating drydock holding the Admiral Kuznetsov lost power and sank, sending a 70-ton crane crashing into the carrier’s deck.

“If the Admiral Kuznetsov is decided not to continue repairs, it remains only to take it, cut it into scrap metal and dispose of it,” he added. The aircraft carrier first took to the seas in ...

Russian state media acknowledged that the Admiral Nakhimov had been out of service since 1999—but noted that it had undergone renovations from 2013 onward.

The Admiral Kuznetsov According to the Russian Navy, the Admiral Kuznetsov is a mix of aircraft carrier and guided-missile cruiser. As an aircraft carrier, it can carry up to 24 fighter jets and ...

4 Firefighters aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov. During a 2008-09 deployment, a blaze killed a sailor and then a large oil spill was spotted by the Irish coast guard near the Admiral Kuznetsov.

Most notably, Admiral Kuznetsov's unfinished sister ship was sold to China in a shady deal in 1998. After a massive overhaul, it reemerged in 2012 as Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier.

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, will undergo a repair and refitting process that will take a minimum of three years to complete. The process will be done at Russia's 35th ...

Russia's sole aircraft carrier, the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, or Admiral Kuznetsov for short, is set to spend half a decade in the shipyard getting much needed upgrades.