OVERVIEW: The NANUCHKA III class Corvette is a 3 shaft diesel powered, multi-role guided missile corvette.

DETAILS:   The NANUCHKA III class is a heavily armed coastal missile ship.  They have poor sea keeping qualities.      

NOTES: Displacement: 780 tons standard
       Speed: 32 knts
       Range: 900 nm @ 30.5 knts; 2,500 nm @ 12 knts
       Complement: 60 (approx)
       In Commission: 1977-present
       Completed: 	  

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 192-92 ; 
