There are reports that the Russian Navy may soon scrap its notional flagship, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. Since the 1990s, the Kuznetsov has been the only remaining aircraft carrier in the Russian fleet. Built in the final days of the Soviet Union, the ship has an unenviable record of repeated breakdowns and casualties. It has been out of service for repairs and upgrading since March 2017.
The Kuznetsov was ordered in 1981, commissioned in 1990, but was not fully operational until 1995. Between bad boiler tubes, combustion problems, and burning Mazut, a Russian version of Bunker C, the carrier is notorious for belching a vast cloud of black smoke whenever underway. Given its fuel and chronic boiler problems, the Kuznetsov is often referred to as having a “weak heart.”
Beyond the oily smoke, the carrier’s operating history has been troubled. The ship has never been deployed for longer than six months and was famously followed by oceangoing tugboats during all of its sea voyages in case the ship breaks down. There were reports that in a 2011 deployment, the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet kept close by so it could rescue crew, in case the Admiral Kuznetsov happened to sink.
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