Old Aircraft-Carrier
This Russian aircraft-carrier boat had a strange story. When it was being built it was called “Riga” - the name of Latvian capital city, but just after the construction was over and 20 minutes later the ceremony of the ship’s launching started they got a call from Moscow demanding to change the name to “VARYAG”, probably just because at that time Latvia demanded independence, so Russian government understood that if they leave the old name, in just a few months one of their top-ships would carry the name of the capital of the another state. So they called and changed the name same day the boat was launched. That was a bad sign.
A few years later, they couldn’t maintain it anymore, and the ship itself demanded some sort of upgrading so they decided to… sell it for iron-and-steel scrap! The company which bought it couldn’t transport it to scrap site, mainly because Turkey didn’t allow the private company to pass the big and scary aircraft-carrier through its waters it in time so it stayed for one and a half year and they seriously considered on abandoning it. Later they got permission from Turkey and moved it from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. And then in Mediterranean it has almost got stuck on sandbank. So it took it a few years to come to travel in its the last journey.
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It’s been a long time since even a moderately interesting article was here, I wish more stories like this would be put up here.
In Soviet Russia, aircraft carries you!
Ah yes, all over the world you carry an aircraft =)
Not Russian, she was Soviet. She was build in Nikolaev (The Ukraine). After USSR collapse The Ukraine sold it abroad.
ниужели за гранитсу?а йа думол каг фсегда на миталалом
ф питёрке нах!!!!!!!!!!!!!
пендосрач буит или нет?или вы не долбойобы?
Ты уже заебал, дебилоид.
He is a russian variety of Texas1.
Please don’t wake him. He had a hard day yesterday.
what a waste of money…
That thing is naaasty…
It does not get close to the size of US aircraft carriers. The Soviets tried to catch up to the US in the 80s when all of the sudden the US had 12 aircraft carriers and USSR had none (Kiev and Minsk small aircraft carriers not included as they could carry up to 15 VTOL airplanes only).
This originates from the Soviet Navy doctrine of developing the underwater strike force where as the US Navy’s doctrine had been designing aircraft strike groups deployed all over the world.
It looks like Philip Starck lend a hand designing it.
Story of Varyag, uncovered.
http://www.varyagworld.com/
Man, that would be a kick ass thing for an individual to own. I want one =o
Thats freaking huge
There is another curious fact. “VARYAG” is a Russian word for “VIKING”.
This is funny, because many Russians nowdays do not like to be mentioned that once it was Norse nobles who ruled Kievan Rus and Novgorod.
An interesting article.
In fact, quite a few of them are.
Unfortunately, the site is rendered almost unreadable by the quality of most of the comments.
If you could exclude ‘comments’ from potty-mouthed children, and encourage genuinely informed, entertaining, or at least rational responses, then this site would be worth visiting more often.
fuck up bitch
the chinese peoples’liberation army navy owns this carrier now. they bought by a “privately” from the ukraine under the false pretense of converting it to a floating casino. jane’s lists it as now being named the “Shi Lang”. it’s been completely refitted for active duty and is due for sea trials soon.
Hey Thumper THAT’s interesting news!
Can you pls esxpand more on it! Thanks Howard