Hero-Class Ultra-Heavy Cruiser

LNS Comrade Mikoyan (CH-04)
Class overview
Builders:	Librira
Operators:	Libriran Navy
Preceded by:	City-Class
Succeeded by:	none
Built:	1979-1984
In commission:	1979-present
Planned:	7
Completed:	3
Cancelled:	4
Active:	2
Laid up:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Ultra-Heavy Cruiser
Displacement:	27,500 tons normal load
Length:	260 m (850 ft)
Beam:	29 m (95 ft)
Draft:	9.5 m (31 ft)
Propulsion:	4x Armorva Boilers (gas) feeding 2x 75,000 Shp turbines
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	8000km at 12 knts
Complement:	700 including crew and troops
Sensors and processing systems:	SK-16 Ship and Weapon control system M-19-2 Multi-threat Fire Control system Type 800 model 5. Target tracking and forwarding system Type-225/N Air search radar Type 163 Surface search radar CEC 202 Sonar system
Armament:	36x 1 M-1000 'Asp' Anti-ship Missile 1x 2 150mm Type 107/60 DP gun 6x 16 ST51R Surface to Air Missile 4x 15 ST55R LSAM 9x 10 ST16RM PD SAM 6x Type-23 CIWS 6x Type N-76 AA guns 1x 5 AA-15S ASW rocket launcher 1x 5 AA-25M ASW Rocket Launcher 6x 1 540mm Torpedo/missile launcher system
Aircraft carried:	2 Helicopters

The Hero-Class Ultra-Heavy Cruiser is a class of ultra-heavy cruisers deployed by the Libriarn Navy. The class was developed to be a convetional powered and cheaper version of the City-Class after economic pressure meant that the navy would have to cut back on spending. Design work was completed in a record 8 months and was essentially a conversion of the City-Class to use gas-fed boilers with the exhaust trunked into the aft sensor tower. The Class is named for various heros of Librira, primarily early founders from the revolution. The class was ordered for the 1980 building plan, however the worsening economic situation as well as they questionable utility of such large ships ensured that only 2 were finished, with one being cancelled on the slips, its parts being used in the construction of the Congression-Class

Development

The Hero Class has its origins in the City-Class, originally being an alternative design (Project 212) that used an array of gas-fed boilers, or in one alternative diesel engines to propel itself. Once construction on the City-Class began, the cost became to be too much for the navy to build the original 7, the navy thus decided to curtail the nuclear-powered ships, in favor of a conventional version. Work on the previous project and new design work was undertaken on an accelerated schedule in 1978 to create a cheaper alternative to the city-class. This would eventually result in the Hero-class.

Design

The Design of the hero-class although based off of the already constructed city-class, required some additional work to be steam powered. Firstly was exhaust, whereas nuclear powered craft required no large smokestacks, gas powered ships did. re configuring the ships interior around this fact while making minimal changes to the internal layout was the majority of the naval architects work. In the end the ship was lengthened about 7 meters to accommodate the larger power plant, and a exhaust was integrated into the aft sensor tower array, to save space. The head designer on the project was awarded the Order of Labor for his work.

Ships in Class

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Homeport
Libriran Navy
CH-04	Comrade Mikoyan	23 April 1975	15 March 1977	5 June 1979	Foskva
CH-05	Akron	2 January 1976	6 August 1977	1 January 1980	Harbraskaya
CH-06	Kosporovo	19 June 1977	6 October 1979	10 August 1981	Laid up in Nieper
CH-07	Nieper	5 September 1980	Cancelled 1 January 1982
CH-08	Akria	2 April 1980	Cancelled 1 January 1982
CH-09	Nardonyy Gorod	Cancelled 1 January 1982
CH-10	Nieransk	Cancelled 1 January 1982