

One indication of this trend, according to United States naval authorities, is the construction of at least two and probably four nuclear‐propelled, 32,000‐ton cruisers at Leningrad's Baltic Yards. These are the biggest surface combat ships, aside from aircraft carriers, built by any major naval power in the last 20 years.
American officers regard the arming of the first of these cruisers, the Sovetsky Soyuz, with 7.3‐inch guns as a give‐away indication of the shift in strategy.







