 The Sovetsky Soyuz @-@ class ships were provided with aircraft facilities to handle two to four <unk> @-@ 2 flying boats which would be launched by the two <unk> mounted on the stern . Two <unk> were built into the after end of the forecastle deck to house two of them and cranes were provided at the forward end of the quarterdeck to hoist them out of the water . 
