| Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1959) | |
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File:Destroyer Kanin.jpg Gremyashchy in 1983 | |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
| Name: |
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| Namesake: | Thunderous in Russian |
| Ordered: | 17 December 1957 |
| Builder: | Zhdanov Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 25 February 1958 |
| Launched: | 30 April 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 October 1991 |
| Renamed: | OS-315 |
| Homeport: | Severomorsk |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kanin-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 126.1 m (414 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Installed power: | 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 320 |
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| Armament: |
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| Aviation facilities: | Helipad |
Gremyashchy was the lead ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1]
Construction and career[]
The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 30 April 1959 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 30 June 1960.[2]
In the period from 1966 to 29 January 1968 at the Zhdanov Shipyard, she was modernized according to the project 57-A, as a result of which, on 20 January 1969, she was reclassified into a large anti-submarine ship (BOD).
From 14 to 27 May 1970, she undergone a refit.
She made a visit to Cuba, in 1971 - visits to Norway and the Netherlands. In the same year, while in the war zone, she performed combat missions to provide assistance to the armed forces of Egypt.
On 7 July 1987, She was decommissioned, disarmed and reclassified into an experimental vessel (OS). On 25 August 1988, she was renamed OS-315.
On 2 October 1991, the former Gremyashchy was excluded from the lists of the Navy ships in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale.[3]
In 1994, she was sold to a private Indian firm in India.[4]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Destroyers - Project 57bis". http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_57bis.htm.
- ↑ R., Kazachkov (17 July 2009). "Catalog of slipway (serial) numbers of ships and vessels of the Navy of the USSR and Russia". http://navycollection.narod.ru/fleets/Russia/STN_by_R_Kazachkov/STN190.html.
- ↑ "Архив фотографий кораблей русского и советского ВМФ.". http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/03/464/index.html.
- ↑ S., Berezhnoy (1995). "Эсминцы типа "Гневный" (проект 57-бис)".
- Gardiner, Robert (ed.); Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
In Russian[]
- Соколов А. Н. (2007). Расходный материал флота. Миноносцы СССР и России. М.: Военная книга. ISBN 978-5-902863-13-7.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Gremyashchiy (ship, 1959). |
- "Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin". Federation of American Scientists. 7 September 2000. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/57PLO.htm.
- "Kanin Class Destroyers – Complete Ship List". Russian-ships.info. http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_57bis.htm.
- Gallery of the ship. Navsource. Retrieved 11 August 2021
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