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Soviet destroyer Vyrazitelny (1951)
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A Skory-class destroyer of Indonesian Navy c. 1960s
Career (Soviet Union)
Name:
  • Vyrazitelny
  • (Выразительный)
Namesake: Expressive in Russian
Builder: Amur Shipbuilding Plant
Laid down: 14 December 1950
Launched: 26 August 1951
Commissioned: 29 December 1951
Decommissioned: 22 November 1962
Career (Indonesia)
Name: Singamangaradja
Namesake: Sisingamangaraja XII
Commissioned: 1962
Decommissioned: 1971
Identification: Pennant number: 202, 302
General characteristics
Class & type: Skory-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 2,316 long tons (2,353 t) standard
  • 3,066 long tons (3,115 t) full load
Length: 120.5 m (395 ft 4 in)
Beam: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught: 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
  • 3 × boilers 60,000 shp (44,742 kW)
  • 2 × shafts
Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range: 4,080 nautical miles (7,556 km; 4,695 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 286
Sensors and
processing systems:
Armament:
  • as built:
  • as modernized:
  • Vyrazitelny was a Skory-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy which later transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed RI Singamangaradja (202).[1]

    Development[]

    The development of the first post-war destroyer project based on the previous project 30 was entrusted to the TsKB-17 team. The composition of the armament was finally specified on November 28, 1945. The technical design materials and working drawings were developed under the leadership of the chief designer A. L. Fisher (deputies G. D. Agul, K. A. Maslennikov) in the new, recreated, TsKB-53. The technical design was approved by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 149-95 of January 28, 1947.[2]

    The lead ship of this project was accepted into the USSR Navy on December 21, 1949, on the occasion of J.V. Stalin's birthday. Engineer-Lieutenant Colonel A.T.[2]

    Construction and career[]

    The ship was built at Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and was launched on 26 August 1951 and commissioned into the Pacific Fleet on 29 December 1951.[3]

    She was decommissioned on 22 November 1962 and sold to the Indonesian Navy. She was renamed RI Singamangaradja (202).[4] Her pennant number was later changed to 302. She was again retired from service in 1971.

    References[]

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