Mod Kashin-class destroyer

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Soviet destroyer Slavny
Class overview
NameModified Kashin class (Project 61MP)
Builders
Operators
Preceded by Kashin-class destroyer
Succeeded by Kara-class cruiser
Subclasses Rajput-class destroyer
Built1971–1981
In commission1971–2001
Completed11
General characteristics
Type Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement3,950 tons
Length146m (480ft)
Beam15.8m (52ft)
Draught4.8m (16ft)
Propulsion2-shaft COGAG
Speed35 knots
Complement320
Armament
  • 2 × 2 AK-726 76.2 mm (3 in) guns
  • 2 × 2 SA-N-1 'Goa' surface-to-air missile launchers (32 missiles)
  • 1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • 4 x 6 AK-630 30mm CIWS
  • 4 x 1 launchers for SS-N-2 ‘Styx’ anti-ship missiles (project 61M)
Aircraft carriedroom for one Ka-25
Aviation facilitiesone helicopter platform

The Modified Kashin class were six ships built and modified based on the Kashin-class destroyer for the Soviet Navy between 1973 and 1980. Five more ships were built after that for the Indian Navy. The Soviet designation for the Mod Kashin is Project 61MP.[ citation needed ]

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Added Equipment

The main addition to the selected ships were four SS-N-2C anti-ship missile launchers. A pair of AK-630 30mm gatling guns were installed on the sides of the ship, along with a Bass Tilt fire control radar warranting the removal of two RBU-1000 rocket launchers. The landing pad mounted on the stern of the normal Kashin classes were replaced with a helicopter platform. The last change made to the Kashins was an increased forward superstructure on two decks. [1]

General characteristics

Ships

Soviet Navy

ShipBuilderLaunchedCommissionedModernisationFleetFate
Ognevoy - Fiery Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad 31 May 196231 December 19641971Northern FleetSold to Turkey in 1990 for scrap
Slavny - Glorious24 April 196530 September 19661973–1975Baltic FleetScrapped 19 February 1991
Stroyny - Harmonious Shipyard named after 61 Communards, Nikolayev 28 July 196515 December 19661980–1981Northern FleetSold to India in 1994 for scrap
Smyshlyony - Humorous22 October 196627 September 19681975–1977Northern FleetScrapped in India
Smely - Valiant2 June 196827 December 19691972–1974Baltic FleetSold to Poland on 19 January 1988, renamed ORP Warszawa
Sderzhanny - Restrained25 February 197230 December 1973Black Sea FleetDisarmed 29 May 2001, dismantled in May 2002 in Inkerman, Sevastopol

Indian Navy

 Name  Pennant  Builder  Commissioned  Status 
INS Rajput D51 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant 30 September 1980Decommissioned
INS Rana D52 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant 28 June 1982Active
INS Ranjit D53 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant 28 November 1983Decommissioned
INS Ranvir D54 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant 28 October 1986Active
INS Ranvijay D55 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant 15 January 1988Active

References

  1. Jordan, John (1983). Soviet Warships. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN   0-87021-878-6.