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Class overview | |
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Name | Modified Kashin class (Project 61MP) |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Kashin-classdestroyer |
Succeeded by | Kara-classcruiser |
Subclasses | Rajput-classdestroyer |
Built | 1971–1981 |
In commission | 1971–2001 |
Completed | 11 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile destroyer |
Displacement | 3,950 tons |
Length | 146m (480ft) |
Beam | 15.8m (52ft) |
Draught | 4.8m (16ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft COGAG |
Speed | 35 knots |
Complement | 320 |
Armament | 4 SS-N-2C launchers, 2 two barreled SA-N-1 launchers, 2 two barreled 76.2mm guns, 4 AK-630 30mm Gatling guns, 2 twelve barreled RBU-6000 rocket launchers, 5 533mm torpedo tubes |
Aircraft carried | room for one Ka-25 |
Aviation facilities | one 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. Seven more ships were built after that for the Indian Navy. The Soviet designation for the Mod Kashin is Project 61MP.
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]
Ship | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Modernisation | Fleet | Fate |
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Ognevoy - Fiery | Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad | 31 May 1962 | 31 December 1964 | 1971 | Northern Fleet | Sold to Turkey in 1990 for scrap |
Slavny - Glorious | 24 April 1965 | 30 September 1966 | 1973–1975 | Baltic Fleet | Scrapped 19 February 1991 | |
Stroyny - Harmonious | Shipyard named after 61 Communards, Nikolayev | 28 July 1965 | 15 December 1966 | 1980–1981 | Northern Fleet | Sold to India in 1994 for scrap |
Smyshlyony - Humorous | 22 October 1966 | 27 September 1968 | 1975–1977 | Northern Fleet | Scrapped in India | |
Smely - Valiant | 2 June 1968 | 27 December 1969 | 1972–1974 | Baltic Fleet | Sold to Poland on 19 January 1988, renamed ORP Warszawa | |
Sderzhanny - Restrained | 25 February 1972 | 30 December 1973 | Black Sea Fleet | Disarmed 29 May 2001, dismantled in May 2002 in Inkerman, Sevastopol |
Name | Pennant | Builder | Commissioned | Status |
INS Rajput | D51 | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant | 30 September 1980 | Active |
INS Rana | D52 | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant | 28 June 1982 | Active |
INS Ranjit | D53 | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant | 28 November 1983 | Decommissioned |
INS Ranvir | D54 | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant | 28 October 1986 | Active |
INS Ranvijay | D55 | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant | 15 January 1988 | Active |
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