Russian corvette Moroz

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Moroz in Vladivostok, 2016
History
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Name
  • Moroz
  • (Мороз)
Namesake Moroz
Builder Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok
Yard number77
Laid down17 February 1985
Launched29 September 1989
Commissioned30 December 1989
Identification See Pennant numbers
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Nanuchka III-class corvette
Displacement
  • 560 long tons (569 t) standard
  • 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length59.3 m (194 ft 7 in)
Beam12.6 m (41 ft 4 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range
  • 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • 900  nmi (1,667 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement60
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
    • Band Stand fire control
    • Bass Tilt
    • Peel Pair surface search
    • Pop group
Armament
  • 2 × triple P-120 (SS-N-9 'Siren')
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 1 × 76mm AK-176 gun
  • 1 × 30mm AK-630 gun
  • 20 × 4K33 (SA-N-4 'Gecko') surface-to-air missiles

The Moroz was a Nanuchka-class corvette in the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy.

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Specifications

Small missile ships of the Project 1234 according to NATO classification Nanuchka-class corvette is a series of Soviet small missile ships (MRK) of the 3rd rank built at shipyards of the USSR from 1967-1992. [1]

The type consists of three series of subprojects:

By the name of the project code, the ships received the nickname gadflies in the navy. IRAs of Project 1234 were supplied to the Navy of four countries of the world: the USSR, Algeria, Libya and India. Libyan ones were destroyed during the NATO military operation in the summer of 2011; Indian ships of this project were withdrawn from the Indian Navy in 1999-2004.

The ships of the project were actively operated in all four fleets of the Soviet Navy and during the 1970-1980s carried out combat services in the World Ocean. They left a noticeable mark on the history of Soviet shipbuilding and are currently being gradually withdrawn from the combat strength of the Russian fleet. [1] So, if at the beginning of 2001 in the Russian Navy there were 2 ships of project 1234 and 18 ships of Project 1234.1, [2] then by 2006 all ships of project 1234 were withdrawn from the Navy and only 12 ships of the project remained in Project 1234.1 and 1 ship of Project 1234.7. [3] [4]

Construction and career

Moroz was laid down on 17 February 1985 at Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok. Launched on 29 September 1989 and commissioned into the Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1986. [5] The ship was reported to have decommissioned in 2021. [6]

Pennant numbers

DatePennant number [5]
434
450
1990402
2000409

Citations

  1. 1 2 Kostrichenko, V. V.; Kuzmichev, V. E. Пистолет у виска империализма. p. 2.
  2. Yu.V., Apalkov (2004). Корабли ВМФ СССР. Справочник. Галея Принт. p. 11. ISBN   5-8172-0087-2.
  3. "Атрина". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. "Сайт «АТРИНА» • Малый ракетный корабль пр.12347; Nanuchka-IV class". 13 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234". russianships.info. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  6. "Small Missile Ships - Project 1234".

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