Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1959)

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Gremyashchy in 1983
History
Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950-1991).svgSoviet Union
Name
  • Gremyashchy
  • (Гремящий)
Namesake Thunderous in Russian
Ordered17 December 1957
Builder Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down25 February 1958
Launched30 April 1959
Commissioned30 June 1960
Decommissioned20 October 1991
RenamedOS-315
Homeport Severomorsk
Fate Scrapped, 1994
General characteristics
Class and type Kanin-class destroyer
Displacement
  • as built:
    • 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard
    • 4,192 long tons (4,259 t) full load
  • as modernised:
    • 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) standard
    • 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speedas built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement320
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • as built:
  • as modernised:
    • 1 × twin SA-N-1 SAM launcher (32 Missiles)
    • 2 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
    • 2 × twin 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns
    • 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
    • 3 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilities Helipad

Gremyashchy was the lead ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy. [1]

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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]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Destroyers - Project 57bis". russianships.info. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ↑ R., Kazachkov (17 July 2009). "Catalog of slipway (serial) numbers of ships and vessels of the Navy of the USSR and Russia". Naval collection. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Архив фотографий кораблей русского и советского ВМФ". navsource.narod.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ↑ S., Berezhnoy (1995). "Эсминцы типа "Гневный" (проект 57-бис)". Marine Collection. 1.

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