Soviet destroyer Zorky (1960)

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Zorky underway in 1967
History
Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950-1991).svgNaval ensign of Russia (1992).svgSoviet Union → Russia
Name
  • Zorky
  • (Зоркий)
Namesake Vigilant in Russian
Builder Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down17 April 1959
Launched30 April 1960
Commissioned30 September 1961
Decommissioned30 June 1993
Homeport Kaliningrad
Identification See Pennant numbers
Fate Scrapped, 1995
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

Zorky was the third 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 14 October 1959 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 23 December 1960. [2]

On October 14, 1961, the ship entered the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Navy. In 1966, she won the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for missile training (as part of the IBM). May 19, 1966 reclassified into a large rocket ship (BRK). [3]

In the period from May 29, 1969, to December 31, 1971, she was modernized and rebuilt according to the Project 57-A. On October 27, 1971, it was reclassified as a large anti-submarine ship (BOD). [3]

Between December 1972 and February 1973, the ship made a trip to Cuba.

From 12 to 17 November 1974, she paid a visit to Oslo (Norway). In the period from 12 to 17 April 1979, the ship visited Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). In the period from February 10, 1984, to February 17, 1987, she underwent a major overhaul at the shipyard No. 35 in Murmansk. [3]

On June 1, 1992, the large anti-submarine ship was reclassified into a patrol ship. On June 30, 1993, she was decommissioned by the Russian Navy in connection with delivery to ARVI for disarmament, dismantling and sale. On December 31, the ship's crew was disbanded. On July 18, 1995, the ship's hull was sold to an American firm for cutting into metal in United States. [3]

Pennant numbers

DatePennant number [4]
1961267
261
036
237
900
964
1964185
1967945
554
1975553
251
1977253
1979546
888

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. 1 2 3 4 S.S., Berezhnoy (2002). Крейсера и миноносцы: Справочник. М.: Военное издательство. p. 472. ISBN   5-203-01780-8.
  4. ↑ "Destroyers - Project 57bis". russianships.info. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

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