Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko
![]() Admiral Levchenko in Kola Bay, 2018.
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Name | Admiral Levchenko |
Laid down | 27 January 1982 |
Launched | 21 February 1985 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1988 |
Homeport | Russian Northern Fleet |
Identification | DDG-605 |
Status | In reserve/overhaul[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Udaloy-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 163 m (535 ft) |
Beam | 19 m (62 ft) |
Draught | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 89,000 kW (120,000 hp) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 300 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Admiral Levchenko is a Russian destroyer of the Udaloy class. The ship was laid down in 1982 and was commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1988. After the fall of the Soviet Union the ship continued to serve in the Russian Navy with the Northern Fleet.
In 2010 Admiral Levchenko was part of the Russian operations to combat piracy off the Somali coast.[3] By 2020, she was reported inactive but envisaged for upgrade to the standard of the recently refitted Marshal Shaposhnikov.[1][4]
References[]
- ^ "Russia / USSR : 100 mm/70 (3.9") AK-100 Naval Gun". NavWeaps. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Russian destroyer to join UN anti-piracy mission off Somalia next week". RIA Novosti. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ "Russian Navy upgraded missile frigate deploys to Sea of Japan for 2nd stage of trials". TASS. 19 October 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Admiral Levchenko (ship, 1985) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1985 ships
- Udaloy-class destroyers
- Destroyers of the Russian Navy
- Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union
- Ships built at Severnaya Verf