Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1959)

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Destroyer Kanin.jpg
Gremyashchy in 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Gremyashchy
  • (Гремящий)
NamesakeThunderous in Russian
Ordered17 December 1957
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard
Laid down25 February 1958
Launched30 April 1959
Commissioned30 June 1960
Decommissioned20 October 1991
RenamedOS-315
HomeportSeveromorsk
FateScrapped, 1994
General characteristics
Class and typeKanin-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:
    • 2 × SS-N-1 launchers (12 Missiles)
    • 4 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
    • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) Torpedo tubes
    • 2 × anti submarine rocket launchers
  • 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 facilitiesHelipad

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

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]

Gallery[]

  • Gremyashchy on 26 October 1983

  • Gremyashchiy-1983-01532.jpg
  • Gremyashchiy&Udaloy1983.jpg
  • Gremyashchiy&others-1983-01530.jpg

References[]

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
  • Gardiner, Robert (ed.); Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

In Russian[]

  • Соколов А. Н. (2007). Расходный материал флота. Миноносцы СССР и России. М.: Военная книга. ISBN 978-5-902863-13-7.


External links[]

Media related to Gremyashchiy (ship, 1959) at Wikimedia Commons

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