Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1959)
Kanin-class destroyer
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Gremyashchy was the lead ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1]
- Gremyashchy
- (Гремящий)
Gremyashchy in 1983 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Soviet Union | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Thunderous in Russian |
| Ordered | 17 December 1957 |
| Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard |
| Laid down | 25 February 1958 |
| Launched | 30 April 1959 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 20 October 1991 |
| Renamed | OS-315 |
| Home port | Severomorsk |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kanin-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 126.1 m (414 ft) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draught | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Installed power | 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
| Complement | 320 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
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]
Gallery
Gremyashchy on 26 October 1983
