Soviet destroyer Zhguchy (1959)

Zhguchy was the second ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Soviet destroyer Zhguchy (1944).
Zhguchy in September 1977
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Zhguchy
  • (Жгучий)
NamesakeBurning in Russian
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard
Laid down23 June 1958
Launched14 October 1959
Commissioned23 December 1960
Decommissioned30 July 1987
HomeportSeveromorsk
FateScrapped, 1988
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 × RBU-2500 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

History

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]

In 1965 and 1966, she won the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for missile training (as part of the KUG). On 19 May, she was reclassified as a large rocket ship (BRK).[3]

From February 6, 1967, to January 10, 1969, she was modernized and rebuilt according to Project 57-A at the Leningrad shipyard named after V.I. A. A. Zhdanova. On 21 October 1969, she was reclassified into a large anti-submarine ship (BOD).[3]

From January 1 to December 31, 1970, while carrying out combat service in the war zone in the Mediterranean Sea, she provided assistance to the armed forces of Egypt. From September 10 to September 15, 1971, she paid a visit to Oslo. In the period from 21 to 26 September 1971, the ship visited Rotterdam (Netherlands).[3] From 12 to 17 May 1975, she visited Boston and Cuba, from 24 to 29 May 1977, she visited Cherbourg, from 10 to 15 October of the same year, she visited Oslo again. From May 1980 to January 1981, she served in the Atlantic Ocean, thereby setting a record for the longest voyage among Soviet warships. She visited the ports of Angola, Guinea, and Benin. She protected Soviet and Cuban fishermen in the Western Sahara region.

On 30 July 1987, the destroyer was retired from the USSR Navy in connection with the delivery to the OFI for disarmament, dismantling and sale. On August 6, her crew was disbanded.

In December 1988, she was sold to a private Spanish firm in Spain.[3]

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. S.S., Berezhnoy (2002). Крейсера и миноносцы: Справочник. М.: Военное издательство. p. 472. ISBN 5-203-01780-8.

References

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

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