Kashin class destroyer

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The Kashin class destroyers were a Soviet destroyer class known as Project 61.

This was the first Soviet guided missile destroyer. The design specification was agreed in 1957 and the first ship was laid down in 1962. Twenty ships were built for the Soviet Navy, one ship (ORP Warszawa (271)) was transferred to Poland and five ships were built for the Indian Navy to a modified design as the Rajput Class destroyers.

Contents 1 General characteristics 2 Ships 3 Reference 4 External links

[edit] General characteristics

• Displacement: 3400 tons standard, 4390 tons full load
• Length: 144 m
• Beam: 15.8 m
• Draught: 4.6 m
• Machinery: COGAG, 4 M8E gas turbines, 2 fixed-pitch propellers, over 72,000 hp
• Speed: over 33 kt
• Range: 3500 nm at 18 kt
• armament:
  • Surface-to-air missiles: 2 twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Volna), navalised version of the Isayev S-125 (SA-3 Goa) system, 32 missiles
  • Guns: 2 double barrelled 76 mm AK-726
  • Torpedoes: 1×5 533 mm TT
  • ASW: 4 twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
• complement: 266

Six ships were modernised as the Kashin-Mod in the 1970s by being fitted with SS-N-2C Styx anti-ship missiles, new sonar , a raised helo pad and close range Gatling guns. The two RBU-6000 mounted aft were removed.

[edit] Ships

Original design

• Komsomolets Ukrainy - Komsomolets of Ukraine (1960), decommissioned in 1991, scrapped in 1995
• Soobrazitelny - Concept-grasping (1961), decommissioned in 1992, scrapped in 1994
• Provorny - Agile (1962), decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1993
• Obraztsovy - Exemplary (1964), decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1995
• Odarenny - Gifted (1964), decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1991
• Otvazhny - Courageous (1964) - lost in a fire on 30 August 1974 caused by a misfiring missile, with 24 casualties
• Steregushchy - Watchful (1966), decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1994
• Krasny Kavkaz - Red Caucasus (1966), decommissioned in 1998, scraped in 2000
• Reshitelny - Decisive (1966), decommissioned in 1989, scrapped in 1999
• Strogiy - Severe (1967), decommissioned in 1993, the hull was sold to India, but on the way the ship sunk near Singapore in 1995
• Smetlivy - Resorceful (1967) - Modernised in the mid 1990s and currently active
• Krasny Krym - Red Crimea (1969), decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1996
• Sposobny - Capable (1970), decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1995
• Skory - Fast (1971), decommissioned in 1997, scrapped in 1998

Modified ships

• Ognevoy - Fiery (1963), decommissioned in 1989, scrapped in 1990
• Slavny - Glorious (1965), decommissioned in 1991, scrapped in 1995
• Stroyny - Fine-postured (1965), decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1994
• Smyshleny - Quick-thinking (1966), decommissioned in 1993, scraped in 1994
• Smely - Valiant (1968) - decommissioned January 9, 1988, sold to Poland as the ORP Warszawa (271)
• Sderzhanny - Restrained (1972), decommissioned in 2001, scrapped in 2002

Polish Ships - (modified Kashin class)

• ORP Warszawa - Warsaw - ex-Smely commissioned January 9, 1988, decommissioned December 5, 2003, scrapped

Indian Ships - Rajput Class destroyers

• INS Rajput (D51) (built for Indian Navy) (1980)
• INS Rana (D52) (built for Indian Navy) (1982)
• Ranjit (built for Indian Navy) (1983)
• Ranvir (built for Indian Navy) (1986)
• Ranvijay (built for Indian Navy) (1988)

[edit] Reference

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995

[edit] External links

• http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100756 - article in Russian
• http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/61.htm - article in English from FAS