Kashin class destroyer

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A Kashin class destroyer in October 1985.
A Kashin class destroyer in October 1985.
A Kashin class destroyer in the Mediterranean in January 1970.
A Kashin class destroyer in the Mediterranean in January 1970.

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

In the USSR they were officially classified as "guarding ships" (storozhevoi korabl - SKR), then "large ASW ships" (BPK) or "large missile ships" (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers, due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet ships purposely built for anti-aircraft defence and the first, that used ASW helicopter. They were also probably the first ships of that size, powered by a gas turbine, in the world. The design specification was agreed in 1957 and the first ship was laid down in 1959 and commissioned 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.

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[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:
  • complement: 266-320

Six ships were modernised as the Project 61M or MP (Kashin-Mod) in the 1970s by being fitted with four SS-N-2C Styx anti-ship missiles, new sonar with towed , a raised helo pad and four close range AK-630 Gatling guns. The two RBU-1000 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 (in 1974-1977 converted to experimental Project 61E, with Volna launchers removed and single SA-N-7 Uragan SAM launcher fitted.
  • 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 (Project 61MP)
  • Slavny - Glorious (1965), decommissioned in 1991, scrapped in 1995 (Project 61MP)
  • Stroyny - Fine-postured (1965), decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1994 (Project 61MP)
  • Smyshleny - Quick-thinking (1966), decommissioned in 1993, scraped in 1994 (Project 61MP)
  • Smely - Valiant (1968) - decommissioned January 9, 1988, sold to Poland as the ORP Warszawa (271) (Project 61MP)
  • Sderzhanny - Restrained (1972), decommissioned in 2001, scrapped in 2002 (Project 61M)

Polish Ships - (modified Kashin class)

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

Indian Ships - Rajput Class destroyers (Project 61ME)

  • 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
  • V.V. Kostrichenko, A.A Prostokishin (В.В.Костриченко, А.А.Простокишин): "Poyushchiye fryegaty". Bolshiye protivolodochniye korabli proyekta 61 («Поющие фрегаты» Большие противолодочные корабли проекта 61), Morskaya Kollektsya 1/1999

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