ORP Warszawa (modified Kashin class)
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- For other ships of the Polish Navy to bear that name see: ORP Warszawa (disambiguation)
 ORP Warszawa in 2004, after her decommissioning and partial dismantling of the armament |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | November 15, 1966 |
| Launched: | February 6, 1968 |
| Commissioned | SN: December 27, 1969 MW: January 9, 1988 |
| Decommissioned | SN: January 9, 1988 MW: December 5, 2003 |
| Fate | Scrapped in the Polish Navy Shipyard in Gdynia |
| Current position | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3850 to 4950 tons |
| Length | 146.20 m |
| Beam | 15.80 m |
| Draft | 4.80-6.80 m |
| Speed | 35 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement | 315 |
| Armament | 2xSA-N-1 SSM launcher 4x76 mm (2x2) 5x533 mm torpedo tubes 2xRBU-6000 anti-submarine-weapon rocket launcher 2xRBU-1000 rocket launchers |
ORP Warszawa (Polish for Warsaw, Pendant 271), formerly Smelyi - Valiant) was a large rocket destroyer of the Polish Navy, one of the last ships of the modified Kashin class. She was built in the 61st Communard's Shipyard in Nikolayev, Soviet Union, for the Soviet Navy. Commissioned in 1969, she was one of the ships of the CKB-53 class, dubbed Kashin class destroyers in NATO code.
The ship was among the largest destroyers of the time; with 4950 tonnes of displacement she had similar displacement to many of the World War II cruisers. The flexible design allowed the ships of her class to serve as a multi-purpose vessel rather than a standard rocket destroyer. Among the capabilities of the class were anti-surface and anti-submarine missions, convoy escort, long-range bombardment and a variety of other roles. Ship's armament was almost fully automated and was one of the first such ships in the Eastern Bloc.
Between 1972 and 1974 the ship was modernized to the new 61MP standard, dubbed the modified Kashin class by NATO countries. The modernization included a complete refurbishment, change of armament and mounting of detection and fire control systems. In 1987 the ship was leased by Poland as a replacement for the obsoleted ORP Warszawa (Kotlin SAM class). Renamed to ORP Warszawa in 1988, between 1992 and 1993 it was permanently transferred to Poland (along with ORP Dzik and ORP Wilk submarines) in exchange for Soviet debts at the Polish Navy Shipyard in Gdynia. After 16 years of service in the Polish Navy she was decommissioned in 2003. Due to the fact that no country wanted to buy it, the ship was scrapped.
