Udaloy-class destroyer
 Admiral Vinogradov underway. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |
 Soviet Navy  Russian Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Project 21956 |
| In commission: | 1980 |
| Planned: | 15 |
| Completed: | 13 (including 1 Udaloy II) |
| Cancelled: | 2 |
| Active: | 8 |
| Laid up: | 1 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Anti Submarine Warfare Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,930 tons standard, 7,570 tons full load[1] |
| Length: | 163 m |
| Beam: | 19.3 m |
| Draught: | 6.2 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp |
| Speed: | 35 kt |
| Range: | 10500 nm at 14 kt |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar:MR-760MA Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search radar and MR-320M Topaz-V/Strut Pair air/surface search radar Sonar: Horse Tail LF VDS sonar and Horse Jaw bow mounted LF sonar Fire Control: 2 MR-360 Podkat/Cross Sword SA-N-9 SAM control, 2 3P37/Hot Flash SA-N-11 SAM control, Garpun-BAL SSM targeting |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Bell Squat jammer Bell Shroud intercept Bell Crown intercept 2 x PK-2 decoy RL 10 x PK-10 decoy RL in later ships |
| Armament: |
Missiles: • 8 (2 x 4) SS-N-14 Silex anti submarine missiles (2x4 SS-N-22 Sunburn ASCM in Udaloy II), • 64 (8 x 8 vertical launchers) SA-N-9 Gauntlet surface to air missiles • 2 x Kortik SAM (SA-N-11) Guns: • 2 x 1 100mm/70cal DP guns( 1 x 2 AK-130 130mm guns on Udaloy II) • 4 x 30mm AA guns (4 x6 AK-630 CIWS 30mm gattling guns in Udaloy II) Torpedoes and others: • 2 x 4 553mm Torpedo tubes ( RPK-2 Viyuga/ SS-N-15) • 2 xRBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers (2 x 10 RBU-Udav ASW RL in UdaloyII) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | helicopter deck and hangar |
The Udaloy I class are a series of anti-submarine destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, eight of which are currently in service with the Russian Navy. The Russian designation is Project 1155 Fregat (Frigate bird). Twelve ships were built between 1980 and 1991, while a thirteenth ship built to a modified design as the Udaloy II class followed in 1999. It complements the Sovremenny class destroyer in Anti-aircraft warfare and Anti-surface warfare operations.
Design history
The Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers. Two different types of warships were laid down which were designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau: Project 956 destroyer and Project 1155 large anti-submarine ship. The Udaloy class are generally considered the Soviet equivalent of the American Spruance class destroyers. There are variations in SAM and air search radar among units of the class. Based on the Krivak class, the emphasis on ASW left these ships with limited anti-surface and anti-air capabilities.
Udaloy II
Following Udaloy's commissioning, designers began developing an upgrade package in 1982 to provide more balanced capabilities. The Project 1155.1 Fregat II Class Large ASW Ships (NATO Codename Udaloy II), Russia's only multipurpose destroyer, is intended to be the Russian counterpart to the American Arleigh Burke class ships.
The Udaloy-II is modified by the replacement of the SS-N-14 by the SS-N-22, reflecting a change in emphasis from ASW to anti-shipping, however, her standoff ASW capability is retained by firing SS-N-15 missiles from the torpedo tubes. Other changes include an improved self defense capability with the addition of the gun/SAM CIWS systems. Similar to Udaloy externally, it was a new configuration with the Moskit antiship missiles, a twin 130 mm gun, the Udav antitorpedo system and several anti-aircraft systems.
Powered by a modern gas turbine engine, it was equipped with more capable sonars, an integrated air defense fire control system, and a number of digital electronic systems based on state-of-the-art circuitry. The original MGK-355 Polinom integrated sonar system (with NATO reporting names Horse Jaw and Horse Tail respectively for the hull mounted and towed portions) on Udaloy-I ships is replaced by its successor, a newly designed Zvezda M-2 sonar system that has a range in excess of 100 km in the 2nd convergence zone. The Zvezda sonar system is considered by its designers to be the equivalent of American AN/SQS-53 in terms of overall performance, but it is much bulkier and heavier than its American counterpart: the length of the hull mounted portion is near 30 meters. The torpedo approaching warning function of Polinom sonar system is retained and further improved by its successor Zvezda sonar system.
In 2006 the Northern Fleet's Project 1155 Udaloy I-class destroyer Admiral Kharlamov was reported to have been laid-up for a planned overhaul and upgrade programme. In 2008 Admiral Chabanenko became the first Russian warship to transit the Panama Canal since World War II[2]
In April 2010 Severnaya Verf shipyard announced that the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov, which had been undergoing an overhaul since 1990, will rejoin Russia's Northern Fleet soon.[3][4]
Ships
| Name | Russian | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | |
| Udaloy I class (Russian type BPK - Large ASW Ship) | ||||||
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| Udaloy | «Удалой» (bold) | 23 July 1977 | 5 February 1980 | 31 December 1980 | Decommissioned in 1997, scrapped at Murmansk in 2002 | |
| Vice-Admiral Kulakov | «Вице-адмирал Кулаков» after (Nikolay Mikhailovich Kulakov) | 4 November 1977 | 16 May 1980 | 29 December 1981 | In service with the Northern Fleet. | |
| Marshal Vasilyevsky | «Маршал Василевский» after (Aleksandr Vasilevsky) | 22 April 1979 | 29 December 1981 | 8 December 1983 | Removed from service | |
| Admiral Zakharov | «Адмирал Захаров» after (Semen Egorovich Zakharov) | 16 October 1981 | 4 November 1982 | 30 December 1983 | Caught fire in 1992 and scrapped | |
| Admiral Spiridonov | «Адмирал Спиридонов» after (Emil Nikolayevich Spiridonov) | 11 April 1982 | 28 April 1984 | 30 December 1984 | Decommissioned in 2001 | |
| Admiral Tributs | «Адмирал Трибуц» (after Vladimir Filippovich Tributs) | 19 April 1980 | 26 March 1983 | 30 December 1985 | Caught fire in 1991, but returned to service. Serving with the Russian Pacific Fleet | |
| Marshal Shaposhnikov | «Маршал Шапошников» (after Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov) | 25 May 1983 | 27 December 1984 | 30 December 1985 | In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet | |
| Severomorsk | «Североморск» (after Severomorsk) | 12 June 1984 | 24 December 1985 | 30 December 1987 | In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet | |
| Admiral Levchenko | «Адмирал Левченко» (after Gordey Ivanovich Levchenko) | 27 January 1982 | 21 February 1985 | 30 September 1988 | In service with the Russian Northern Fleet | |
| Admiral Vinogradov | «Адмирал Виноградов» after (Nikolay Ignatyevich Vinogradov) | 5 February 1986 | 4 June 1987 | 30 December 1988 | In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet | |
| Admiral Kharlamov | «Адмирал Харламов» after (Nikolay Mikhaylovich Kharlamov) | 5 February 1986 | 4 June 1987 | 30 December 1988 | In service with the Russian Northern Fleet | |
| Admiral Panteleyev | «Адмирал Пантелеев» after (Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev) | 28 January 1988 | 7 February 1990 | 19 December 1991 | In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet | |
| Udaloy II class | ||||||
| Admiral Chabanenko | «Адмирал Чабаненко» after (Andrey Trofimovich Chabanenko) | 28 February 1989 | 16 June 1994 | 28 January 1999 | In service with the Russian Northern Fleet | |
| Admiral Basisty | «Адмирал Басистый» after (Nikolay Efremovich Basistyy) | 1991 | Scrapped in 1994 | |||
| Admiral Kucherov | «Адмирал Кучеров» after (Stepan Grigoryevich Kucherov) | 1991 | Scrapped in 1993 | |||
References
- ↑ Противолодочные корабли, Том III, часть 1, "Корабли ВМФ СССР", Ю.В. Апалков, Санкт-Петербург, 2005
- ↑ "Russian ship enters Panama Canal". BBC News Online. December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ↑ Kramnik, Ilya (11 December 2009). "Russian Navy's days could be numbered". Moscow: RIA Novosti. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ "Russian North Fleet destroyer to rejoin fleet after 18 years". Moscow: RIA Novosti. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100894 - article in Russian
- http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1155_1.htm - Article from FAS in English
- http://home19.inet.tele.dk/airwing/ships/udaloy.htm - article in English
- http://www.kommersant.com/tree.asp?rubric=3&node=44&doc_id=610715 - one of several articles referring to the Admiral Tributs in service, although it is commonly believed to have never returned to service after a 1991 fire.
- (English) All Russian Udaloy Class Destroyers - Complete Ship List
External links
Gallery
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Admiral Levchenko (605) sailing along with USS Hue City in the North Sea, 2004
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Marshal Shaposhnikov transiting the channel into Pearl Harbor in 2003
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Admiral Panteleyev
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Vice Admiral Kulakov in 1985
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Vice-Admiral Kulakov arriving at Portsmouth, UK in August 2012.
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Vice-Admiral Kulakov arriving at Portsmouth, UK in August 2012.
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Vice-Admiral Kulakov leaving Portsmouth, UK in August 2012.
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Vice-Admiral Kulakov's upperworks and Top Plate radar.
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SS-N-14 Silex missiles aboard Vice-Admiral Kulakov.
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100mm 70cal DP guns of Vice-Admiral Kulakov.
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Stern & flight deck of Vice-Admiral Kulakov.
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