Ukrainian frigate Dnipropetrovsk
 Bezzavetnyy is closest to the camera, the cruiser Zhdanov in the middle and the submarine tender Magomed Gadzhiev in the rear | |
| Career (Ukraine) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | U134 Dnipropetrovsk |
| Acquired: | 1 August 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | October 2002 |
| Renamed: | 1997 |
| Reclassified: | "Technical property" (2002) |
| Fate: | Scuttled on 12 May 2005 |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
| Name: | Bezzavetnyy |
| Ordered: | 4 July 1973 |
| Builder: | Zaliv Shipbuilding yard (Kerch) |
| Yard number: | 14 |
| Launched: | 7 May 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 17 February 1978 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 September 1997 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Ukraine on 1 August 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Burevestnik-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,300 tons standard, 3,575 tons full load |
| Length: | 405.3 ft (123.5 m) |
| Beam: | 46.3 ft (14.1 m) |
| Draft: | 15.1 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | 4,995 nmi (9,251 km; 5,748 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surface search Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS Fire Control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys |
| Armament: | 1 × 4 URK-5 (SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles 2 × Osa-MA (SA-N-4'Gecko') SAM (40 missiles) 4 × 76 mm guns (2×2) 2 × quad 533 mm torpedo tubes |
The Ukrainian frigate Dnipropetrovsk is a former Soviet frigate (guard ship) Bezzavetnyy of the Burevestnik-class (NATO codename: Krivak I) ship built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1970s.
Black Sea incident
Main article: 1988 Black Sea bumping incident
On 12 February 1988 the ship intentionally[1][2] rammed the American missile cruiser USS Yorktown on Soviet territorial waters while Yorktown was claiming innocent passage.
Bezzavetnyy shown colliding with Yorktown
Ukrainian service
In summer of 1997 during the division of the Black Sea fleet she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy, receiving the name of Dnipropetrovsk.
Fate
Dnipropetrovsk was decommissioned in 2002 and was scuttled in the Black Sea in the spring of 2005.
References
Bibliography
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
External links
- (Russian) Navy operation in Foros region
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