Ukrainian frigate Otaman Bilyi (U132)

Career (Ukraine)
Name: U132 Otaman Bilyi (unofficial)
Acquired: 1992
Decommissioned: December 31, 1993
Career (Soviet Union)
Name: SKR-112
Builder: "Yantar", Kaliningrad
Launched: August 15, 1967
Commissioned: 1968
Homeport: Crimean Naval Base, Soviet Union
Status: 1992 handed over to the Ukrainian Navy
General characteristics
Class and type:Petya-class frigate
Displacement:1,077 long tons (1,094 t) standard
Length:82.3 m (270 ft)
Beam:9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught:2.85 m (9 ft 4 in)
Installed power:2
Propulsion:2 x turboshaft engines M-2 (30,000 hp)
1 x diesel 61-B (6,000 hp)
Speed:33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range:2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance:10 days
Crew:108 (8 Officers)
Armament:
  • 2 × twin 76 mm (3.0 in) AK-726 art system
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • 2 × 400 mm (16 in) quint torpedo tubes PTA-40-159
  • 22 × naval mines
Armor:missing
Model SKR-112 in the Balaklava Museum of Ukrainian Navy. At the bottom control device of turning artillery tower from SKR-112

Otaman Bilyi (U132) (Ukrainian: Отаман Білий) was a Petya-class frigate of the Ukrainian Navy and formerly the Soviet frigate (guard ship) SKR-112. After the declaration of independence of Ukraine, it became the first warship that raised the Ukrainian flag and on July 21, 1992 made an unsanctioned move to Odessa. The initiator of the move was a frigate captain Zhybariov.

Service history

The ship was laid down at the Yantar shipbuilding yard (factory number 191) on April 26, 1967. It entered the service on May 30, 1968 and on September 21 moved from Baltiysk to Sevastopol under jurisdiction of the Black Sea Fleet.

From August 30, 1969 to January 31, 1970 the frigate carried out service in the Mediterranean Sea military zone providing help to the Armed Forces of Egypt.

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