Krupny class

Project 57B and 57A

Project 57A destroyer Gremyashchi 1983

Ship data Ship type destroyer Shipyard Leningrad Shipyard 61 Mykolaiv Construction period 1958 to 1961 Decommissioning until 1991 Units built 8th 1 (canceled)

Ship dimensions and crew length 57B: 138.9 m 57A: 140.6 m ( Lüa ) width 14.84 m Draft Max. 57B: 4.47 m Max. 57A: 4.65 m displacement 57B, input: 4,192 t 57A, use: 4,500 t   crew 57B: 290 men 57A: 297 men

Machine system machine 4 × steam turbines Machine performance 2 × 42,500 PS (31,258 kW) propeller 2

Others Top speed 57B 37.5 kn Maximum speed 57A 32 kn

Armament Project 57B: 2 × SS-N-1 scrubber starters with 6 missiles each 4 × 4 57mm cannons 2 × RBU-2500 water bomb launchers 2 × 3 torpedo tubes ∅ 533 mm Project 57A: 1 × SA-N-1A twin starter 2 × 4 57mm cannons 3 × RBU-6000 water bomb launchers 4 × 2 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 2 × 5 torpedo tubes ∅ 533 mm

Project 57b or Project 57bis , known as the Krupny class by NATO , was a destroyer class of the Soviet Navy . After the removal of two large launch tubes for obsolete cruise missiles, the Navy changed the designation to Project 57A and NATO, which in turn registered the removal of the anti-ship missiles, changed the designation to Kanin-class .

history

The ships of the class were the first guided missile destroyers in the Soviet Navy. Eight units were built, but one more was demolished on the slipway .

Three ships of the class served in the Pacific Fleet , four in the Northern Fleet and one in the Baltic Fleet .

From 1966 to 1978 eight ships were converted and modernized for submarine hunting . Among other things, they received new weapon systems and electronics, these ships were designated by NATO as the Kanin class , in the USSR they were given the designation Project 57b .

Before the end of the Soviet Union, the ships were all put in reserve or scrapped directly. In 1992 none were in service.

technology

The ships of the class were created as an improved version of the Kotlin class , with which they shared the machinery. In comparison, the Krupny-class ships had the first missile systems on board Soviet destroyers.

For this purpose, fire control systems and radar systems were installed that had not previously been used. After their main armament SS-N-1 Scrubber had already been considered too weak in 1965, the ships were gradually converted for submarine hunting. They received more powerful water bomb systems of the type RBU-6000 and the matching SONAR systems.

units

unit	shipyard	Keel laying	Launch	Commissioning	Painted	comment
Gremjaschtschi (ru: Гремящий, s: Gremyashchiy, above: thunder)	Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad	February 25, 1958	April 30, 1959	June 30, 1960	October 2, 1991	1966–68 modernized to project 57A July 17, 1987 as a test vehicle; 1994 to India for scrapping
Schgutschi (Жгучий, Zhguchiy, Fierce)	Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad	June 23, 1958	October 14, 1959	December 23, 1960	July 30, 1987	1966–68 modernized to project 57A to Spain for scrapping
Sorki (Зоркий, Zorkiy, sharp- sighted )	Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad	April 17, 1959	April 30, 1960	September 30, 1961	June 30, 1993	1969–71 modernized to project 57A scrapped
Derski (Дерзкий, Derzkiy, Frech)	Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad	October 10, 1959	4th February 1960	December 30, 1961	April 19, 1990	1967–72 modernized to project 57A August 7, 1977 in reserve
Gnewny (Гневный, Gnevnyy, Angry)	Nikolaev North Shipyard, Mykolaiv	November 16, 1957	November 30, 1958	January 10, 1960	August 8, 1988	1972–73 modernized to project 57A, scrapped in 1988
Uporny (Упорный, Upornyy, Stubborn)	Nikolaev North Shipyard, Mykolaiv	April 9, 1958	October 14, 1959	3rd December 1960	June 29, 1993	1977–78 modernized to project 57A June 24, 1991 as a floating barrack; Scrapped in 1993
Boiki (Бойкий, Boykiy, Flink)	Nikolaev North Shipyard, Mykolaiv	April 2, 1959	December 15, 1959	June 26, 1961	February 2nd, 1988	1970–73 modernized to project 57A to Spain for scrapping; when transported in January 1989 average off Norway
Gordy (Гордый, Gordyy, pride)	SY 199 shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	May 1959	May 24, 1960	February 6, 1961	July 30, 1987	1973-77 modernized to Project 57A as a missile target sunk on August 9, 1987
Chrabry (Храбрый, Khrabryy, Brave)	SY 199 shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	1959	1961			Order canceled and construction stopped on July 1, 1963

literature

• С.С. Бережной: Советский ВМФ 1945–1995 Крейсера - большие противолодочные корабли, эсминцы. (For example: SS Bereschnoi: Soviet Navy 1945–1995 cruisers, large submarine fighters, destroyers. ) Moscow 1995.
• Robert Gardner: Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . Conway Maritime, London 1995, ISBN 0-85177-605-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin. Federation of American Scientists, September 7, 2000, accessed September 1, 2009 .