Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy
Komsomolets Ukrainy in 1990
History
Soviet Union
Name
Komsomolets Ukrainy
(Комсомолец Украины)
Namesake Komsomol of Ukraine
Builder 61 Communards Shipyard, Nikolayev
Laid down 15 September 1959
Launched 31 December 1960
Commissioned 31 December 1962
Decommissioned 24 June 1991
Renamed from SKR-25
Homeport Sevastopol
Identification Pennant number: 703, 713, 716
Fate Scrapped, 1995
General characteristics
Class and type Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement
3,400 tons standard,
4,390 tons full load
Length 144 m (472 ft)
Beam 15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught 4.6 m (15 ft)
Propulsion
2 × COGAG; 2 shafts,
4 × M8E gas turbines M3 unit aggregate; 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) up to 96,000 hp (72,000 kW)[1]
Speed 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) (4 gas turbines on full power)
Range 3,500 nmi (6,480 km; 4,030 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement 266 to 320
Armament
2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns
2 × twin SA-N-1 'Goa' surface-to-air missile launchers (32 missiles)
1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
2 × 6 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried 1 x Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities Helipad
Komsomolets Ukrainy was the lead ship of Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[2] [3]
^ "Project 61 Kashin class Project 61 Kashin Mod class Guided Missile Destroyer". fas.org . Retrieved 11 November 2015 .
^ Kostrichenko, V. V. Поющие фрегаты. Large anti-submarine ships – project 61 . Prostokishin A. A. Marine collection № 1999-01 (025).
^ Nikolsky, V. USSR Navy 1945–1991 . Kuzin V.
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