Kashin class destroyer
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 A Kashin Class Destroyer |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | 61 Kommunara Zavod Nikolayev Yard, Zhdanov yard, Leningrad |
| Operators: |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy Polish Navy Indian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Kotlin |
| Succeeded by: | Sovremenny |
| In service: | 1964 |
| In commission: | 1964 |
| Completed: | 25 |
| Active: | 6 |
| Retired: | 19 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3400 tons standard, 4390 tons full load |
| Length: | 144 m |
| Beam: | 15.8 m |
| Draught: | 4.6 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 M8E gas turbines, 72,000 hp (88 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 266 to 320 |
| Armament: | Guns:2 double barrelled 76 mm AK-726 SAM: 2 twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Volna), navalised version of the Isayev S-125 (SA-3 Goa) system, 32 missiles 1×5 533 mm Torpedo Tubes 2 twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers, 2 six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 helicopter (Indian Ships only) |
| Aviation facilities: | landing pad |
The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet Designation was Project 61. As of 2007, one ship is in service with the Russian Navy, and five modified ships are in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput class destroyers.
In the USSR they were officially classified as "guard ships" (storozhevoi korabl - SKR), then "large ASW ships" (BPK) or "large missile ships" (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet purpose-built anti-air warfare ships and the first to carry an ASW helicopter. They were also probably the first large ships in the world of that size to be powered by gas turbine engines.
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[edit] Design
The design specification was approved in 1957; the first ship was laid down in 1959 and commissioned in 1962.
Much new equipment was developed for these ships, including SAM missiles, radars and gas turbine engines.The gas turbines were arranged in two separate spaced and could be removed via the funnels for servicing. These were also the first Soviet ships designed to be closed down for Nuclear fall out and had an operations room deep inside the ship rather than a large bridge
Six ships were modernised in the 1970s as the Project 61M or MP (Kashin-Mod) by being fitted with four SS-N-2C Styx anti-ship missiles, new towed-array sonar, a raised helo pad and four close range AK-630 Gatling guns. The two RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers were mounted aft, but later removed.
The Smetlivy was modernised in Mykolaiv in the Early 1990s and fitted with new anti-shipping missiles. She is the only active unit with the modern Russian Navy
The Rajput class modification built for Indian Navy has the after gun turret replaced by a hangar for a helicopter as well as SS-N-2C anti ship missiles on the sides of the bridge
[edit] Gallery
 Strogiy Kashin class destroyer in October 1985. |
 A Kashin class destroyer in the Mediterranean in January 1970. |
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 ORP Warszawa |
 INS Ranvijay |
[edit] Ships
In all, twenty ships were built for the Soviet Navy, one ship (ORP Warszawa (271)) was later transferred to Poland, while five similar ships were built to a modified design for the Indian Navy as the Rajput Class destroyers.
[edit] Original design
| Ship | Builder | launched | Commissioned | fate |
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| Komsomolets Ukrainy - Комсомолец Украины -Komsomolets of Ukraine | Nikolayev | 31 Dec 1960 | 31 Dec 1962 | Decommissioned in 1991, scrapped in 1995 |
| Soobrazitelny- Сообразительный - Concept-grasping | Nikolayev | 25 September 1961 | 26 Dec 1963 | decommissioned in 1992, scrapped in 1994 |
| Provorny - Проворный - Agile | Nikolayev | 23 March 1962 | 25 October 1964 | Decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1993 (in 1974-1977 converted to experimental Project 61E, with Volna launchers removed and single SA-N-7 Uragan SAM launcher fitted. |
| Obraztsovy - Образцовый - Exemplary | Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad | 23 Feb 1964 | 29 Sep 1965 | Decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1995 |
| Odarenny - Одаренный - Gifted | Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad | 11 Sep 1964 | 30 Dec 1965 | Decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1991 |
| Otvazhny - Отважный- Courageous | Nikolayev | 17 October 1964 | 31 Dec 1965 | Sunk after a fire on 30 August 1974 caused by a misfiring missile, with 24 fatal casualties |
| Steregushchy - Стерегущий - Watchful | Zhdanov yard, Leningrad | 20 Feb 1966 | 21 Dec 1966 | Decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1994 |
| Krasny Kavkaz - Красный Кавказ -Red Caucasus | Nikolayev | 9 Feb 1966 | 25 Sept 1967 | Decommissioned in 1998, scraped in 2000 |
| Reshitelny - Решительный -Decisive | Nikolayev | 30 June 1966 | 30 Dec 1967 | Decommissioned in 1989, scrapped in 1999 |
| Strogiy - Строгий- Severe | Nikolayev | 29 April 1967 | 24 December 1968 | Decommissioned in 1993, the hull was sold to India, but on the way the ship sunk near Singapore in 1995 |
| Smetlivy - Сметливый - Resourceful | Nikolayev | 26 Aug 1967 | 25 Sept 1969 | Modernised in the mid 1990s and in service with the Black Sea Fleet (2007) |
| Krasny Krym - Red Crimea | Nikolayev | 28 Feb 1969 | 15 Oct 1970 | Decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1996 |
| Sposobny - Способный- Capable | Nikolayev | 11 April 1970 | 25 Sep 1971 | decommissioned in 1993, scrapped in 1995 |
| Skory - Скорый - Fast | Nikolayev | 26 Feb 1971 | 29 Sep 1972 | decommissioned in 1997, scrapped in 1998 |
[edit] Modified ships
| Ship | Builder | launched | Commissioned | fate |
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| Ognevoy - Огневой - Fiery | Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad | 31 May 1963 | 31 Dec 1964 | Decommissioned in 1989, scrapped in 1990 (Project 61MP) |
| Slavny - Славный - Glorious | Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad | 24 April 1965 | 30 Sep 1966 | Decommissioned in 1991, scrapped in 1995 (Project 61MP) |
| Stroyny - Стройный - Fine-postured | Nikolayev | 28 July 1965 | 15 Dec 1966 | Decommissioned in 1990, scrapped in 1994 (Project 61MP) |
| Smyshleny - Смышленый- Quick-thinking | Nikolayev | 22 Oct 1966 | 27 Sep 1968 | Decommissioned in 1993, scraped in 1994 (Project 61MP) |
| Smely - Смелый -Valiant | Nikolayev | 6 Feb 1968 | 27 Dec 1969 | Decommissioned January 9, 1988, sold to Poland as the ORP Warszawa (271) (Project 61MP) |
| Sderzhanny - Сдержанный -Restrained | Nikolayev | 25 Feb 1972 | 30 Dec 1973 | Decommissioned in 2001, scrapped in 2002 (Project 61M) |
[edit] Polish Ship
- (modified Kashin class)
- ORP Warszawa - Warsaw - ex-Smely commissioned January 9, 1988, decommissioned December 5, 2003, in the reserve
[edit] Indian Ships
- Rajput Class destroyers (Project 61ME), all were built by 61 Communar yard, Nikolayev
- INS Rajput (D51) (built for Indian Navy) (1980)
- INS Rana (D52) (built for Indian Navy) (1982)
- Ranjit (built for Indian Navy) (1983)
- Ranvir (built for Indian Navy) (1986)
- Ranvijay (built for Indian Navy) (1988)
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
- V.V. Kostrichenko, A.A Prostokishin (В.В.Костриченко, А.А.Простокишин): "Poyushchiye fryegaty". Bolshiye protivolodochniye korabli proyekta 61 («Поющие фрегаты» Большие противолодочные корабли проекта 61), Morskaya Kollektsya 1/1999
[edit] External links
- http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100756 - article in Russian
- http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/61.htm - article in English from FAS
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