Soviet destroyer Uporny (1959)

Uporny was the sixth ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1]

Profile drawing of Kanin-class destroyer
History
Soviet Union → Russia
Name
  • Uporny
  • (Упорный)
NamesakePersistent in Russian
BuilderNorth Nikolayev Shipyard
Laid down21 September 1958
Launched14 October 1959
Commissioned3 December 1960
Decommissioned29 June 1993
RenamedPKZ-12
HomeportVladivostok
FateScrapped, 1995
General characteristics
Class and typeKanin-class destroyer
Displacement
  • as built:
    • 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard
    • 4,192 long tons (4,259 t) full load
  • as modernised:
    • 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) standard
    • 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speedas built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement320
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • as built:
  • as modernised:
    • 1 × twin SA-N-1 SAM launcher (32 Missiles)
    • 2 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
    • 2 × twin 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns
    • 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
    • 3 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

Construction and career edit

The ship was built at North Nikolayev Shipyard in Mykolaiv and was launched on 14 October 1959 and commissioned into the Black Sea Fleet on 3 December 1960.[2]

In June 1961, after an inter-fleet passage from Sevastopol along the Northern Sea Route to Vladivostok, it became part of the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy. On 19 May 1966, she was reclassified into a large missile ship (BRK). In the period from 26 December 1967 to 22 March 1968, she underwent a major overhaul at Dalzavod Shipyard (Vladivostok).[3]

In 1969, the destroyer carried out combat service in the Indian Ocean, during this period made business calls to Zanzibar (Tanzania), Malé (Maldives), Umm Qasr (Iraq), Bandar Abbas (Iran) and Berber (Somalia). From April 25, 1970, to August 19, 1970, he took part in an exercise and carried out combat service in the Indian Ocean, made business calls to Berbera, Mogadishu, Umm Qasr, Bombay. August - October 1972 - military service in the Pacific Ocean, in the regions of Canada, North America and Hawaii. From 7 February 1977 to 3 February 1978, she was modernized and rebuilt at Dalzavod according to the project 57-A. August 3, 1977 reclassified as large anti-submarine ships.[3]

On June 24, 1991, the destroyer was excluded from the combat composition of the Soviet Navy, disarmed and renamed to the PKZ-12 after conversion into a floating barrack. On June 29, 1993, the floating barracks were excluded from the lists of the Navy ships in connection with the delivery to ARVI for dismantling and sale.

On September 7, 1995, PKZ-12 was sold to an American company for cutting into metal.[4]

Citations edit

  1. ^ "Destroyers - Project 57bis". russianships.info. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ^ R., Kazachkov (17 July 2009). "Catalog of slipway (serial) numbers of ships and vessels of the Navy of the USSR and Russia". Naval collection. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Сайт "АТРИНА" • Эскадренные миноносцы пр.57-бис типа "Гневный", Krupn…". archive.is. 2012-12-21. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ^ S.S., Berezhnoy (2002). Крейсера и миноносцы: Справочник. М.: Военное издательство. p. 472. ISBN 5-203-01780-8.

References edit

In Russian edit

  • Соколов А. Н. (2007). Расходный материал флота. Миноносцы СССР и России. М.: Военная книга. ISBN 978-5-902863-13-7.

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