Soviet frigate Grozyashchiy
,_circa_in_the_1980s.jpg) Grozyashchiy underway c.1989
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| History | |
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  Soviet Union | |
| Name | Grozyashchiy |
| Namesake | Russian for Threatening |
| Builder | Yantar shipyard, Kaliningrad |
| Yard number | 162 |
| Laid down | 4 May 1975 |
| Launched | 7 February 1977 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 13 February 1995 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Project 1135M Burevestnik frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 123 m (403 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 44,000 kW ) |
| Propulsion | 4 COGAG ; 2 shafts |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h) |
| Range | 3,900 nmi (7,223 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 23 officers, 171 ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | PK-16 decoy-dispenser system |
| Armament |
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Grozyashchiy or Grozyashchy (Russian: грозящий, "Threatening") was a 1135M
decommissioned on 13 February 1995 and sold to be broken up
.
Design and development
Grozyashchiy was one of eleven
anti-ship capability compared to earlier members of the class through the introduction of new missiles.[4][5] NATO forces called the vessels 'Krivak-II' class frigates.[6]
Displacing 2,935
COGAG installation and driving one fixed-pitch propeller. Design speed was 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) and range 3,900 nautical miles (7,223 km; 4,488 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph). The ship's complement was 194, including 23 officers.[7]
Armament and sensors
Grozyashchiy was designed for
surface to air missiles which were launched from twin-arm ZIF-122 launchers. Two 100 mm (4 in) AK-100 guns were mounted aft in a superfiring arrangement.[9]
The ship had a well-equipped sensor suite, including a single MR-310A Angara-A air/surface
towed-array MG-325 Vega that had a range of up to 15 kilometres (9.3 mi).[10][11] The vessel was also equipped with the PK-16 decoy-dispenser system which used chaff as a form of missile defense.[12]
Construction and career
yard number 162 at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Grozyashchiy was launched on 7 February 1977. The ship was the fourth of the class built at the yard.[13] The ship was named for a Russian word that can be translated threatening, menacing or terrible.[14] The vessel was commissioned on 30 September and was initially based at Sevastopol. On 24 February 1979, Grozyashchiy set off from the Black Sea to join the Pacific Fleet, calling at a number of port en route in nations that were friendly to the Soviet Union, including Luanda, Angola, and Maputo, Mozambique, on the African mainland and Port Louis in the island nation of Mauritius.[13] The deployment formed part of a wider enlargement of the Soviet presence in Asia.[15]
Arriving at Vladivostok on 3 July 1979, the ship was soon operating in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea. In addition to taking part in fleet manoeuvres, the crew continued to undertake diplomatic visits. Along with the Project 58 (NATO reporting name 'Kynda'-class) cruiser Varyag and other vessels, Grozyashchiy visited Da Nang, Vietnam, between 10 and 14 October 1981.[16] This flotilla formed an important part of the Soviet presence to monitor the conflicts between China and Vietnam that continued to threaten peace in the region in the aftermath of the Sino-Vietnamese War.[17] Between 9 and 13 June 1983, the ship joined the Project 61 (NATO reporting name 'Kashin'-class) destroyer Sposobny in visiting Colombo, Sri Lanka.[18]
With the
decommissioned on 13 February 1995. Disarmament was complete by the end of the year and the remainder was sold in 1997 to a company in the United States to be broken up.[13]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Pavlov 1997, p. 132.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 5.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 18.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 23.
- ^ Friedman 1995, p. 346.
- ^ Baker 2002, p. 637.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 79.
- ^ Baker 2002, pp. 637–638.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 80.
- ^ Apalkov 2005, p. 81.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 16.
- ^ Balakin 2001, p. 17.
- ^ a b c Apalkov 2005, p. 82.
- ^ Thompson 2010, p. 43.
- ^ Polmar 1991, p. 21.
- ^ Garrity 1982, p. 31.
- ^ Baginda 1989, p. 198.
- ^ Zablotsky & Kostrichenko 2005, p. 126.
- ^ Sharpe 1996, p. 544.
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- Baginda, Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda (1989). Soviet Military Power and the Asia-Pacific Region: A Survey. Kuala Lumpur: Regal Publications. ISBN 978-9-83995-860-7.
- Baker, A. D. (2002). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002–2003. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-242-1.
- Balakin, S. (2001). Бдительный: Сторожевой корабль проект 1135 [Bditelnyy: Patrol Ship Project 1135]. Marine Collection (in Russian). Vol. 6.
- Friedman, Norman (1995). "Soviet Union 1947–1991: Russian Federation and Successor States 1991–". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 337–426. ISBN 978-1-55750-132-5.
- Garrity, Patrick J. (1982). "Soviet Policy in the Far East: Search for Strategic Unity". Military Review. 62 (12): 26–38.
- Pavlov, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945–1995. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-671-9.
- ISBN 978-0-87021-240-6.
- Sharpe, Richard (1996). Jane's Fighting Ships 1996–1997. London: Janes. ISBN 978-0-71061-355-4.
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- Zablotsky, Vladimir; Kostrichenko, Vitaly (2005). Гончие океанов. История кораблей проекта 61 [Hounds of the Ocean: History of the Ships of Project 61] (in Russian). Moscow: Voyennaya Kniga. ISBN 978-5-90286-303-8.