Russian destroyer Veduschiy

Veduschiy was a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Russian Navy.[1] She was renamed to Gremyashchiy on 14 September 1988.

Gremyashchiy underway on 1 June 1993
History
Russia
Name:
  • Veduschiy
  • (Ведущий)
Namesake:
Builder: Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg
Laid down: 23 November 1984
Launched: 30 May 1987
Commissioned: 30 December 1988
Decommissioned: 2007
Renamed:
  • Gremyashchiy
  • (Гремящий)
Homeport: Kaliningrad
Identification: Pennant number: 420, 429, 439, 680
Status: Undergoing scrap
General characteristics
Class and type: Sovremenny-class destroyer
Displacement: 6,600 tons standard, 8,480 tons full load
Length: 156 m (511 ft 10 in)
Beam: 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators,and 2 diesel generators
Speed: 32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Range:
  • 3,920 nmi (7,260 km; 4,510 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 1,345 nmi (2,491 km; 1,548 mi) at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement: 350
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: Air target acquisition radar, 3 × navigation radars, 130 mm gun fire-control radars, 30 mm air-defence gun fire control radar
  • Sonar: Active and passive under-keel sonar
  • ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire-control system, and torpedo fire control system
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rockets)
Armament:
  • Guns:
  • 4 (2 × 2) AK-130 130 mm naval guns
  • 4 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS
  • Missiles
  • 8 (2 × 4) (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') anti-ship missiles
  • 48 (2 × 24) SA-N-7 'Gadfly' surface-to-air missiles
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 6 RBU-1000 300 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 1× Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helipad

Development and design
Main article: Sovremenny-class destroyer

Project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious in the Soviet Navy that naval guns still had an important role particularly in support of amphibious landings, but existing gun cruisers and destroyers were showing their age. A new design was started, employing a new 130 mm automatic gun turret.

The ships are  156 metres (511 ft 10 in) in length, with a beam of 17.3 metres (56 ft 9 in) and a draught of 6.5 metres (21 ft 4 in).

Construction and career

Veduschiy was laid down on 23 November 1984 and launched on 30 May 1987 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg.[2] Before being commissioned on 30 December 1988, she was renamed Gremyashchiy on 14 November 1988.

From April 23 to October 27, 1994, she underwent routine repairs at the shipyard No. 35 in Rost (boiler tubes were replaced).

On January 12, 1995, she was placed in PD-50 at the shipyard No. 82 in Roslyakovo to perform dock work. Docking was completed on March 11 of the same year. From March 1995 to January 1996, the ship performed combat training tasks and was awarded the Diploma of the President of Russia for participation in the jubilee parade dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

In September 1996, due to the unsatisfactory condition of three of the four boilers (1st, 2nd and 4th), the destroyer was prohibited from going to sea. She was withdrawn from the forces of constant combat readiness on March 28, 1997 and was transferred to the 2nd category reserve.

The ship's repair terms expired in December 1997.

On February 16, 1998 she was transferred to the 43rd division of missile ships of the 7th operational squadron until her decommissioning in 2007.[3]

In April 2016, it was announced by the RF Ministry of Defense, that she would be scrapped.[4]

In May 2019, a fire broke out on the destroyer stationed in Severomorsk.

References
  1. "Destroyers - Project 956". russianships.info. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  2. "Sovremenny". web.archive.org. 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. Pavlov, A. S. (2000). 1st rank destroyers. Yakutsk: Sakhapoligrafizdat. p. 29.
  4. "Сведения закупки". zakupki.gov.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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