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Admiral Vinogradov underway.
Class overview
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 Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
In commission1980
Planned15
Completed13 (including 1 Udaloy II)
Cancelled2
Active8
Laid up1
Retired4
General characteristics
Displacement6,200 tons standard, 7,900 tons full load
Length163 m
Beam19.3 m
Draught6.2 m
Propulsion2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp
Speed35 kt
Range10500 nm at 14 kt
Complement300
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
2x4 SS-N-14 anti submarine missiles (2x4 SS-N-22 Sunburn ASCM in Udaloy II),
8 vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface to air missiles,
Guns 2x1 100 mm (1x2 130 mm in Udaloy II), 4-30 mm Gatling, 2x Altair CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (SA-N-11 SAM/GSh-6-30 guns) in Udaloy II,
2x4 -553 mm Torpedo tubes, Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo, SS-N-15 ASW missiles in Udaloy II,
2 RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carriedhelicopter deck and hangar, 2 Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters

Udaloy I

The Udaloy I class are a series of anti-submarine destroyers built for the Soviet Navy - The Russian designation is Project 1155 Fregat (Frigate bird). Twelve ships were built between 1980 and 1991, while a thirteenth ship built to a modifed design as the Udaloy II class followed in 1999. Eight ships are in service with the Russian Navy.

Design History

The Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers. Two different types of warships were laid down which were designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau: Project 956 destroyer and Project 1155 large antisubmarine ship. The Udaloy class are generally the Soviet equivalent of the American Spruance class destroyers. There are variations in SAM and air search radar among units of the class. Based on the Krivak class, the emphasis on ASW left these ships with limited anti-surface and anti-air capabilities.

Udaloy II

Following Udaloy's commissioning, designers began developing an upgrade package in 1982 to provide more balanced capabilities. The Project 1155.1 Fregat II Class Large ASW Ships (NATO Codename Udaloy II), Russia's only multipurpose destroyer, is intended to be the Russian counterpart to the American Arleigh Burke class ships.

The Udaloy-II is modified by the replacement of the SS-N-14 by the SS-N-22, reflecting a change in emphasis from ASW to anti-shipping, however, her standoff ASW capability is retained by firing SS-N-15 missiles from the torpedo tubes. Other changes include an improved self defense capability with the addition of the gun/SAM CIWS systems. Similar to Udaloy externally, it was a new configuration with the Moskit antiship missiles, a twin 130 mm gun, the Udav antitorpedo system and several anti-aircraft systems.

Powered by a modern gas-turbine engine, it was equipped with more capable sonars, an integrated air defense fire control system, and a number of digital electronic systems based on state-of-the-art circuitry. The original MGK-355 Polinom integrated sonar system (with NATO reporting names Horse Jaw & Horse Tail respectively for the hull mounted and towed portions) on Udaloy-I ships is replaced by its successor, a newly designed Zvezda M-2 sonar system that has a range in excess of 100 km in the 2nd covergence zone. Zvezda sonar system is considered by its designers to be the equivalent of American AN/SQS-53 in terms of overall performance, but it is much bulkier and heavier than its American counterpart: the length of the hull mounted portion is near 30 meters. The torpedo approaching warning function of Polinom sonar system is retained and further improved by its successor Zvezda sonar system.

In 2006 it was reported to laid-up the Northern Fleet's Project 1155 Udaloy I-class destroyer Admiral Kharlamov for a planned overhaul and upgrade programme.

In April 2010 Severnaya Verf shipyard said the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov will rejoin Russia's Northern Fleet soon.[1]

Ships

  • Udaloy I class (Russian typed BPK - Large ASW Ship)
    • Udaloy (1980) «Удалой» (bold) - Removed from service, scrapped at Murmansk in 2002
    • Vice-Admiral Kulakov (1980) «Вице-адмирал Кулаков» - In overhaul since 1990, will return to the Northern Fleet in 2010[2]
    • Marshal Vasil'yevsky (BPK 499) (1982) «Маршал Василевский», named after Aleksandr Vasilevsky - Removed from service
    • Admiral Zakharov (1982) «Адмирал Захаров» - Caught fire in 1992 and scrapped
    • Admiral Spiridonov (1983) «Адмирал Спиридонов» - Removed from service
    • Admiral Tributs (BPK 552 (ex BPK 564)) (30.12.1985) «Адмирал Трибуц», named after Vladimir Tributs - In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet, caught fire in 1991, but returned to service
    • Marshal Shaposhnikov (BPK 543) (30.12.1985) «Маршал Шапошников», named after Boris Shaposhnikov - In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet; undertook anti-piracy duties off Somalia in 2010.[3]
    • Severomorsk (BPK 619) (30.12.1987) «Североморск» - In service with the Northern Fleet
    • Admiral Levchenko (BPK 605) (30.9.1988) «Адмирал Левченко», named after Gordey Levchenko - In service with the Northern Fleet
    • Admiral Vinogradov (BPK 572 (ex BPK 405)) (30.12.1988) «Адмирал Виноградов» - In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet
    • Admiral Kharlamov (BPK 678) (30.12.1989) - «Адмирал Харламов» - Northern Fleet, In overhaul since 2006
    • Admiral Panteleyev (BPK 548) (19.12.1991), «Адмирал Пантелеев» - In service with the Russian Pacific Fleet
  • Udaloy II class
    • Admiral Chabanenko (BPK 650) (Mar 1999) Адмирал Чабаненко - In service Northern Fleet; in 2008 became the first Russian warship to transit the Panama Canal since World War II[4]
    • Admiral Basisty (scrapped during construction)
    • Admiral Kucherov (never laid down)

References

  1. ^ Russian North Fleet destroyer to rejoin fleet after 18 years, RIA Novosti
  2. ^ ://en.rian.ru/analysis/20091211/157207354.html
  3. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gB7YMEDuCwwY9ncDOtPAkEI4-H2wD9FH8U480
  4. ^ "Russian ship enters Panama Canal". BBC News Online. December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  • Admiral Levchenko (DDG-605) sailing along with USS Hue City in the North Sea, 2004
    Admiral Levchenko (DDG-605) sailing along with USS Hue City in the North Sea, 2004
  • Marshal Shaposhnikov transiting the channel into Pearl Harbor in 2003
    Marshal Shaposhnikov transiting the channel into Pearl Harbor in 2003
  • Admiral Panteleyev
    Admiral Panteleyev

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