Russian destroyer Smetlivy
| History | |
|---|---|
 Russia | |
| Name | Smetlivy |
| Builder | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Mykolaiv |
| Laid down | 15 July 1966 |
| Launched | 26 August 1967 |
| Commissioned | 25 September 1969 |
| Status | Active, Black Sea Fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kashin-class destroyer |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 3,400 tons standard, 4,390 tons full load |
| Length | 144 m (472.4 ft) |
| Beam | 15.8 m (51.8 ft) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 x COGAG; 2 shafts, 4 x M8E gas turbines; 72,000 hp (88 MW) --72,000 hp (54,000 kW)-- |
| Speed | 33 knots |
| Range | 3,500 miles |
| Complement | 300 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 x double barreled 76 mm AK-726 guns, SAM: 2 x twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Volna), Navalised version of the Isayev S-125 (SA-3 Goa) system, 32 x missiles, 1×5 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 x twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers, 2x4 anti-ship SS-N-25 Uran missiles. |
| Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 |
Smetlivy is a Russian guided missile Kashin class destroyer.
Orderd by the Sovietunion in early 1960s the Smetlivy was laid down in July 1966 and comissioned in the Sovjet Black Sea Fleet in 1969. In 1990 the ship was laid up for repairs and modification. With the end of the Sovietunion in 1992 made the ship now Russian property. The ship returned to service in 1995 now armed with the more modern SS-N-25 Switchblade missile system. [1] In 2009 the ship was again laid up for repairs and returned in mid 2011 when it was involved in Russian-Italian naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3][4] As of 2011 the Smetlivy the last Kashin class destroyer in service with the Russian Navy.