Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1959)

For other ships with the same name, see Russian ship Gremyashchy.

Gremyashchy in 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name	Gremyashchy (Гремящий)
Namesake	Thunderous in Russian
Ordered	17 December 1957
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	25 February 1958
Launched	30 April 1959
Commissioned	30 June 1960
Decommissioned	20 October 1991
Renamed	OS-315
Homeport	Severomorsk
Fate	Scrapped, 1994
General characteristics
Class and type	Kanin-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
Length	126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam	12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power	72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shaft geared steam turbines 4 × boilers
Speed	as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	320
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Angara/Head Net air-search radar Zalp-Shch missile director Neptun surface-search radar Sonar: Pegas-2, replaced by Titan-2
Armament	as built: 2 × SS-N-1 launchers (12 Missiles) 4 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) Torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-2500 anti submarine rocket launchers 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 facilities	Helipad

Gremyashchy was the lead ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1]

Construction and career

The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 30 April 1959 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 30 June 1960.[2]

In the period from 1966 to 29 January 1968 at the Zhdanov Shipyard, she was modernized according to the project 57-A, as a result of which, on 20 January 1969, she was reclassified into a large anti-submarine ship (BOD).

From 14 to 27 May 1970, she undergone a refit.

She made a visit to Cuba, in 1971 - visits to Norway and the Netherlands. In the same year, while in the war zone, she performed combat missions to provide assistance to the armed forces of Egypt.

On 7 July 1987, She was decommissioned, disarmed and reclassified into an experimental vessel (OS).

On 25 August 1988, she was renamed OS-315.

On 2 October 1991, the former Gremyashchy was excluded from the lists of the Navy ships in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale.[3]

In 1994, she was sold to a private Indian firm in India.[4]

Gallery

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  Gremyashchy on 26 October 1983
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Citations

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. "Архив фотографий кораблей русского и советского ВМФ". navsource.narod.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
4. S., Berezhnoy (1995). "Эсминцы типа "Гневный" (проект 57-бис)". Marine Collection. 1.

References

• Budzbon, Przemysław; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.

In Russian

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

External links

Media related to Gremyashchiy (ship, 1959) at Wikimedia Commons

• Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin, Federation of American Scientists, 7 September 2000, retrieved 26 December 2014
• "Kanin Class Destroyers – Complete Ship List". Russian-ships.info. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
• Gallery of the ship. Navsource. Retrieved 11 August 2021