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Soviet destroyer Neulovimy
Neulovimy was the second ship of the Kildin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[1] Construction and careerThe ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 27 February 1958 and commissioned on 30 December 1958.[2] On March 8, 1960, she was included in the Red Banner Baltic Fleet (KBF). On May 19, 1966, she was reclassified into a Large Missile Ship (DBK), on January 26, 1973 - into a Large Anti-Submarine Ship (BOD), and on August 3, 1977, it was again returned to the DBK class. In 1969, she carried out a mission to the coast of Africa, where it paid a visit to Conakry, Guinea in February, and to Lagos, Nigeria in March. After returning, on April 7, 1969, she was assigned to the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet (KChF). In the period from December 2, 1971 to October 4, 1972, it was modernized at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol according to the Project 56-U. On June 6, 1974, the ship was decommissioned, mothballed and put in Sevastopol, but eight years later, on March 18, 1982, it was reactivated and put back into operation. From 10 to 21 April 1975, she took part in the exercises Okean-75. May 15 - June 13, 1984 took part in the Okean-84 exercise in the Mediterranean Sea (the topic of the exercise: she defeat of the enemy's AMG OS RUS in cooperation with the Black Sea Fleet Air Force MRA). The exercises were also attended by Zhdanov, Komsomolets Ukrainy, Sderzhanny, Stroyny, Udaloy, Nakhodchivy, Soznatelny, Bedovy, Silny, Druzhny, Volk, Zarnitsa, K-298, Kildin, Desna, etc. On April 19, 1990, she was disarmed and expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and sale. On February 11, 1991 it was disbanded and subsequently sold to a private Italian company for cutting into metal. References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neulovimyy (ship, 1958).
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