Kanin class destroyer
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The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A. These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis (or 57b) and known to NATO as the Krupny class. Their primary mission was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-1 anti-ship missile
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[edit] Design
The hull was scaled up from the Kotlin class (project 56) destroyers, and the machinery was the same as those ships. There were two missile launchers at each end. They had limited self defence weaponry and their main weapon was soon obsolescent.
[edit] ASW Conversion
The limitations of the SS-N-1 Missile were clear by 1965 and the Soviet navy decided to convert the ships to a more general purpose /ASW role. The ships were called the Kanin Class by NATO. According to Conway's the modernisation proved very expensive and appeared to have deterred the Soviets from any further comprehensive rebuilding of older ships.
[edit] General characteristics
from Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
As Built
- Displacement: 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard, 4,192 LT (4,259 t) full load
- Length: 130 metres (426 ft 6 in)
- Beam: 14.84 m (48 ft 8 in)
- Draught: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
- Machinery: 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 72,000 shaft horsepower (53,690 kW)
- Speed: 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h/39.7 mph)
- Armament:
- Crew: 320
As modernised
- Displacement: 3,700 LT (3,759 t) standard, 4,500 LT (4,572 t) full load
- Speed: 32 kn (59 km/h/37 mph)
- Armament:
- Crew: 319
[edit] Ships
All ships were laid down in 1958/59 and completed in 1960-61
Built by Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad
- Gremyashchiy - Thunderous
- Zhguchiy - Burning
- Zorkiy -Observant
- Derzkiy - Impertinent
Built by Shipyard named after 61 Communards (Nikolayev North Shipyard):[1]
- Gnevnyy - Wrathfull
- Upornyy - Persistent
- Boykiy -Brisk
Built by Komsomolsk on Amur yard:
- Gordyy - Proud
- Khrabryy - Brave - Cancelled 1961
These ships were scrapped between 1987 and 1991
[edit] References
- Gardiner, Robert (ed.) [1995]. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław [1995]. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.
- Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin. Federation of American Scientists (2000-09-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ Norman Polmar, Guide to the Soviet Navy, Fourth Edition (1986), United States Naval Institute, Annapolis Maryland, ISBN 0-87021-240-0
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