A port bow view of the Soviet destroyer SVK Gremyashchiy following the launch of a missile on October 26th, 1983.
The Gremyashchiy-class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny (not to be confused with the World War II era Project 7). These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis (or 57b).
Specifications[]
Original Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Service Period: 1960-1990
- Characteristics:
- Length: 455 feet 8.4 inches (138.9 meters)
- Beam: 48 feet 8.4 inches (14.84 meters)
- Draught: 14 feet 8 inches (4.47 meters)
- Displacement: 3,500 tons (Standard); 4,192 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 320
- Propulsion: 4 x boilers, 2 x shaft geared steam turbines, 72,000 shp
- Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 kilometers) at 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
- Speed: 38.5 knots (71.03 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- MR-310 Angara-M Air Search RDF
- Rif-1 Neptun Surface Search RDF
- Zalp-Shch Missile Guidance RDF
- ZIF-75 Fire Control RDF
- SVP-42-50 Rangefinder
- Tablet-57 Combat Information Control System
- Pegasus-2 ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- Mizzen-4 Electronic Warfare Suite
- Crab-12 Electronic Support Measures
- Armament:
- 4 x ZIF-31 57mm/79-caliber naval guns (2x2)
- 2 x SM-59-1A ASW Missile Launchers
- 2 x RBU-2500 "Smerch" anti-submarine mortars
- 2 x 21" PTA-53-57 triple torpedo tubes
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x Kamov Ka-15 anti-submarine helicopter
1960s/1970s Modernization[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Service Period: 1960-1990
- Characteristics:
- Length: 459 feet 8 inches (140.11 meters)
- Beam: 48 feet 8.4 inches (14.84 meters)
- Draught: 15 feet 3.6 inches (4.66 meters)
- Displacement: 3,700 tons (Standard); 4,500 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 320
- Propulsion: 4 x boilers, 2 x shaft geared steam turbines, 72,000 shp
- Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 kilometers) at 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
- Speed: 32 knots (59.26 km/h
- Sensor Suite:
- MR-105 "Turret" Fire Control RDF
- MR-104 "Lynx" Fire Control RDF
- Armament
- 2 x ZIF-75 57mm/81-caliber naval guns
- 1 x Missile Launcher (fires
Unit Run[]
- SVK Gremyashchiy
- SVK Zhguchiy
- SVK Zorkiy
- SVK Derzkiy
- SVK Gnevnyy
- SVK Upornyy
- SVK Boykiy
- SVK Gordyy
- SVK Khrabryy