Soviet frigate Rezkiy
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Rezkiy (Russian: Резкий, "Sharp") was a Project 1135M large anti-submarine ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK) or Krivak-class frigate of the Soviet Navy. With an armament based around the URPK-4 Metel anti-submarine missile system, the vessel was launched on 17 February 1975. Joining the Pacific Fleet on 2 February the following year, the ship operated primarily in the Indian Ocean, including visits to Ethiopia, India and Mauritius. The vessel was also involved in tracking the cruisers USS Arkansas and USS Fox, as well as searching for a submarine that crossed the Soviet anti-submarine barrier in 1980. In 1981, the vessel sailed as part of a task force along the west coast of the United States to test and measure American defences. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ship joined the Russian Navy. Later that decade, the vessel was rearmed with the URPK-5 Rastrub which provided greater anti-ship capability to the vessel. After nearly twenty years in service, 4 August 1995, Rezkiy was decommissioned and subsequently broken up.
Rezkiy in 1990. | |
History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Rezkiy |
Namesake | Russian for Active |
Builder | Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad |
Yard number | 160 |
Laid down | 28 July 1974 |
Launched | 17 February 1976 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1976 |
Decommissioned | 4 August 1995 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Project 1135M Burevestnik frigate |
Displacement | 2,935 tonnes (2,889 long tons; 3,235 short tons) standard, 3,305 tonnes (3,253 long tons; 3,643 short tons) full load |
Length | 123 m (404 ft) |
Beam | 142 m (466 ft) |
Draft | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8K gas-turbines, 34,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 12,000 shp |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Range | 3,515 nmi (6,510 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Complement | 23 officers, 173 men |
Sensors and processing systems | MR-310A Angara-A air/surface search radar, Volga navigation radar, Don navigation radar, MG-332 Titan-2, MG-329 Bronza, 2 MG-7 Braslet and MGS-400K sonars |
Electronic warfare & decoys | PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system |
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