Soviet destroyer Sposobny (1970)
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Sposobny (Russian: Способный, "Capable") was a Project 61 (NATO reporting name Kashin-class) destroyer of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The ship served during the Cold War from 1971 to 1989.
Sposobny underway in the Sea of Japan, early 1982 | |
History | |
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→ Soviet Union → Russia | |
Name | Sposobny |
Builder | 61 Communards Shipyard |
Laid down | 10 March 1969 |
Launched | 11 April 1970 |
Commissioned | 25 September 1971 |
Decommissioned | 6 January 1993 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kashin-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 144 m (472 ft) (o/a) |
Beam | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 4.46 m (14.6 ft) |
Installed power | 4 × M8E gas turbines M3 unit aggregate; 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 x shaft CODAG |
Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 266 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag. Sposobny cruised in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans during 1973–1974, 1983, and 1985, punctuated by a 1976 goodwill visit to Vancouver, Canada, and active support to Vietnam during the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War. A planned modernization in 1987 at the Sevastopol Marine Plant in Ukraine was never completed due to the fall of the Soviet Union and she was transferred to the Russian Navy despite a failed Ukrainian attempt to take control. Sold to the shipyard to pay off debts, the destroyer was decommissioned in 1993 before being sold for scrap two years later.