Soviet destroyer Zhguchy (1959)

For other ships with the same name, see Soviet destroyer Zhguchy (1944).

Zhguchy was the second ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.^[1]

Zhguchy in September 1977
History
Soviet Union
Name	Zhguchy (Жгучий)
Namesake	Burning in Russian
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	23 June 1958
Launched	14 October 1959
Commissioned	23 December 1960
Decommissioned	30 July 1987
Homeport	Severomorsk
Fate	Scrapped, 1988
General characteristics
Class and type	Kanin-class destroyer
Displacement	as built: 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard 4,192 long tons (4,259 t) full load as modernised: 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) standard 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length	126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam	12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power	72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shaft geared steam turbines 4 × boilers
Speed	as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	320
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Angara/Head Net air-search radar Zalp-Shch missile director Neptun surface-search radar Sonar: Pegas-2, replaced by Titan-2
Armament	as built: 2 × SS-N-1 launchers (12 Missiles) 4 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) Torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-2500 anti submarine rocket launchers as modernised: 1 × twin SA-N-1 SAM launcher (32 Missiles) 2 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × twin 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 3 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilities	Helipad

History

The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 14 October 1959 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 23 December 1960.^[2]

In 1965 and 1966, she won the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for missile training (as part of the KUG). On 19 May, she was reclassified as a large rocket ship (BRK).^[3]

From February 6, 1967, to January 10, 1969, she was modernized and rebuilt according to Project 57-A at the Leningrad shipyard named after V.I. A. A. Zhdanova. On 21 October 1969, she was reclassified into a large anti-submarine ship (BOD).^[3]

From January 1 to December 31, 1970, while carrying out combat service in the war zone in the Mediterranean Sea, she provided assistance to the armed forces of Egypt. From September 10 to September 15, 1971, she paid a visit to Oslo. In the period from 21 to 26 September 1971, the ship visited Rotterdam (Netherlands).^[3] From 12 to 17 May 1975, she visited Boston and Cuba, from 24 to 29 May 1977, she visited Cherbourg, from 10 to 15 October of the same year, she visited Oslo again. From May 1980 to January 1981, she served in the Atlantic Ocean, thereby setting a record for the longest voyage among Soviet warships. She visited the ports of Angola, Guinea, and Benin. She protected Soviet and Cuban fishermen in the Western Sahara region.

On 30 July 1987, the destroyer was retired from the USSR Navy in connection with the delivery to the OFI for disarmament, dismantling and sale. On August 6, her crew was disbanded.

In December 1988, she was sold to a private Spanish firm in Spain.^[3]