The Kildin-class destroyer was a series of
destroyers
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
built for the
Soviet Navy
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in the 1950s. They were a missile armed version of the , and the class was named for
Kildin Island
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Kildin ...
. Four ships were built around the KSShch (КСЩ,
SS-N-1)
anti-ship missile
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. When this missile became obsolete in the 1960s, three ships were modernised in 1972-1977. All ships were decommissioned in the late 1980s early 1990s. The Soviet designation was Project 56EM for the prototype (''Bedovy''), Project 56M for three series ships, and Project 56U for the modernised ships.
Design
The Kotlin-class hull and machinery were retained, A rail SSM launcher was fitted at the stern and the forward 130mm gun was replaced by two quad 57mm anti aircraft guns (45mm in ''Bedovy''). The torpedo tubes were replaced by twin 533mm tubes located on the beam. After the SS-N-1 missile was declared to be obsolete the Soviets replaced these missiles with two 76mm gun turrets aft and four SS-N-2 missile launchers.
Ships
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Bedovy'' (Бедовый - ''Mischievous'') - built by
Zhdanov Shipyard,
Leningrad
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, completed 1958, scrapped 1989
* ''
Neulovimy'' (Неуловимый - ''Elusive'') - built by
Zhdanov Shipyard,
Leningrad
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, completed 1958, scrapped 1990
* ''
Prozorlivy'' (Прозорливый - ''Perceptive'' ) - built in
Nikolayev, completed 1958, scrapped 1991
* ''
Neuderzhimy'' (Неудержимый - ''Unrestrainable'') - built in Komsomolsk na Amure, completed 1958, scrapped 1985 (not modernised)
*''Neukrotimy'' (Неукротимый - ''Indomitable'') - cancelled before construction starts
See also
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List of ships of the Soviet Navy
This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.
Soviet Ship Type Designations
Corvettes / MPK, MRK
In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).
* (Projects 122A, 122bis ...
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List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Soviet and Russian ships by known assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. The Russian term ''проект'' ( tr. ''proyekt'') can be t ...
References
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All Russian Kildin Class Destroyers - Complete Ship List
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