''Udaloy'' was a of the
Russian Navy.
Development and design
Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers.
They are 156m in length, 17.3m in beam and 6.5m in draught.
Construction and career
''Udaloy'' was
laid down
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.
Keel laying is one ...
on 23 July 1977, and
launched on 5 February 1980 by
Yantar Shipyard
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Yantar Shipyard builds military ships, including antisubmarine and ...
in
Kaliningrad
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. She was
commissioned on 31 December 1980.
She joined the
Northern Fleet
Severnyy flot
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, start_date = June 1, 1733; Sov ...
on January 24, 1981. Enlisted in the 10th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the 7th operational squadron based at
Severomorsk
Severomorsk (russian: Северомо́рск), known as Vayenga () until April 18, 1951, is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is located on the coast o ...
.
Since October 26, 1983, he has been in the Atlantic Ocean. Together with
Admiral Isakov,
Otchayannyy and
Genrikh Hasanov escorted the
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk ( rus, Новоросси́йск, p=nəvərɐˈsʲijsk; ady, ЦIэмэз, translit=Chəməz, p=t͡sʼɜmɜz) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the largest ports on the Black Sea. It is one of the few cities hono ...
to the latitude of
Gibraltar.
March 26–30, 1984, an official visit to the
island of Cuba
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in
Havana
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Cienfuegos
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, then completed the tasks of combat service in the
Mediterranean Sea
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.
In the period from October 24, 1988 to January 19, 1990, it underwent a major overhaul in
Kronstadt
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.
In December 1991, together with the
Vigilant in the
Strait of Gibraltar
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, he met and began to escort the
Admiral Kuznetsov to Severomorsk. During the voyage, he established and maintained contact with 4 foreign submarines.
Due to a shortage of conscripts at the beginning of 1993, he was transferred to the 2nd category reserve.
On August 16, 1997, he was removed from the Navy.
In 2002, after partial dismantling, he sank in the
Kola Bay
Kola Bay (russian: Кольский залив) or Murmansk Fjord is a 57-km-long fjord of the Barents Sea that cuts into the northern part of the Kola Peninsula. It is up to 7 km wide and has a depth of 200 to 300 metres. The Tuloma, Rosta ...
near the village of
Belokamenka. In March 2006, it was raised from the bottom by LLC Gidrotekhservice and disposed of.
References
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1980 ships
Ships built at Yantar Shipyard
Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union
Udaloy-class destroyers
Destroyers of the Russian Navy