The Modified Kashin class were six ships built and modified based on the

Kashin-class destroyer The Kashin class, Soviet designation Project 61, were series of anti-aircraft guided-missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy since the 1960s. , no ships remain in service with the Russian Navy, but three modified ships continue in service ...

for the Soviet Navy between 1973 and 1980. Seven more ships were built after that for the

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...

. The Soviet designation for the Mod Kashin is ''Project 61MP''.

Added Equipment

The main addition to the selected ships were four SS-N-2C anti-ship missile launchers. A pair of

AK-630 The AK-630 is a Soviet and Russian fully automatic naval, rotary cannon, close-in weapon system. The "630" designation refers to the weapon's six gun barrels and their 30 mm caliber. The system is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and ...

30mm gatling guns were installed on the sides of the ship, along with a Bass Tilt fire control radar warranting the removal of two

RBU-1000 The RBU-1000 Smerch-3 is a 300 mm caliber Russian anti-submarine and anti-torpedo rocket launcher. It entered service around 1962–1963. It is similar in operation to the Hedgehog system used during the Second World War. The RBU-1000 is remot ...

rocket launchers. The landing pad mounted on the stern of the normal Kashin classes were replaced with a helicopter platform. The last change made to the Kashins was an increased forward superstructure on two decks.

General characteristics

*Displacement - Standard: 3,950 tons, full load: 4,950 tons *Length - 146 m (480 ft), overall *Beam - 15.8 m (52 ft) *Draught - 4.8 m (16 ft) *Propulsions - 2 shaft; COGAG; 4 gas-turbines, 35 knots maximum. *Complement - 320 *Armament - **

Surface-to-surface missiles A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...

: 4 SS-N-2C launchers; 4 missiles. **

Anti-air Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

: 2 twin SA-N-1 launchers; 44 missiles, 4

30mm gatling guns. **

Anti-submarine An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war. In its simplest sense, an anti-submarine weapo ...

: 2 12-barreled

RBU-6000 The RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, ''Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka''; reaction engine-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a 213 mm caliber Soviet anti-submarine rocket launcher. It is ...

rocket launchers, five rows of 533mm (21 in) torpedo tubes.

Ships

Soviet Navy

Indian Navy

References

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