''Admiral Tributs'' () is a Project 1155 Large Anti-Submarine Ship (, BPK) of the

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. Known in the west as an , the ship is named after admiral Vladimir Filippovich Tributs. Launched in 1983, ''Admiral Tributs'' serves in the

Russian Pacific Fleet The Pacific Fleet () is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), for ...

, and has taken part in operations alongside the naval forces of other nations like China, India and Japan, and as part of a peacekeeping force in the Middle East between 1992 and 1993.

Design

''Admiral Tributs'' is the sixth ship of a

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of twelve Project 1155 Fregat (also known as the ''Udaloy''-class). The vessel is designated as a Large Anti-Submarine Ship (, BPK) in accordance with its primary mission of countering

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and a

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. The vessel is long with a beam of and a draught of .

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was standard and full load. Power is provided by four hp GTA M-9 propulsion complexes, each comprising a M-62 and a hp M-8KF powering two fixed pitch propellers. which gave a maximum speed of . Cruising range was at and at .

Armament

To combat submarines, ''Admiral Tributs'' mounts two quadruple launchers for eight missiles in the Metel Anti-Ship Complex along with two

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

12-barrel rocket launchers for close in defence. The ship is also equipped with two quadruple CHTA-53-1155

torpedo tube A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes. There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers) installed aboa ...

s for 53-65K, SET-65 torpedoes. A hangar aft accommodates two

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helicopters for anti-submarine warfare. Protection from aircraft was provided with eight 3K95 Kinzhal missiles mounted in vertical launchers supplemented by AK-100 DP guns and four

AK-630 The AK-630 is a Soviet Union, 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 ...

Gatling guns.

Electronic warfare

The vessel is equipped with the MR-760 Fregat-MA (NATO reporting name 'Top Plate') air/surface search, MR-320V Topaz-V ('Strut Pair') air/surface search and MR-212/201-1 Vaygach-U navigation radars along with MR-350 Podkat ('Cross Sword') and K-12-1 ('Hot Flash') fire control radars. The MGK-355 Polinom sonar complex (combining 'Horse Jaw' bow mounted and 'Horse Tail' variable depth sonars) is complemented by two MG-7 Braslet anti-saboteur sonars and the MG-35 Shtil-2 underwater communication system.

Service

''Admiral Tributs'' was

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on 19 April 1980 and launched on 26 March 1983. The ship is named after Vladimir Filippovich Tributs. She was accepted into the Pacific Fleet on 15 February 1986 and attached to the 183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade. The ship served in the

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in 1987, visiting

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, South Yemen, and 1990, visiting

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, Malaysia. Between 5 December 1992 and 23 May 1993, the vessel undertook peacekeeping duties in the

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, followed by a lengthy modernisation at

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, Vladivostok that lasted from March 1994 to March 2003. Resuming service, between 10 and 15 February 2004, ''Admiral Tributs'' joined '' Varyag'' on a visit to

Incheon Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, ...

, South Korea, to celebrate the centenary of the battle between '' Varyag'' and the Japanese fleet during the

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. In 2005, the vessel took part in joint exercises with India, visited

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, Indonesia,

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. Sattahip, Thailand,

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, Vietnam,

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and Klang, Malaysia, took part in exercises with '' Moskva'' and '' Pyotr Velikiy'' and joint exercises with the

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alongside '' Admiral Panteleyev''. Following a visit to

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, Vietnam, in April 2012, the vessel joined sisterships '' Admiral Vinogradov'' and '' Marshal Shaposhnikov'' for joint exercises with the

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2021

In February 2021, the ship conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan. In late December 2021, ''Admiral Tributs'', along with cruiser ''Varyag'', left

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( ; , ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area o ...

for a long deployment, consisting of port calls in several countries. On 11 January 2022, the warships entered the Indian Ocean, and called at

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on 14 January 2022.

2022

In February 2022, in the context of the

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, ''Admiral Tributs'' entered the Mediterranean Sea, along with cruiser ''Varyag'' and tanker ''Boris Butoma'', joining the Permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. In July 2022, ''Admiral Tributs'', ''Varyag'' and intelligence ship ''Vasily Tatishchev'' became the first Russian Navy's ships operating in the

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since 1995 ''Volk'''s deployment amid US bombardment of

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. In late July, destroyer ''Admiral Tributs'' operated off

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

, intelligence ship ''Vasily Tatishchev'' operated near island

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, cruiser ''Varyag'' operated near

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, while frigate remained just outside the Adriatic Sea. As the US carrier ''Truman'' was located in the Adriatic Sea at the same time, there were reports in media about Russian warships simulating blocking the US carrier in the Adriatic Sea. In October 2022, ''Admiral Tributs'', ''Varyag'' and ''Boris Butoma'' departed the Mediterranean via the Suez canal, returning to Vladivostok on 18 November.

2023

On 27 October 2023, ''Admiral Tributs'' and '' Admiral Panteleyev'' departed Indonesia after a friendly visit. In November, it also took part in Indra Navy exercise with

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Gallery

File:Admiral Tributz-Jakarta-3.jpg, ''Admiral Tributs'' moored at Tanjung Priok in Jakarta File:Admiral Tributs - Side View.jpg, ''Admiral Tributs'' moored at Manilla South Harbour File:Admiral Tributs - SS-N-14 Missile Launchers.jpg, KT-106U launchers for 84R/URPK-4 Metel-U anti-submarine missiles on ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - AK-100 Main Gun.jpg, Rear view of the two 100 mm AK-100 guns of ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - RBU-6000.jpg, An RBU-6000 Anti Submarine Rocket Launcher on ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - Masts and Radar.jpg, The Masts and Radars of ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - AK-630 Side View.jpg, Side view of an AK-630 Close In Weapons System (CIWS) of ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - MR360 FCS.jpg, An MR360 Cross Sword Fire Control Radar (FCR) of the ''Admiral Tributs'' File:Admiral Tributs - KA-27 Rear View.jpg, Rear view of an Ka-27 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Helicopter of ''Admiral Tributs''

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