lead ship
The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships that are all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels.
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Soviet Navy
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. She was launched on 19 December 1969 and commissioned on 31 December 1971 at the 61 Communards Shipyard. On 8 February 1972, she became part of the 30th Surface Ship Division of the
Black Sea Fleet
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. She visited
Split
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* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
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, Yugoslavia, from 26 September to 1 October 1973, and
Havana
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Sea of Japan
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. After minor repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok, she made a transition to Sevastopol, and then to Nikolayev. On 1 November 1987, ''Nikolayev'' was delivered to Nikolayev for major repairs. In April 1992, the repairs were cancelled and on 29 October 1992, she was decommissioned. On 10 August 1994, she was towed for scrapping in India.