''Bodryy'' (russian: link=no, Бодрый, "brisk") was a Project 135 Burevestnik-class Large Anti-Submarine Ship (, BPK) or Krivak-class

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. Launched on 15 April 1971, the vessel served with the Soviet Navy until it was dissolved and then was transferred to the Russian Navy. The ship played a key role in helping the Soviets develop techniques for tracking

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in the 1970s. ''Bodryy'' was retired on 17 July 1997 and scrapped.

Design and development

Development

Designed by N.P. Sobolov, ''Bodryy'' was the second Project 1135 Large Anti-Submarine Ship (russian: Большой Противолодочный Корабль, link=no, BPK) laid down. The vessel is named for a Russian word which can be translated brisk, vigorous, energetic, bright, cheerful or alert. ''Bodryy'' served with the Soviet Navy, and the Russian Navy after the

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, as an

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. The ship was designated a Guard Ship (, SKR) from 28 July 1977.

Design

Displacing standard and full load, the vessel was in

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, with a

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of and a draught of . Power was provided by a combination of two M3 and two M60 gas turbines installed as a

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set named М7 for a design speed of . Range was at , at , at and at . A complement of 180, including 22 officers, was carried.

Armament

The ship was designed for anti-submarine warfare around four URPK-3 Metel missiles (

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SS-N-14 "Silex"), backed up by a pair of quadruple torpedoes and a pair of

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anti-submarine rocket launchers. The main armament was upgraded to URPK-5 Rastrub (SS-N-14B) between 1982 and 1984. Defence against aircraft was provided by forty 4K33 OSA-M (SA-N-4 "Gecko") surface to air missiles which were launched from four ZIF-122 launchers. Two twin AK-726 guns were mounted aft. Mines were also carried, either eighteen IGDM-500 KSM, fourteen KAM, fourteen KB "Krab", ten Serpey, four PMR-1, seven PMR-2, seven MTPK-1, fourteen RM-1 mines or twelve UDM-2. The ship had a well-equipped sensor suite, including a single MR-310A "Angara-A" air/surface search radar, "Volga" navigation radar, "Don" navigation radar, MP-401S "Start-S" ESM radar system, "Nickel-KM" and "Khrom-KM" IFF and ARP-50R radio direction finder. An extensive sonar complement was fitted, including MG-332 "Titan-2", MG-325 "Vega" and MGS-400K, along with two MG-7 "Braslet" anti-saboteur sonars and the MG-26 "Hosta" underwater communication system. The PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system was fitted; this was replaced by the PK-10 system in 1983.

Construction and service

Construction

''Bodryy'' was

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by Yantar in Kaliningrad on 15 January 1969, and was given the

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152. The vessel was launched on 15 April 1971 and commissioned on 31 December later that year.

Service

''Bodryy'' was commissioned with the Baltic Fleet on 14 February 1972 as part of the 128th Brigade. Between 14 June and 29 November that year, the ship operated in the

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as part of Task Force KUG-1 under alongside sister ship . The task force undertook training in anti-submarine warfare and provided Soviet presence in the region in support of allies Egypt and Syria. Afterwards, in April 1973, the vessel was transferred to the first of many periods in the Atlantic Ocean and

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. Initially serving under , the vessel developed methods for tracking

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s of the

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off

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. Testing continued with towed array sonar between June 1977 and January 1976 in the central Atlantic and Caribbean. In the 1970s, eight out ten of the crew were commended by the commanding officer for their combat and political training. The vessel started the 1980s operating in the

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and visited

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between 7 and 10 August 1981. This was followed by visits to the African cities of

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in Angola and

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in Nigeria in June and July 1982. The vessel was subsequently temporarily based at the Angolan capital between 7 January and 18 May 1987 and then 15 November 1990 and 16 May 1991 while operating in the South Atlantic. The ship was decommissioned on 17 July 1997. Subsequently ''Bodryy'' was transferred to be scrapped at Yantar in 1998.

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