Kanin class destroyer

The Kanin class destroyers were warships of the Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A Gnevny (not to be confused with the World War 2 era Project 7). These ships were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers and were initially designated Project 57bis (or 57b) and known to NATO as the Krupny class. Their primary mission was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-1 anti-ship missile

Design

The hull was scaled up from the Kotlin class (project 56) destroyers, and the machinery was the same as those ships. There were two missile launchers at each end. They had limited self defence weaponry and their main weapon was soon obsolescent.

ASW Conversion

The limitations of the SS-N-1 Missile were clear by 1965 and the Soviet navy decided to convert the ships to a more general purpose /ASW role. The ships were called the Kanin Class by NATO. According to Conway's the modernisation proved very expensive and appeared to have deterred the Soviets from any further comprehensive rebuilding of older ships.

Ships

All ships were laid down in 1958/59 and completed in 1960-61

Built by Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad

*Gremyashchiy - "Thunderous"
*Zhguchiy - "Burning"
*Zorkiy -"Observant"
*Derzkiy - "Impertinent"

Built by Shipyard named after 61 Communards (Nikolayev North Shipyard):Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy", Fourth Edition (1986), United States Naval Institute, Annapolis Maryland, ISBN 0-87021-240-0]
*Gnevnyy - "Wrathfull"
*Upornyy - "Persistent"
*Boykiy -"Brisk"

Built by Komsomolsk on Amur yard:

*Gordyy - "Proud"
*Khrabryy - "Brave" - Cancelled 1961

These ships were scrapped between 1987 and 1991

References

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