The Kanin class were a
class
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destroyer
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s of the
Soviet Navy during the Cold War. The Soviet designation was Project 57A ''Gnevny'' (
not to be confused with the World War II 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
The KSShch (russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ); Romanization of Russian, tr.:''Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch)''; en, Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" – Pike (fish), pike in English) was a Soviet Union ...
anti-ship missile
Design
Designed from as gun armed destroyers with 3 pairs of 130mm guns, their layout was completed in 1956. However, in February 1957, the incoming chief of staff, Admiral
Sergey Gorshkov
Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (russian: Серге́й Гео́ргиевич Горшко́в; 26 February 1910 – 13 May 1988) was an admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union. Twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, he oversaw the exp ...
ordered changes after missile armed versions of the were deemed unsuccessful. Their initial purpose was surface engagement with opposing naval vessels and shore targets. The
SS-N-1
The KSShch (russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ); Romanization of Russian, tr.:''Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch)''; en, Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" – Pike (fish), pike in English) was a Soviet Union ...
missile installed in this class for that specific mission. The destroyers carried two launchers for the SS-N-1, one located at each end of the ship, each magazine holding six additional missiles.
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The hull was scaled up from the ,][ and the machinery was the same as those ships, except that remote control stations were installed and electrical generating capacity was increased. The superstructure was made of steel rather than the aluminium/ magnesium alloy of the Kotlin class ships and accommodation was significantly improved.
Criticisms of the class include that they had limited self-defence weaponry and that their main weapon, the SS-N-1 was soon obsolescent after introduction.][
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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. These ships were called the Kanin class by NATO. This involved providing the destroyers with a new bow sonar, MG-332 Titan-2 that controlled two quintuple torpedo tubes and three RBU-6000s. To clear the bow sonar also required that the bow be extended . A helicopter pad was installed aft that allowed the ships to operate a Kamov Ka-25
The Kamov Ka-25 (NATO reporting name "Hormone") is a naval helicopter, developed for the Soviet Navy in the USSR from 1958.
Design and development
In the late 1950s there was an urgent demand for anti-submarine helicopters for deployment on n ...
helicopter.[
To improve the destroyers self-defence, launchers firing ]SA-N-1
The S-125 ''Neva/Pechora'' (russian: С-125 "Нева"/"Печора", NATO reporting name SA-3 ''Goa'') is a Soviet surface-to-air missile system that was designed by Aleksei Isaev to complement the S-25 and S-75. It has a shorter effective r ...
anti-air missiles were installed along with two quadruple-mounted 57mm guns.[ All of these installations required more power and hence, the diesel generator was upgraded to 500 kW and a second generator of that capability was installed. All of this increased the displacement of the ships by 200 tons standard and 308 tons fully loaded and decreased its speed to .][
According to Conway's the modernisation proved very expensive and appeared to have deterred the Soviets from any further comprehensive rebuilding of older ships.][
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Operations
In May 1975, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Victory in Europe, ''Boyky'' and ''Zhguchy''[https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=66312] made a five-day visit to Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first post-war visit by a Soviet naval ship to the United States.
Ships
See also
*List of ships of the Soviet Navy
This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.
Corvettes
In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).
* (projects 122A, 122bis)
* (project 204)
* (project 1124 ''Al'bat ...
*List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
Notes
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