''Admiral Kharlamov'' was an of the
Russian Navy. It was named after admiral
Nikolay Kharlamov.
Development and design
Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers. They are in length, have a
beam
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and
draught.
Construction and career
''Admiral Kharlamov'' was
laid down
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on 7 August 1986, and
launched on 29 June 1988 by
Yantar Shipyard
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in
Kaliningrad
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. She was
commissioned on 1 April 1990.
For the first 10 years, the ship served mostly making calls at foreign ports. She went to
Sweden
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,
Norway
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and
Canada
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.
Between 30 June–5 July 1993, she paid a visit to the Canadian port of
Halifax and between 7–11 July to the American port of
Boston
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. Between 8–11 July 1994 ''Admiral Kharlamov'' visited the Dutch port of
Rotterdam
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and also Norway. In 1996 and 1997, she was considered the best ship in the Russian Navy for anti-submarine warfare.
After July 2001, having taken part in the search for the sunken submarine along with , she did not return to sea. She was placed in
reserve
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in 2006.
As of the end of 2019, ''Admiral Kharlamov'' was at the Nerpa plant awaiting either repair and modernization or disposal. She was withdrawn from the fleet in 2020 (St. Andrew's flag was lowered on 2 December) and is preparing for disposal at Nerpa Shipyard.
References
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1988 ships
Ships built at Yantar Shipyard
Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union
Udaloy-class destroyers