''Nastoychivy'' is a of the

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and later

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navy. Previously she was named ''Moskovsky Komsomolets'' before being renamed on 15 February 1992.

Development and design

The project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious to the Soviet Navy that naval guns still had an important role particularly in support of amphibious landings, but existing gun

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s and destroyers were showing their age. A new design was started, employing a new 130 mm automatic gun turret. The ships were in length, with a

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of and a draught of .

Construction and career

''Moskovsky Komsomolets'' was

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on 7 April 1981 and launched on 19 January 1991 by

Severnaya Verf Severnaya Verf (russian: Северная верфь, , Northern Shipyard) is a major shipyard on in Saint Petersburg, Russia, producing naval and civilian ships. It was founded as a branch of the Putilov Plant in the late 1800s. Under the Sovi ...

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. Before her commissioning on 30 December 1992, she was renamed ''Nastoychivy''. On July 31, 2011, the

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, Russian President

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

visited the destroyer at the main naval base of the

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in the city of

Baltiysk Baltiysk (russian: Балти́йск; german: Pillau; Old Prussian: ''Pillawa''; pl, Piława; lt, Piliava; Yiddish: פּילאַווע, ''Pilave'') is a seaport town and the administrative center of Baltiysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Ru ...

(

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). Currently, ''Nastoychivy'' is the flagship of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy. For twenty years of combat service, the destroyer was at sea for a total of about two years and covered more than 70,000 nautical miles. In recent years, the flagship of the Baltic Fleet did not go on long voyages, going through the restoration of technical readiness in Baltiysk. In 2015, she occasionally took part in naval activities: in March she went to sea during a surprise check of the combat readiness of the

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, in July, she took part in a parade in honor of Navy Day. According to the procurement data of 33 Shipyard, which serves the ships of the Baltic Fleet, the systems of the main power plant (boiler and turbine), life support equipment, and ship armament are being repaired aboard the ''Nastoichivny''. Since 2019, the destroyer has been undergoing scheduled repairs, during which the propulsion system will be replaced and a number of ship's life support systems will be repaired.

Gallery

File:US Navy 030608-N-4374S-014 German Navy ship FGS Lubeck (F 214) and Russian Navy ship RFS Nastoychivyy.jpg, ''Nastoychivy'' and ''Lübeck'' underway on 9 June 2003. File:AK-130 on destroyer «Nastoychivyy» in Baltiysk, 2008 (1).jpg, ''Nastoychivy'' on 21 February 2008. File:AK-130 on destroyer «Nastoychivyy» in Baltiysk, 2008 (2).jpg, ''Nastoychivy'' on 21 February 2008. File:Nastoychivyy (610) at Quay - Baltic Sea, Kaliningradskiy Zaliv Kaliningrad Oblast Baltiysk 30 October 2008.jpg, ''Nastoychivy'' on 30 October 2008. File:Medvedev's ship before destroyer "Nastoichiviy".jpg, ''Nastoychivy'' on 31 July 2011. File:Mevedev and Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky 1.jpeg,

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

and

onboard ''Nastoychivy'' on 31 July 2011. File:Эсминец Настойчивый в пункте постоянного базирования.jpg, Destroyer ''Nastoychivy'' at the point of permanent deployment

References

1991 ships Ships of the Soviet Union Ships built at Severnaya Verf Naval ships of the Soviet Union Sovremenny-class destroyers {{DEFAULTSORT:Nastoychivy (1991)