''Bedovy'' was the
lead ship
The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels.
Large ships are very complex and may ...
of the of the
Soviet Navy.
Construction and career
The ship was built at
Zhdanov Shipyard in
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 ...
and was
launched on 31 July 1955 and
commissioned on 30 June 1958.
On May 19, 1966, she was reclassified into a Large Missile Ship (DBK), on January 26, 1973 - into a Large Anti-Submarine Ship (BOD), and on June 26, 1977, it was again returned to the DBK.
In the period from October 7, 1970 to July 15, 1971, she performed combat missions to provide assistance to the Egyptian armed forces.
In the period from July 18, 1972 to January 25, 1974, she was modernized at the Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol according to the Project 56-U. Subsequently, from April 23, 1981 to May 14, 1984, a major overhaul was also carried out there.
After modernization in 1974, she served in the
Mediterranean
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, where she was responsible for the surveillance of the
aircraft carrier
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s
USS ''Franklin D. Roosevelt'',
''Forrestal'' and
''Saratoga''. On August 30, 1974, together with
''Soznatelny'',
''Komsomolets Ukrainy'' and
''Beshtau'', took part in the rescue operations of
''Otvazhny'' in the
Black Sea
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.
From 10 to 21 April 1975, she took part in the exercises Okean-75. May 15 - June 13, 1984 took part in the Okean-84 exercise in the Mediterranean Sea (the topic of the exercise: "he defeat of the enemy's AMG OS RUS in cooperation with the Black Sea Fleet Air Force MRA). The exercises were also attended by
''Zhdanov'',
''Komsomolets Ukrainy'',
''Sderzhanny'',
''Stroyny'',
''Udaloy'',
''Nakhodchivy'',
''Soznatelny'',
''Neulovimy'',
''Silny'',
''Druzhny'',
''Volk'',
''Zarnitsa'',
''K-298'',
''Kildin'',
''Desna'', etc.
April 25, 1989, she was disarmed and expelled from the Navy in connection with the transfer to the OFI for dismantling and implementation. On August 5 of the same year, she was sold to a private Turkish company for dismantling.
References
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Ships built at Severnaya Verf
Kildin-class destroyers
1955 ships
Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union