Soviet destroyer Otvazhny (1964)

Otvazhny was a Soviet Kashin-class destroyer built for the Black Sea Fleet during the 1960s. She sank in 1974 after a rocket motor ignited and caused an explosion that set the ship on fire.

History
Soviet Union
Name: Otvazhny
Builder: 61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down: 10 August 1963
Launched: 17 August 1964
Completed: 31 December 1965
Fate: Sunk in an ammunition accident, 30 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type: Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement: 4,290 t (4,220 long tons) (full load)
Length: 144 m (472 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam: 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft: 4.46 m (14 ft 8 in)
Installed power: 72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 gas turbiness
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 266
Armament:
  • 2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns
  • 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles)
  • 1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
  • 2 × six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

References

    Bibliography
    • INRO Staff (1992). "The Loss of the Project 61 Class Antisubmarine Warfare Ship Otvazhnyi". Warship International. XXIX (3): 256–266. ISSN 0043-0374.
    • Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.
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