Soviet destroyer Derzky (1960)

Derzky in 1976
History
Soviet Union
Name	Derzky (Дерзкий)
Namesake	Bold in Russian
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	10 October 1959
Launched	4 February 1960
Commissioned	30 December 1961
Decommissioned	19 April 1990
Homeport	Severomorsk
Fate	Sunk as target
General characteristics
Class and type	Kanin-class destroyer
Displacement	as built: 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard 4,192 long tons (4,259 t) full load as modernised: 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) standard 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length	126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam	12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power	72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shaft geared steam turbines 4 × boilers
Speed	as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	320
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Angara/Head Net air-search radar Zalp-Shch missile director Neptun surface-search radar Sonar: Pegas-2, replaced by Titan-2
Armament	as built: 2 × SS-N-1 launchers (12 Missiles) 4 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) Torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-2500 anti submarine rocket launchers as modernised: 1 × twin SA-N-1 SAM launcher (32 Missiles) 2 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × twin 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 3 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Derzky was the fourth ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.^[1]

The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 4 February 1960 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 30 December 1961.^[2]

On January 12, 1962, the ship entered the Northern Fleet of the Soviet Navy. On May 19, 1966, the Derzky was reclassified into a large missile ship (BRK).^[3]

In the period from November 20, 1967 to April 22, 1972, it was modernized and rebuilt according to Project 57-A at the shipyard named after V.I. A. A. Zhdanov. On October 20, 1970, the ship was reclassified as a large anti-submarine ship.^[3]

In the period from 4 to 9 August 1973, the ship visited Havana (Cuba). On August 7, 1977, the ship was withdrawn from the fleet, mothballed and put on hold in Sayda-Guba.

On April 19, 1990, the destroyer was excluded from the Soviet Navy in connection with the delivery to the OFI for disarmament, dismantling and sale. On October 1, 1990, the crew of the ship was disbanded, and the ship was turned into a target ship.^[3]

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Media related to Derzkiy (ship, 1961) at Wikimedia Commons

• Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin, Federation of American Scientists, 7 September 2000, retrieved 26 December 2014
• "Kanin Class Destroyers – Complete Ship List". Russian-ships.info. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
• Gallery of the ship. Navsource. Retrieved 11 August 2021