Udaloy in 1983
History
Russia
Name	Udaloy (Удалой)
Namesake	Udaloy
Builder	Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad
Laid down	23 July 1977
Launched	5 February 1980
Commissioned	31 December 1980
Decommissioned	1996
Homeport	Severomorsk
Identification	Pennant number: 444, 480, 612, 637, 658, 695
Fate	Scrapped 2006
General characteristics
Class and type	Udaloy-class destroyer 7,570 tons full load[1]
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	19.3 m (63 ft)
Draught	6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft COGAG, 2× D090 6.7 MW and 2× DT59 16.7 gas turbines, 120,000 hp 89.456 MW
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: MR-760MA Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search radar and MR-320M Topaz-V/Strut Pair air/surface search radar Sonar: Horse Tail LF VDS sonar and Horse Jaw bow mounted LF sonar Fire Control: 2 MR-360 Podkat/Cross Sword SA-N-9 SAM control, 2 3P37/Hot Flash SA-N-11 SAM control, Garpun-BAL SSM targeting
Electronic warfare & decoys	Bell Squat jammer Bell Shroud intercept Bell Crown intercept 2 × PK-2 decoy RL 10 × PK-10 decoy RL in later ships
Armament	2 × 1 AK-100 100 mm naval guns 8 (2 × 4) SS-N-14 'Silex' anti-submarine/anti-ship missiles 64 (8 × 8) VLS cells for SA-N-9 'Gauntlet' surface-to-air missiles 4 × 6 30 mm AK-630 CIWS 2 × 1 21KM AA guns 2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes for Type 53 or Type 65 torpedoes 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	2 × Ka-27 series helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar

Udaloy was a Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy.^[2]

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 156m in length, 17.3m in beam and 6.5m in draught.^[3]

Construction and career

Udaloy was laid down on 23 July 1977, and launched on 5 February 1980 by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. She was commissioned on 31 December 1980.

She joined the Northern Fleet on January 24, 1981. Enlisted in the 10th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the 7th operational squadron based at Severomorsk.

Since October 26, 1983, he has been in the Atlantic Ocean. Together with Admiral Isakov, Otchayannyy and Genrikh Hasanov escorted the Novorossiysk to the latitude of Gibraltar.

March 26–30, 1984, an official visit to the island of Cuba in Havana, Cienfuegos, then completed the tasks of combat service in the Mediterranean Sea.

In the period from October 24, 1988 to January 19, 1990, it underwent a major overhaul in Kronstadt.

In December 1991, together with the Vigilant in the Strait of Gibraltar, he met and began to escort the Admiral Kuznetsov to Severomorsk. During the voyage, he established and maintained contact with 4 foreign submarines.

Due to a shortage of conscripts at the beginning of 1993, he was transferred to the 2nd category reserve.

On August 16, 1997, he was removed from the Navy.

In 2002, after partial dismantling, he sank in the Kola Bay near the village of Belokamenka. In March 2006, it was raised from the bottom by LLC Gidrotekhservice and disposed of.

References

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