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Sovremenny class
destroyer
Origin: USSR
Type:
Destroyer (DDG)
Built: 1976
Displacement:
6,000 tons standard; 7 ,900 tons full load
Dimensions:
Length 511.8ft (156m)" oa; beam 56.8ft (17.3m); draught 21.3ft (6.5m)
Propulsion:
2-shaft steam turbines, 110,000shp, 2,400Dm at 32 knots, 6,500Dm at 20
knots Performance: Speed 32
knots;range 2.400Dm at 32 knots. 6,500 Dm at 20 knots
Armament:
SSM: 2 x 4 SS-N-22 SAM: 2 SA-N-7 (44 missiles) Guns: 4 x 130mm L70A (2
x 2); four 30mm Gatlings
ASW weapons:
2 6-barrelled RBU1000 (120 rockets)
Torpedo tubes:
2 x 2 21in (533mm) TR M-57 torpedo tubes.
Mines:
Maximum 100
Aircraft: 1
KA-27 Helix helicopter
Sensors:
Radar: Top Steer surveillance; 1 Band Stand (SS-N-22) and 6 Front Dome
(SA-N-7) missile control: 1 Kite Screech (130mm) and 2 Bass Tilt (30mm
Gatling) gun control; 3 Palm Frond navigation
Sonar: 2
active MF hull-mounted
These impressive ships were built at the same yard (Zhdanov, Leningrad)
as the Kresta-ll class, and were originally designated BAL-COM 2 by
NATO (BALtic COMbatant). The first of class, Sovremennyy, was launched
in November 1978 and was first seen at sea by Western observers in
August 1980, when she appeared in the Baltic on her engine trials, but
still without a weapon fit. The following winter her guns and missile
systems were mounted and she joined the Baltic Fleet in January 1982.
Constructed in parallel with the Udaloy class, the
Sovremennyy is optimized for surface warfare. Her large internal
volume, which is considerably greater than that of earlier Soviet Navy
types, although less than Western equivalents such as the Spruance,
indicates that she is designed for distant water deployments. She has a
heavy armament of eight SS-N-22, mounted in bins in two groups of four
either side of the bridge.
The SS-N-22 is an upgraded version of the SS-N-9, with a
range of approximately 70nm, while the 130mm guns are fully automatic,
are fitted with water cooling, indicating a high rate of fire, and are
mounted in a new design of turret. Air defense missile armament
consists of two SA-N-7 launchers (44 missiles) and four 30mm Gatlings.
One Kamov Ka-27 Helix helicopter is carried, and the hangar is of an
entirely new telescopic type not seen previously on Soviet warships.It
is somewhat surprising that this class is powered by conventional steam
turbines rather than the gas turbines which have been fitted in many
other major classes of Soviet warship since the early 1970s.
Available evidence suggests that this class is powered by
a pressure-fired automated steam propulsion plant similar to that
fitted in the Kresta class, which gives very rapid acceleration (10-32
knots in less than two minutes). These are modern, state-of-the-art
ships, capable of protracted ocean deployments, with very good anti-air
and anti-surface capabilities, but they would need to operate in
company with ASW ships to survive against a major submarine threat.
Future: There are six of these destroyers at sea
(Sovremennyy.Otchyannyy, Otlichnyy and Osmotritelnyy, plus two whose
names are not yet known), with a further two building. Those currently
in service are all with the Northern Fleet and seem likely to remain
there. Judging by previous Soviet Navy practice the known eight units
will be followed by anew class.
The 130mm DP twin mount, first seen in the late 19705 on
Sovremennyy class destroyers. Water-cooled, it has a maximum rate of
fire of some 65 rds/min per mount; range is about 25,600 yards
(28.000m).
Sovremennyy class destroyer. Mine rails and launcher
chutes are evident in this drawing, as are the after twin 130mm DP gun
mount and the SA-N-7 launcher.
The flight deck is clear and unobstructed, and the
hangar (of a similar pattern to that on the Slava class cruisers) is
neatly installed in the after end of the stack.
ASW armament is for self-defence only and these ships are
unusual among recent Soviet major warships in having neither a
stern-mounted variable depth sonar nor a bow-mounted LF sonar, relying
instead on just one hull-mounted sonar
Weapons
A Twin 130mmdualpurposegun(1x2)
B SA-N-7Iauncher
C ADMG-63030mm Gatling CIWS (2x1 )
D SS-N-22 SSM launcher(2x4)
E 21in(533mm)torpedo tubes (2x2)
F ADMG-63030mm GatlingCIWS(2x1)
G Kamov Ka-25 Hormone-B helicopter
H RBU-1000ASW rocketlauncher(2x6)
J SA-N-7 SAM launcher
K Twin 130mmdualpurposegun(1xi)
Electronics
1 MF hull-mounted sonar
2 Band Stand missile control radar for SS-N-22
3 Kite Screech fire control radar for 130mmguns
4 DF loop
5 Front Dome missile control radar for SA-N-7
6 Palm Frond navigation radar
7 Top Steer3Dair search radar
8 Palm Frond navigation radar(2x1)
9 Bell Squat EW antenna(2x1)
10 Bass Tilt fire control radar for ADMG-630
11 Front Dome missile control radar for SA-N-7
12 Bell Shroud EW antenna(2x1)
13 Shot Rock EW antenna(2x1)
14 High Pole-B IFF antenna
15 Front Dome missile control radar for SA-N-7
16 Chaff launcher(2x2)
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