1975. Black Sea. Photo from the archives of Y. Kruchinin.

Country: USSR.
Class, [Type]: Kashin, [DDG].
Homeport: Sevastopol.

Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding yard, Nikolaev, USSR.
Laid down date: 25 November 1964.
Launch date: 9 February 1966.
Commission date: 25 September 1967.
Decommission date: 1 May 1998.

Displacement ( tons ): 3465 standard, 4315 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 144 x 15,8 x 4,5.
Main machinery: 4 x M-3 gas turbines ( 96000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 35.
Range ( miles ): 3500 at 18 knots.
Complement: 269 ( 25 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 2 76mm AK-726.
Missiles: SAM: 2 x 2 SS-N-1М ( 32 missiles ).
Mines: 16.
A/S weapons: 2 x 6 mortairs RBU-1000; 2 x 12 mortairs RBU-6000.
Torpedoes: 1 x 5 533mm.
Mines: 22 IGDM-500 or 14 KAM or 18 KRAB or 16 KSM or 14 Serpey.

Radar: Air/surface Search: Head Net C, Big Net; Fire Control: 2 x Peel Group, 2 x Owl Screech; Navigation: Don-2.
Countermeasures: Krab-11.
Sonar: Bull Nose ( MG-312 ).

Comment: Pennant numbers - 521 (1967), 571 (1967), 186 (1973), 531 (1975), 527, 151 (1977), 720 (1978), 729 (1978), 722 (1980), 720 (1981), 171 (1981), 710 (1981), 733 (1983), 702 (1984), 703 (1986), 707 (1987), 710 (1987), 729 (1991), 820 (1993).