Project 1134B

Kara class

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Ships:

Nikolayev - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2001 - laid down 25.6.68 - launched 19.12.69 - completed 31.12.71; from 2.72 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 28.2 to 2.6.73 operations in the Mediterranean and the Central Atlantic - during seaworthiness trials in the Bay of Biscay, 28.4.73 encountered BPK "Soobrazitelnyy" - 5.73 visited Annaba, Algeria - refuelled from the tanker "Koyda"; 26.9 to 1.10.73 visited Split, Yugoslavia, together with EM "Skoryy" and "Smetlivyy" - then operations in the Mediterranean, before returning to Sevastopol 11.73; 12.73 to 2.74 operations in the Atlantic - again seaworthiness trials in the Bay of Biscay 1.74; 3.74 left Sevastopol for operations in the Mediterranean, but trouble with the Vega sonar, forced the cruiser to return to Sevastopol - repaired; 4.74 to 6.74 operations in the Mediterranean; 5.75 to 8.75 operations in the Mediterranean - 7.75 the Ka-25 helicopter fell overboard, and was lost - visited Tartus, Syria 6.75; 11.75 to 12.75 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; 1976 to 1978 repaired and modernized at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - new turbines and the Shtorm (SA-N-3) replaced by a modified system Shtorm-M; 1978 to 1979 operations in the Mediterranean; 1980 operations in the Mediterranean; 3.81 during training narrowly avoid a collision with submarine "B-396"; 15.4 to 21.4.81 visites Havana, Cuba, with SKR "Bditelnyy", "Svirepyy" and tanker "Olekma" - during return covers the Cuban-Angolan sea route; 6.82 visits Varna, Bulgaria; 6.83 to 7.83 visits Varna and Bourgas in Bulgaria; 17.10.83 to 28.4.84 sails from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, together with SKR "Poryvistyy", BDK "Aleksandr Nikolayev" and meets TAVKR "Novorossiysk" west off Gibraltar (26.10.83) - along the way visits Luanda, Angola (12.11 to 20.11.83), Maputo, Mozambique (1.12 to 9.12.83) and all ships visits Madras, India (5.2 to 10.2.84) - conducts operations in the Indian Ocean, before arriving in Vladivostok 28.4.84 - now attached to the 175th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1.10 to 3.10.84 took part in an anti-submarine warfare exercise "Dlinnaya Osen" in the Sea of Okhotsk, with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", SKR "Storozhevoy", submarines "K-242", "K-535", "B-855", "B-299" and "B-404"; 25.3 to 17.4.85 tactical exercise off Hawaii, together with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tashkent", "Tallin", SKR "Revnotsnyy" and "Poryvistyy", tankers "Vladimir Kolechitskiy" and "Ilim", and the transport "Abakan"; 16.6.86 command staff exercise in the Sea of Japan with BPK "Tallin", "Strogiy" and "Admiral Spiridonov" - collision with BPK "Strogiy"; 6.86 to 2.87 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 5.87 to 7.87 sails from Vladivostok, via the Suez Canal, to Nikolayev; 11.11.87 began repairs and modernization to Project 11342 at 61 Kommunara Yard - 1.92 is only 80% complete due to lack of funds; 29.10.92 decomissioned; mid-1994 sold to a firm in India for scrapping - 10.8.84 towed away to Bombay, India

Ochakov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2002 - laid down 19.12.69 - launched 30.4.71 - completed 4.11.73; during tests 11.6.74 visited by Minister of Defence Grechko and Commanders of the Navy Gorshkov; attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; mid-1974 also visited by Ministers of Defence from Poland, Yugoslavia and Finland, as well as the French Chief of the General Staff; 8.74 visited by Marshal Kulikov; 24.12.74 to 12.5.75 operations in the Mediterranean and the Central Atlantic - including seaworthiness trials in the Bay of Biscay 3.75; 4.75 took part in the "Okean-75" exercise; 1976 took part in the "Krym-76" exercise; 6.76 to 7.76 took part in the search exercise "Udav"; 1978 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Latakia, Syria (14.6 to 19.5.78); 1979 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Rieka, Yugoslavia (13.4 to 18.4.79) - Toulon, France (11.6 to 16.6.79) and Varna, Bulgaria (10.8 to 13.8.79); 9.79 visited by Commander of the Navy Gorshkov and Marshal Moskalenko; 26.3.80 to 18.7.84 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 1986 operations in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic - including a visit to Havana, Cuba (20.10 to 24.10.86), and Istanbul, Turkey (26.3 to 31.3.87); 1987 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Split, Yugoslavia (26.10 to 30.10.87); 1989 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Constanza, Romania (24.4 to 28.4.89); 1990 operations in the Mediterranean, including visits to Split, Yugoslavia (8.5 to 12.5.90) and Taranto, Italy (11.6 to 14.6.90); 4.91 began repairs at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol - never completed - suffered a fire onboard in 1993 - 41% ready in 1.2002; decomissioned 12.2008 (60% ready); flag lowered in 2011; during the 1979 to 1990 period conducted nine operational tours of the Mediterranean and the Central Atlantic

Kerch - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2003 - laid down 30.4.71 - launched 21.7.72 - completed 25.12.74; from 20.12.74 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 5.1 to 24.7.76 operations in the Mediterranean - including showing Soviet precence off the Libanese coast; 1.12.77 to 28.6.78 operations in the Mediterranean and the Central Atlantic; 3.5 to 15.10.79 operations in the Mediterranean and the Central Atlantic; 10.9 to 6.10.82 took part in the exercise "Shschit-82" [Panel-82]; 3.9 to 20.9.83 took part in an exercise in the Kerch Strait; 12.3 to 21.3.84 took part in the "Soyuz-84" exercise; 10.8 to 14.8.84 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 12.84 to 2.89 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol - new URK-5 Rastrub-B (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4 Metel (SS-N-14) - satellite communication complex R-790 "Tsunami-BM" added - search radar MR-600 Voskhod replaced by MR-700 Podberezovik, and Shtorm-M (SA-N-3) SAM system replaced by modified version Shtorm-N; 23.6 to 2.7.89 visits Istanbul, Turkey and 11.8 to 15.8.89 visits Varna, Bulgaria; 25.5 to 25.10.91 operations in the Mediterranean; 4.2 to 16.2.92 takes part in a joint Russian/US exercisein the Mediterranean; 16.6 to 10.7.93 takes part in an exercise in the Mediterranean - including supporting President Yeltsin's visit to Greece from 30.6.93; 18.8 to 22.8.96 visits Varna, Bulgaria; 11.98 visits Canne, France and Messina, Italy; 2005 began repair in Novorossiysk; 21.3.91 to 1998 was flagship of the Black Sea Fleet

Azov - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2004 - laid down 21.7.72 - launched 14.9.73 - completed 25.12.75; 13.10 to 8.12.75 tests in the Black Sea; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 10.5 to 31.10.77 the SAM system Fort (SA-N-6) is installed while docked at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev; 16.2.78 to 12.83 extensice tests of the SA-N-6 SAM system in the Black Sea - first launch 25.4.80; 18.7.84 to 21.2.85 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 16.3.85 visited by the Commander of the Navy Gorshkov; 6.85 to 12.85 further tests of the SA-N-6 SAM system; 10.3 to 14.6.86 took part in an exercise in the Black Sea; 4.6 to 14.6.86 took part in a command staff exercise in the Mediterranean; from 1987 attached to the 21st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 20.1 to 16.6.88 operations in the Mediterranean - took part in the "Osen-88" exercise - visited Tartus, Syria and Tripoli, Libya; 22.1 to 26.1.90 visited Piraeus, Greece; 28.5 to 25.12.90 operations in the Mediterranean, and the Central Atlantic - visits Havana, Cuba (25.6 to 1.7.90); 27.5 to 3.9.91 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Toulon, France (24.6 to 28.6.91) and Constanza, Romania (15.8 to 19.8.91); 27.11.92 to 8.11.93 ensured the naval blockade off the coast Abkhaziya (Black Sea); took part in the 300th anniversary of the Navy parade in 1995; 1.11.98 decomissioned; 6.02 scrapped at Inkerman

Petropavlovsk - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2005 - laid down 9.9.73 - launched 22.11.74 - completed 29.12.76; 1977/78 Ka-27PL helicopter tests in the Black Sea - planned deployment in the Mediterranean with PKR "Moskva" in 1977 was cancelled after BPK "Petropavlovsk" was damaged during tests; 24.2 to 3.7.79 sailed from Sevastopol, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean along the way - together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Tashkent", SKR "Grozyashchiy", "Letuchiy" and BDK "Ivan Rogov" - several visits along the way, Luanda, Angola (30.3 to 3.4.79), Maputo, Mozambique (14.4 to 20.4.79), Port Louis, Mauritius (26.4 to 28.4.79) and Aden, South Yemen (26.5 to 2.6.79); from 7.79 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 25.8 to 22.9.81 sailed from the Aleutians, and down the west coast of the United States, to test and measure the US response to the taks force - together with SKR "Rezkiy", "Retivyy", submarine "K-201" and the tanker "Irkut"; 1982 operations in the Indian Ocean; 1983 operations in the Indian Ocean; 17.10 to 30.10.83 searched for remnants of the downed Korean Airlines Boeing 747, together with BPK "Sevastopol"; from 1.3.85 attached to the 185th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1985 operations in the Indian Ocean; 9.10.86 to 12.2.90 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - Spektr-F laser warning system and PK-10 Smely decoy launchers added; from 1.89 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 3.91 attached to the 44th Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; 1993 twice deployed to the Eastern Chinese Sea and the South China Sea - including a visit to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; from 30.8.94 attached to the 44th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; planned conversion to a training cruiser 1995/1997 never happended; 26.2.97 decomissioned; 5.97 sold to a firm in India for scrapping - towed away 20.6.97

Tashkent - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2006 - laid down 22.11.74 - launched 5.11.75 - completed 31.12.77; attached to the 11th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 24.2 to 3.7.79 sailed from Sevastopol, around Africa, to Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean along the way (from 13.5.79) - together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Petropavlovsk", SKR "Grozyashchiy", "Letuchiy" and BDK "Ivan Rogov" - visited Nacala, Mozambique (17.3 to 23.3.79) and Victoria, Seychelles (3.5 to 8.5.79); from 24.4.79 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 1982 operations in the Indian Ocean; 1983 operations in the Indian Ocean, with BPK "Petropavlovsk" and "Tallin" - visited Aden, South Yemen; 1984 operations in the Indian Ocean; from 1.3.85 attached to the 183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 29.3 to 17.4.85 tactical exercise off Hawaii, together with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Nikolayev", "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tallin", SKR "Revnotsnyy" and "Poryvistyy", tankers "Vladimir Kolechitskiy" and "Ilim", and the submarine "K-360" - also operations in the Philippine Sea; 15.10 to 17.10.86 took part in a Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tallin", SKR "Gordelivyy", five Tarantul class missile boats and three support vessels; 11.87 to 3.88 operations in the Indian Ocean; 8.88 to 12.88 operations in the Indian Ocean; 11.89 sailed through the Suez Canal and arrived in Nikolayev; 20.12.89 began repairs and modernization (to Project 11342) at 61 Kommunara Yard; from 3.91 attached to the 48th Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; 1.92 all work stopped, and the cruiser was decomissioned 3.7.92; mid-1994 sold to a firm in India for scrapping; 10.8.94 towed from Nikolayev to Bombay

Tallin - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 2007 - laid down 5.11.75 - launched 5.11.76 - completed 31.12.79; began tests 17.11.79; from 31.12.79 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 28.5 to 15.7.80 operations in the Mediterranean and 26.7.80 arrived in Tallin, celebrating Day of the Navy; planned deployment to the Pacific via the northern route was cancelled - instead deployed to the Indian Ocean in 1981, where it met SKR "Revnostnyy" and "Letuchiy" - visited Maputo, Mozambique (13.12 to 17.12.81), and arrived in Vladivostok 1.82; 1982 operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to Vistoria, Seychelles; 1983 operations in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean - including visits to Victoria, Seychelles and Aden, South Yemen; 16.2 to 20.2.84 visited Massaua, Ethiopia; 10.84 took part in a joint Soviet/Vietnamese exercise off Danang, together with TAVKR "Minsk"; from 1.3.85 attached to the 183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 29.3 to 17.4.85 tactical exercise off Hawaii, together with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Nikolayev", "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tashkent", SKR "Revnotsnyy" and "Poryvistyy", tankers "Vladimir Kolechitskiy" and "Ilim", and the submarine "K-360" - also operations in the Philippine Sea; 13.8 to 17.8.85 visited Wonsan, North Korea, with SKR "Poryvistyy" and "Ryanyy"; 12.3 to 16.3.86 visited Djibouti; 4.7 to 8.7.86 visited Wonsan, North Korea, together with TAVKR "Minsk", BPK "Admiral Spiridonov", SKR "Ryanyy" and tanker "Argun"; 13.10 to 17.10.86 took part in a Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Tashkent", SKR "Gordelivyy", five Tarantul class missile boats and three support vessels - visited Rajin, North Korea; 24.4 to 29.4.88 took part in an ASW exercise in the Sea of Okhotsk, together with BPK "Marshal Voroshilov", SKR "Ryanyy", "Gordelivyy" and the submarine "K-436"; 25.10 to 29.10.88 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with SKR "Ryanyy", "Gordelivyy" and four missile boats "R-76", "R-83", "R-229" and "R-230" - visited Rajin, North Korea; from 1.89 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 9.89 took part in a joint Soviet/North Korean exercise, together with EM "Osmotritelnyy", SKR "Stoykiy", "Gordelivyy", "Poryvistyy" and two missile boats "R-230" and "R-261" - visited Rajin, North Korea; 3.90 began repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; from 3.91 attached to the 48th Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; 2.8.90 renamed "Vladivostok"; 10.92 work stopped at Dalzavod, now 70% complete, due to lack of funds; from 30.8.94 attached to the 44th Anti-Submarine Brigade; decomissioned 9.94; 1995 sold to a firm in India for scrapping