Project 1135

Krivak I class

 



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Bditelnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 151 - laid down 21.7.68 - launched 28.3.70 - completed 31.12.70; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 20.2.71 (128th Brigade); 1.6.71 to 26.10.71 weapons tests - mainly in the Black Sea for the URPK-4 (SS-N-14) and Osa-M (SA-N-4) missile systems; 4.8.71 visted by General Secretary Brezhnev and Navy Commander Gorshkov in Feodosiya; visited Gdynia, Poland 5.10 to 9.10.71 on the return trip to the Baltics; 14.6 to 29.11.72 operated in the Mediterranean (Task Force KUG-1) together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya", EM "Speshnyy", BPK "Slavnyy" and SKR "Bodryy", for submarine hunting (training) and showing support for Egypt and Syria - together with a visit to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; 5.10 to 9.10.73 visited Gdynia, Poland, together with BPK "Silnyy" and KR "Sverdlov" (flagship of the Baltic Fleet); 28.3 to 18.4.74 operations in the North Sea; 20.7 to 24.7.74 visited Gdynia, Poland; 8.9 to 1.10.74 operations in the North Sea; 14.4 to 24.4.77 took part in the Sever-77 (Atlantic) exercise; 18.8.77 to 2.2.78 operations in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Carribean Sea - tracking NATO submarines and warships, twice visiting Havana, Cuba (17.12 to 22.12.77 and 25.12.77 to 14.1.78); 28.6 to 7.8.78 took part in the "Baltika-78" (Baltic) exercise; 1.9 to 6.9.78 visited Copenhagen, Denmark; 2.10 to 6.10.78 tracking NATO vessels in the Baltic; 4.1 to 9.1.79 visited Rostock, East Germany; 3.10 to 10.10.79 visited Warnemünde, East Germany; 18.4 to 27.6.80 operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean - Atlantika-80 exercise (27.6. to 30.6.80, together with SKR "Druzhnyy", directly under Navy Commander Gorshkov), and visits to Annaba, Algeria (11.6 to 17.6.80) and Stettin, Poland (19.7 to 27.7.80); 27.9. to 1.10.80 escorted the TAVKR "Kiev" and BPK "Slavnyy" from the Baltic Straits to the Norwegian Sea; 15.4 to 11.5.81 visited Cuba (Havana and Cienfuegos), together with BPK "Nikolayev", SKR "Svirepyy" and tanker "Olekma" - took part in the "Khiron-20" exercise together with the Cuban Navy; 25.5 to 25.7.82 operations in the Mediterranean, including covering the breakthrough of the submarine "K-503" through the Gibraltar strait for a visit to Annaba, Algeria (22.6 to 29.6.82); 24.7 to 1.8.83 escorting the TAVKR "Kiev" from the Mediterranean to the Baltics; 12.2.84 to 25.1.86 repairs and modernization at the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4; 24.4.86 sails under the direct command of Warzaw Pact Commander N.I. Khovrin; 1.6 to 28.6.87 took part in OBESK-87 exercise; 19.7 to 24.4.88 visits Stettin, Poland; 26.8 to 10.9.88 tactical exercise in the Baltic; 20.12 to 27.12.88 escorts the cruiser TAKR "Kalinin" from the Baltics to Northern Fleet; 18.5 to 3.6.89 took part in the OBESK-89 exercise; 5.10 to 9.10.89 visits Rostock, East Germany; 15.1 to 15.7.90 operations in the Central and southern Atlantic - temporarily being based at Luanda, Angola; visits to Antwerpen, Belgium (10.6 to 15.6.91) and Amsterdam, Holland (15.6 to 20.6.91); 5.11.91 to 26.12.91 operated in the Mediterranean, and escorted carrier TAVKR "Admiral Kuznetsov" from the Gibraltar strait to 64 degrees North; June 1993 took part in joint NATO exercise "Baltops-93"; 1993 crew reduced; 31.7.96 decomissioned; 12.96 disarmed; late 1997 sold to company in the Virgin Islands for scrap

Bodryy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 152 - laid down 15.1.69 - launched 28.4.71 - completed 31.12.71; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 14.2.72 (128th Brigade); 14.6 to 29.11.72 operated in the Mediterranean (Task Force KUG-1) together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya", EM "Speshnyy", BPK "Slavnyy" and SKR "Bditelnyy", for submarine hunting (training) and showing support for Egypt and Syria - together with a visit to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; 4.73 to 8.73 operations in the Atlantic, together with KR "Sverdlov", EM "Slavnyy" and "Nastoychivyy" - developing methods to track US SSBN's off the approaches to Rota, Spain; 3.74 to 5.74 operations in the Central Atlantic and Carribean Sea, together with SKR "Silnyy" and tanker "Olekma", including visits to Havana and Cienfuegos in Cuba; 20.7 to 24.7.74 visits Gdynia, Poland; 26.6 to 1.7.75 visits Gdynia, Poland (with KR "Sverdlov" and SKR "Silnyy"); 6.77 to 1.78 operations in the Central Atlantic and Carribean Sea, together with the EM "Slavnyy" and SKR "Silnyy" - develops methods for tracking US SSBN's, with the help of towed sonar "Vega"; 8.78 to 12.78 operations in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Carribean Sea, together with BPK "Slavnyy", SKR "Silnyy", submarine "B-22", tanker "Olekma" and submarine rescue ship "Aldan" - during this visited Havana, Cuba (10.9 to 17.9.78), conducted a joint exercise with the Cuban Navy, including missile firings and landing of personnel; 8.9 to 1.10.80 operations in the North Sea; 7.8 to 10.8.81 visited Helsinki, Finland (with SKR "Druzhnyy"); 5.82 to 8.82 operations in the Central and South Eastern Atlantic, including visits to Luanda, Angola (12 to 18.6.82) and Lagos, Nigeria (25.6 to 2.7.82); 9.82 prolonged tracking of US carrier CV-66 "America" in the North Sea; 1982 to 1984 repairs and modernization at the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4, and installation of PK-10 Smely decoy launcher - including testing; 5.10 to 8.10.84 visited Warnemünde, East Germany (with RKR "Groznyy"); 7.1 to 18.5.87 operations in the Central and South Eastern Atlantic with temporary basing at Luanda, Angola; 15.11.90 to 16.5.91 operations in the Central and South Eastern Atlantic with temporary basing at Luanda, Angola; 17.7.97 decommisioned; 12.97 disarmed and laid-up at Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast; scrapped in the 2004-2006 period

Svirepyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 153 - laid down 15.6.70 - launched 27.1.71 - completed 29.12.72; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 31.1.73 (128th Brigade); 20.7 to 24.7.74 visited Gdynia, Poland, together with KR "Zheleznyakov" and SKR "Bditelnyy"; 1.75 to 5.75 operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, together with SKR "Storozhevoy"; 6.76 to 9.76 operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, together with SKR "Silnyy" - including escorting TAVKR "Kiev" on it's way from Sevastopol to Severomorsk (SKR "Svirepyy" screened off the US cruiser "USS Josephus Daniels"), and visits to Havana, Cuba (22.8 to 27.8.76), Mariel, Cuba (27.8 to 30.8.76) and Cienfuegos, Cuba (2.9 to 17.9.76); 5.10 to 10.10.79 visited Rostock, East Germany, together with KR "Oktyabrskoye Revolutsiya" and SKR "Neukrotimyy"; 14.3 to 1.8.81 operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, together with BPK "Nikolayev", SKR "Bditelnyy" and tanker "Olekma" - including a visit to Havana, Cuba (15.4 to 21.4.81); 9.82 operations in the North Sea, including tracking of NATO exercise "Northern Wedding-82"; 1982 also listed as doing operations in the Mediterranean, but there are no details available; 4.4. to 19.8.83 operations in the Mediterranean, together with SKR "Druzhnyy" - including a visit to Tunis, Tunisia (26 to 30.5.83); 11.6 to 15.6.84 visited Helsinki, Finland; 19.7 to 23.7.84 visited Gdynia, Poland, together with RKR "Groznyy"; 7.9.85 to 15.2.86 operations in the Mediterranean, together with RKR "Groznyy"; 23.4 to 28.4.87 visited Warnemünde, East Germany, together with RKR "Groznyy"; 1989 operations in the North Sea; 5.10 to 9.10.89 visited Rostock, East Germany; 30.6.93 decommisioned; disarmed by late 1993; early 1994 sold to a British firm for scrap

Silnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 154 - laid down 15.3.71 - launched 29.8.72 - completed 30.6.73; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 16.7.73 (128th Brigade); 5.10 to 9.10.73 visited Gdynia, Poland; 3.74 to 5.74 operations in the Central Atlantic and Carribean Sea, together with SKR "Bodryy" and tanker "Olekma", including visits to Havana and Cienfuegos in Cuba; 27.6 to 1.7.75 visited Gdynia, Poland; 6.76 to 9.76 operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, together with SKR "Svirepyy" - including escorting TAVKR "Kiev" on it's way from Sevastopol to Severomorsk (SKR "Svirepyy" screened off the US cruiser "USS Josephus Daniels"), and visits to Havana, Cuba (22.8 to 27.8.76) and Casablanca, Morocco; 6.77 to 1.78 operations in the Central Atlantic and Carribean Sea, together with the destroyer "Slavnyy" and SKR "Bodryy" - develops methods for tracking US SSBN's, with the help of towed sonar "Vega"; 7.78 to 12.78 operations in the Mediterranean, Central Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, with temporary basing at Cienfuegos, Cuba (5.11 to 7.12.78) - including visits to Annaba, Algeria (25.7 to 30.7.78) together with BPK "Slavnyy" and SKR "Bodryy" and Havana, Cuba (10.9 to 19.9.78); 28.3 to 4.4.84 participated in "Atlantika-84"; 7.9.85 to 13.3.86 operations in the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea, including a visit to Havana, Cuba (12.10 to 15.10.85); 4.5 to 4.11.88 operations in the Southeastern Atlantic, with temporary basing at Luanda, Angola - including a visit to Praia, Cape Verde (10.10 to 14.10.88); 5.10 to 9.10.89 visited Rostock, East Germany; 12.3.90 began repairs and modernisation at Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad, but due to lack of funding, was decommisioned 30.6.94; scrapped 1994/1995 at Yantar SY, Kaliningrad.

Storozhevoy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 155 - laid down 20.7.72 - launched 21.3.73 - completed 30.12.73; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 7.12.74 (128th Brigade); 5.10 to 9.10.74 visited Rostock, East Germany; 1.75 to 5.75 operations in the Central Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, together with SKR "Svirepyy"; 8.11.75 riot onboard ship under command of the deputy political commander, with the intent of sailing to Sweden - the riot is crushed, and the entire crew is disbanded, and replaced by the crew of SKR "Druzhnyy"; 1.76 to 3.76 from Baltiysk, around Africa, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 6.11.76 (173rd Brigade); 1977 operations off the Kuriles and in the Sea of Okhotsk, together with SKR "Razumnyy"; 5.10.78 to 15.2.79 repairs at SRZ M49 (Vilyuchinsk); 1.80 to 11.80 operations in the Indian Ocean, with replenishment by sea - visited Massaua, Ethiopia (10.9 to 15.9.80), together with BDK "Ivan Rogov"; 24.8.83 under the flag of Fleet Admiral Gorshkov, rescues the crew of the sunken "K-429" near Sarannaya; 10.83 exercise together with SKR "Razumnyy" - studies on behaivour under storm conditions; 1.10 to 3.10.84 exercise "Dlinnaya Osen" in the Sea of Okhotsk - search and destroy of enemy submarines - together with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Nikolayev", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", submarines "K-242", "B-299", "B-404" and shore based aircraft; 21.4.87 to 14.11.94 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4 (dock time delayed due to lack of funding); 13.10.2002 decommisioned, and disarmed; 2003 sold to a Chinese firm for scrap

Razumnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 156 - laid down 26.6.72 - launched 20.7.73 - completed 30.9.74; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 15.11.74 (128th Brigade); 3.75 to 8.75 transferred from Baltiysk, around Africa, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 22.6.75 (173rd Brigade) - along the way operations in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean - took part in "Okean-75" (3.4 to 21.4.75), and twice visited Barbera, Somalia (28.5.75 and 10.10.75); 1977 operations off the Kuriles and in the Sea of Okhotsk, together with SKR "Storozhevoy"; 5.78 to 9.78 operations in the Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, and the Indian Ocean, with SKR "Rezkiy" - prolonged tracking of USS Fox (CG-33) and a visit to Aden, South Yemen (15.8 to 24.8.78); 1979 operations in the Indian Ocean; 22.3 to 24.3.80 prolonged tracking of US submarine (initially discovered by K-314) over the Soviet ASW barrier, together with SKR "Retivyy", SKR "Rezkiy" and submarines "B-33" and "B-112"; 1982 operations in the Indian Ocean; 1983 visited by Soviet Navy CIC Gorshkov; 10.83 exercise together with SKR "Storozhevoy" - studies on behaivour under storm conditions; 21.5.87 prolonged tracking of USS Arkansas (CGN-41), which twice violated the Soviet waters, in the Sea of Okhotsk; 18.5 to 21.5.88 ASW operations with SKR "Retivyy" in the approaches to Avachinskaya; 16.3.98 decommisioned, disarmed 1.5.98, and moored at Zavayko (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka)

Razyaschiy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 157 - laid down 28.9.72 - launched 22.7.74 - completed 30.12.74; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 30.12.74 (173rd Brigade); early 1975 transferred from Baltiysk, around Africa, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka; 30.1 to 4.2.76 visited Barbera, Somalia; 10.11 to 17.11.76 visited Port Luis, Mauritius, together with BDK "Sergey Lazo" and tanker "Akhtuba"; 14.4 to 14.5.77 took part in operation "Piton", submarine hunting and tracking in the Philippine Sea, together with BPK "Admiral Oktyabrskiy", "Strogiy", "Gordyy" and "Gnevnyy"; April 1978 took part in exercises together with RKR "Vladivostok", BPK "Marshal Voroshilov", "Admiral Oktyabrskiy" and "Sposobnyy" - 7.4.78 joined by KR "Admiral Senyavin" with Soviet leader Brezhnev onboard to observe the exercise; 24.5 to 28.6.78  took part in operation "Piton", submarine hunting and tracking in the Philippine Sea, together with BPK "Admiral Oktyabrskiy",and "Vasiliy Chapaev"; 2.79 to 3.79 off the Vietnamese coast - showed support to Vietnam during the Chinese invasion, together with KR "Admiral Senyavin", RKR "Admiral Fokin", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Sposobnyy", "Stroynyy" and EM "Vozbuzhdennyy"; 8.81 to 11.81 operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to Danang, Vietnam (10.10 to 14.10.81), together with RKR "Varyag"; 11.81 to 4.83 repair and modernization at Dalzavod Yard, Vladivostok; 1983 operations in the Indian Ocean; 17.11.83 collision with USS "Fife" (DD-991) in northern part of the Arabian sea, while tracking the US carrier USS "Ranger" (CV-61) - only light damage to the nose of the ship; 1984 operations in the Indian Ocean; 27.6 to 30.6.87 took part in Pacific Fleet command staff studies (fire support and landings), together with SKR "Gordelivyy" and "Ryanyy" - this was followed by operations in the Sea of Japan and Korean Strait, together with SKR "Poryvistyy"; 10.7.91 relegated to the reserve, and moored at Zolotoy Rog; decommisioned 29.10.92, and disarmed late 1993; 6.10.94 sold to a South Korean firm for scrap

Druzhnyy - Yantar, Kaliningrad - serial no. 158 - laid down 12.10.73 - launched 22.1.75 - completed 30.9.75; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 25.10.75 (128th Brigade); 25.8 to 30.8.78 visited Gothenburg, Sweden; 4.10 to 9.10.79 visited Rostock, East Germany; 14.4 to 15.7.80 operations in the Mediterranean; 7.8 to 10.8.81 visited Helsinki, Finland; 9.8 to 14.8.82 visited Rostock, East Germany; 3.83 to 8.83 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Tunis, Tunisia (26.5 to 30.5.83); 28.3 to 4.4.84 participated in the Atlantika-84 exercise; PK-10 "Smely" decoy launcher installed 1985 to 1986; 1.7.88 to 21.1.92 repairs and modernization at the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4; 26.4 to 20.8.93 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Cadiz, Spain (1.6 to 5.6.93); 23.9 to 7.10.94 participated in "Partnership for Peace" exercise, together with new SKR "Neustrashimyy"; decommisioned in 1998, and sold for scrap - but instead converted to Museum and restaurant 1999-2001; towed to Moscow, and moored there (10.2004) - now a museum/restaurant

Dostoynyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 11 - laid down 11.8.69 - launched 8.5.71 - completed 31.12.71; accepted into the Northern Fleet 28.4.72 (10th Brigade); 18.7 to 30.8.72 sailed from Sevastopol to Severomorsk - including operations in the Mediterranean; 11.4 to 22.4.75 took part in the "Okean-75" exercise; 4.77 took part in the "Sever-77" exercise; 12.82 to the 130th Brigade; 1983 took part in the "Okean-83" and "Magistral-83" exercises; 19.5 to 24.5.84 took part in "Eskadra-84" Warzaw Pact exercise; 1.85 to 8.88 repairs and modernization at the SRZ-35 at Rosta - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4; 5.89 to 12.89 operations in the Mediterranean; 30.6.93 decommisioned, and scrapped mid-1994 to 1995 at Rosta

Doblestnyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 12 - laid down 30.11.70 - launched 22.2.73 - completed 28.12.73; accepted into the Northern Fleet 17.2.74 (10th Brigade); 5.74 to 6.74 sailed from Sevastopol to Severomorsk; 12.82 to the 130th Brigade; 11.5 to 7.11.85 operations in the Mediterranean - including visits to ports in Angola; 22.8.89 to 1.2.90 operations in the Southeastern Atlantic; 19.6.91 began repair and modernisation at SRZ-35 in Rosta, but due to lack of funding, was decommisioned 3.7.92; mid-1994 disarmed at Murmansk; 18.7.95 sold to a US firm for scrap

Deyatelnyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 13 - laid down 21.6.72 - launched 5.4.75 - completed 25.12.75; accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 19.2.76 (11th Brigade); 4.76 to 9.76 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Tunis, Tunisia (30.6 to 4.7.76); 1977 operations in the Mediterranean; 1981 operations in the Mediterranean; 1981 operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf - including a visit to Tripoli, Libya (25.7 to 30.7.81); 1984 to 1986 repairs and modernization at the SRZ Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4; 3.87 to 6.87 tests of new URK-4 system off Feodosiya - 24 missile launches at both above water and under water targets; 11.8 to 15.8.89 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 10.91 began another repair/modernisation at the SRZ Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol, but due to lack of funding, decommisioned 10.7.95; late 1995 disarmed and sold to a Turkish firm for scrap; 6.4.97 towed away by tug from Sevastopol

Bezzavetnyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 14 - laid down 28.5.76 - launched 7.5.77 - completed 30.12.77; accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 17.2.78 (11th Brigade); 1978 participated in Warzaw Pact operational tactical exercise, together with BPK "Ochakov", "Smelyy" and EM "Blagorodnyy"; 10.8 to 13.8.79 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 1981 operations in the Mediterranean; 6.82 to 10.82 operations in the Mediterranean, including escorting Soviet transports to Syria, together with SKR "Bezukoriznenny" and "Razitelnyy"; 1986 operations in the Mediterranean and Central Atlantic; 26.3 to 31.3.87 visited Istanbul, Turkey; 12.2.88 in the Black Sea off Crimea, bumped into USS "Yorktown" (CG-48), while trying to prevent the US ship from breaching the Soviet's 12 mile territorial water limit; 1.8.97 taken over by Ukraine, and officially decommisioned in the Russian Navy 8.9.97; renamed "Dnepropetrovsk", and included in the Ukrainian Navy, but due to the poor state of the ship, never left Sevastopol, and was scrapped there in 2001

Bezukoriznennyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 15 - laid down 12.7.78 - launched 3.6.79 - completed 29.12.79; accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 3.3.80 (11th Brigade); 1981 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Algiers, Algeria (27.9 to 2.10.81); 6.82 to 10.82 operations in the Mediterranean, including escorting Soviet transports to Syria, together with SKR "Bezzavetnyy" and "Razitelnyy"; 26.3 to 31.3.87 visited Istanbul, Turkey; 1988 operations in the Mediterranean, including prolonged tracking of the USS "America" (CV-66) task force; 15.8 to 19.8.91 visited Constanza, Romania; 12.91 together with BPK "Skoryy", escorted TAVKR "Admiral Kuznetsov" from Sevastopol to Gribraltar; 11.92 escorted ships from the Poti VMB escaping to Novorossiysk, including towing the landing ship "SDK-82"; 25.2 to 28.2.93 participated in the Abkhaziya conflict - as a radar picket ship in the eastern part of the Black Sea; 1.8.97 taken over by Ukraine, and officially decommisioned in the Russian Navy 8.9.97; renamed "Nikolaev", and included in the Ukrainian Navy, but due to the poor state of the ship, never left Sevastopol, and was scrapped there in 2001

Ladnyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 16 - laid down 25.5.79 - launched 7.5.80 - completed 29.12.80; accepted into the Black Sea Fleet 25.2.81 (11th Brigade); 7.8 to 10.8.81 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 6.87 to 9.87 operations in the Persian Gulf, performing nine escort missions for Soviet merchant ships; 11.92 ensured the evacuation of Sukhumi, Georgia, during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict; 1993 operations in the Mediterranean; 7.94 took part in "Sea Breeze-94" exercise in the Black Sea; 4.95 to 5.95 in Saint-Petersburg, representing the Black Sea Fleet in World War II victory celebrations; 22.3 to 7.4.96 blockade of the Abkhazian coast, together with BDK-69 and BDK "Nikolay Filchenkov"; 31.10.97 took part in the joint "Fairway Peace-97" exercise; 25.10 to 4.11.98 took part in the "Sea Breeze-98" exercise; 18.11 to 24.11.98 visited Cannes, France and Messina, Italy; 1999 relegated to reserve, pending repairs; 2005 to 2006 repaired at Tuapse; 7.8 to 11.8.07 took part in the joint NATO exercise "Active Efforts"; 3.8 to 17.8.09 searched for the captured ship "Arctic Sea", which was taken near Gotland, Sweden, and then discovered near the Cape Verde Islands - a team of marines from "Ladnyy" rescued the ship, and it was escorted to Novorssiysk

Poryvistyy - Zaliv SY - serial no. 17 - laid down 21.5.80 - launched 16.5.81 - completed 29.12.81; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 9.2.81 (173rd Brigade); 17.10.83 to 28.2.84 sailed from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, together with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Nikolayev" and BDK "Aleksandr Nikolayev", visiting several harbours on the way: Luanda, Angola (12.11 to 20.11.83), Maputo, Mozambique (1.12 to 9.12.83), Victoria, Seychelles (8.12 to 13.12.83) and Madras, India (5.2 to 10.2.84); 25.3 to 17.4.85 operational-tactical exercises near Hawaii with TAVKR "Novorossiysk", BPK "Vasiliy Chapaev", "Nikolayev", "Tashkent" and "Tallin", SKR "Revnostnyy" and tankers "Vladimir Kolechitskiy" and "Ilum"; 29.5 to 16.6.85 ASW exercises in Sea of Japan with TAVKR "Novorossiysk" and SKR "Revnostnyy"; 13.8 to 18.8.85 visited Wonsan, North Korea, together with BPK "Tallin" and SKR "Ryanyy"; 3.87 to 10.87 operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, escorting Soviet merchants - including visits to Colombo, Sri Lanka (5.4 to 10.4.87) and Aden, South Yemen (25.11 to 30.11.87); 1988 operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, escorting Soviet merchants - including visits to Bombay, India (26.9 to 29.9.88), together with BPK "Marshal Shaposhnikov" (a total of 67 merchant ships were escorted in 1987 and 1988); 1989 operations in the Sea of Japan and Korean Strait; 14.8 to 18.8.90 visited Wonsan, North Korea, together with BPK "Marshal Shaposhnikov"; 8.5.92 placed into reserve, due to the state of the engine; 5.7.94 decommisioned, and sold to the sea club "Vostok" 25.11.94; 20.3.97 suffered heavy damage due to a fire, while moored at SRZ Zoloty Rog

Zharkiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 711 - laid down 16.4.74 - launched 3.11.75 - completed 29.6.76; accepted into the Northern Fleet 11.8.76 (10th Brigade); mid-1976 transferred from Baltiysk to Severomorsk; 3.3 to 12.5.78 operations in the Northern Atlantic, determining responses to the SOSUS system (Operation "Evolyutsiya"); 21.6 to 5.7.79 operations in the North Sea; 20.9 to 7.10.79 operations in the Norwegian Sea, including prolonged tracking of NATO warships; 3.80 took part in exercise "Svet", off the Faroe Islands - training methods for Soviet submarines to break through to the Atlantic - together with SKR "Leningradskiy Komsomolets" and "Rezvyy"; 3.81 to 4.81 took part in ASW barrier from North Cape to Bear Island; 8.81 to 9.81 operations in the North Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea; spring 1982 took part in exercises together with TARKR "Kiev", TARKR "Kirov" and BPK "Udaloy", including replenishment from the tanker "Berezina" during night and in storm conditions; 13.10.82 to 17.10.84 modified to Project 1135.3 standard at A.A. Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad - modernisation delayed, due to fire in the engine compartment 12.7.83; 7.85 to the 130th Brigade; 8.85 to 9.85 operations in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea; 4.3 to 24.6.87 operations in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, including prolonged tracking of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) task force - together with TAVKR "Kiev", EM "Bezuprechnyy", BPK "Admiral Isachenkov" and SKR "Zadornyy"; 6.12.90 to 24.6.91 operations in the Mediterranean, Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic - including an ASW exercise 5.6 to 22.6.91; 25.5.93 to 1996 modernisation and repair at SRZ-35 at Rosta, includes installation of the Zvezda-M1 sonar prototype; 2001 relegated to the reserve, and was moored at Ara Guba (Vidyaevo); 10.4.02 decommisioned; 2002 to 2004 scrapped by the private firm Zevs, at Belokamenka, Murmansk Oblast

Retivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 712 - laid down 12.6.75 - launched 14.8.76 - completed 28.12.76; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 5.2.77 (173rd Brigade); 5.77 to 14.12.77 sailed from the Baltics, around Africa, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka - with operations in the southeast Atlantic and the Indian Ocean; 30.10.78 participated in the search for a US P-3S Orion crew, which went down near the coast Kamchatka; 1981 operations in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean; 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 task force - together with BPK "Petropavlovsk", SKR "Rezkiy", submarine "K-201" and the tanker "Irkut"; 18.5 to 21.5.88 ASW operations with SKR "Razumnyy" in the approaches to Avachinskaya; 4.8.95 decommisioned; mid-1996 to 7.9.96 disarmed, and sold to a firm in South Korea for scrap

Leningradskiy Komsomolets - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 713 - laid down 22.4.76 - launched 1.4.77 - completed 29.9.77; accepted into the Northern Fleet 29.11.77 (10th Brigade); 4.78 transferred from Baltiysk to Severomorsk, and became part of the 10th Brigade; 26.3 to 8.4.79 took part in the exercise "Evakuatsiya", under the command of Navy Commander Gorshkov; 5.79 to 7.79 operations in the North Atlantic; 3.80 took part in exercise "Svet", off the Faroe Islands - training methods for Soviet submarines to break through to the Atlantic - together with SKR "Zharkiy" and "Rezvyy"; 1.8 to 21.9.81 took part in "Zapad-81" exercise; 1.10 to 7.10.81 took part in exercise "Sever-81", together with SKR "Zadornyy"; 1982 operations in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea; 12.82 to the 130th Brigade; 1983 and 1984 operations in the Mediterranean, including prolonged tracking of the USS "Dwight D. Eisenhower" (CVN-69) and USS "Independence" (CV-62) task forces; 3.85 to 9.85 operations in the Mediterranean, including prolonged tracking of the USS "America" (CV-66) task force; 27.8.87 to 20.12.90 repair and modernization to Project 1135.2 standard at A.A. Zhdanov Yard; 15.1.92 renamed Legkiy; 28.4.92 completed tests; 3.93 to 8.93 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Istanbul, Turkey (12.7 to 16.7.93) and a short visit to Gibraltar; 20.3 to 24.3.94 took part in NATO exercise "Pomor-94"; 24.10 to 25.10.94 visited Kirkenes, Norway; 23.6 to 26.7.99 took part in "Zapad-99" exercise; 8.01 to 10.01 took part in lift operations of the sunken submarine "Kursk" in the Barents Sea; 12.01 relegated to the reserve, and decommisioned 13.12.03 - moored at Ara Guba (Vidyaevo); 2004 to 2005 scrapped by the private firm Zevs, at Belokamenka, Murmansk Oblast

Letuchiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 714 - laid down 9.3.77 - launched 19.3.78 - completed 10.8.78; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 20.9.78 (173rd Brigade); 8.78 to 9.78 sailed from Baltiysk, round Africa, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, with operations in the Indian Ocean; 1980 operations in the southern Chinese Sea and the Philippines Sea, with temporary basing at Kamran, Vietnam; 8.81 to 1.82 operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf - with visits to Maputo, Mozambique (13.12 to 17.12.81) and Victoria, Seychelles (end 12.81), together with BPK "Tallin"; 1983 operations in the Indian Ocean; 1985 operations in the South China Sea; 12.87 to 8.91 repair and modernisation at SRZ Dalzavod, Vladivostok - partially converted to Project 1135.2 standard, but limited to new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replacing the old URPK-4, and installation of the PK-10 Smely decoy launcher; 1994 operations in the Sea of Okhotsk; 7.11.00 played host at Vladivostok to two visiting Japanese warships, "Hiei" (DDH-142) and "Hamagiri" (DDG-155) - afterwards all three, and "MPK-117" took part in exercises off Avachinskiy; 26.8 to 28.8.03 took part in the "Vostok-2003" exercise; 22.6.05 decommisioned, later disarmed and moored at Zavoyko

Pylkiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 715 - laid down 6.5.77 - launched 20.8.78 - completed 28.12.78; accepted into the Baltic Fleet 24.1.79 (128th Brigade), but transferred from the Baltics to Sevastopol in mid-1979 (11th Brigade); 1979 to 1987 took part in seven deployments to the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean (known are - the Mediterranean in 1983 and 1984, and the Indian Ocean in 1981), with two visits, to Piraeus, Greece (10.10 to 14.10.83), and Zeebrugge, Belgium (18.7 to 23.7.96); 19.2.87 to 9.7.93 modernised to Project 1135.2 standard at Yantar, Kaliningrad; 8.93 transferred to the Baltic Fleet (128th Brigade); still in service

Zadornyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 716 - laid down 10.11.77 - launched 25.3.79 - completed 31.8.79; accepted into the Northern Fleet 13.9.79 (10th Brigade); 15.12 to 22.12.79 sailed from Baltiysk to Severomorsk; 10.4 to 30.4.81 took part in the "Avangard-81" exercise; 1.7 to 10.7.81 took part in the "Sever-81" exercise together with SKR "Leningradskiy Komsomolets"; 31.8.81 to 7.3.82 operations in the Northern Atlantic and the North Sea, together with SKR "Gromkiy"; 12.82 to the 130th Brigade; 19.9 to 29.9.83 took part in the "Okean-83" exercise; 6.12.84 to 5.6.85 operations in the southwestern Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean - including visits to Havana, Cuba (28.12.84 to 2.1.85) together with EM "Otlichnyy" and SKR "Razitelnyy", and to Algiers, Algeria (2.5 to 6.5.85); 1.87 to 25.6.87 operations in the Mediterranean; 26.5 to 15.12.88 operations in the Central Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean - including a visit to Havana, Cuba (3.11 to 7.11.88), together with BPK "Vitse-Admiral Kulakov" and the submarine "B-215", and took part in a Cuban/Soviet exercise "Sodruzhestvo"; 25.6 to 20.7.89 operations in the Northern Atlantic and Norwegian Sea; 11.6.90 to 23.5.95 modernised/repaired at the A.A. Zhadanov yard - new URK-5 (SS-N-14B) replaces the old URPK-4; 1996 took part in Victory parade in Murmansk, and Navy's 300th Anniversary at Arkhangelsk; 3.6 to 5.6.97 took part in a joint Russian/British ASW exercise in the Barents Sea, with the British frigate "Iron Duke"; 8.01 took part in "Dervish-2001" exercise with British frigate "Campbeltown"; 27.10 to 1.11.01 rescue exercise with rescue ship "Altai" and "Svir"; 8.5 to 10.5.02 World War II victory celebrations; 6.5 to 12.5.05 played host to British frigate "Sutherland" visiting Murmansk; decommisioned 1.12.05 (the flag was lowered on 6.2.06)

Pytlivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 717; never laid down, cancelled 21.2.79