Project 56

Kotlin class

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Ships:

Note that the Project 56M destroyers was called the Kildin class by NATO.

Svetlyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 702 - laid down 4.3.53 - launched 27.10.53 - completed 17.9.55; tests completed 12.54; attached to the 128th Missile Ship Brigade; 1957 artillery training; 1958 took part in an ASW exercise; 1958/1959 helicopter tests with Ka-15; 1960 took part in a tactical exercise; 18.10 to 22.10.62 visited Rostock, East Germany, together with EM "Spravedlivyy"; 8.5 to 12.5.64 visited Copenhagen, Denmark, together with KR "Komsomolets" and EM "Spravedlivyy"; 1965 under repair; 1966 took part in the "Baykal" exercise; 3.7 to 7.7.67 visited Stockholm, Sweden, together wuth the KR "Kirov" (Project 26); 9.67 to 12.67 operations in the Mediterranean, together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya" and BPK "Zorkiy"; Spring 1968 under repair at Liepaya; 2.69 to 4.69 operations in the Mediterranean; 18.2.70 to 5.7.71 under repair and modernization at SRZ-29 Liepaya; 7.72 to 8.72 operations in the Northern Atlantic, together with BPK "Obraztsovyy"; 9.73 to 4.74 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BPK "Obraztsovyy" and EM "Speshnyy" - this tour included a visit to Conakry, Guinea ("Svetlyy" only); 21.6 to 26.6.76 visited Bordeaux, France; 5.77 to 12.79 repairs and modernization at SRZ-29 Liepaya; 22.8.80 relegated to the reserve, now attached to the 76th Destroyer Brigade; 25.4.89 decomissioned; mid-1990 scrapped at Liepaya

Speshny - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 703 - laid down 30.5.53 - launched 7.8.54 - completed 30.9.55; attached to the 128th Missile Ship Brigade; 1957 took part in an ASW exercice; 1959 took part in an ASW exercise; 1960 took part in a exercise (ship interactions); 1961 took part in an artillery exercise; 1963 took part in a tactical exercise; 1965 took part in an ASW exercise; 18.11.66 to 6.1.69 repairs and modernization at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; 10.4 to 27.4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; summer 1970 to 8.70 operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya" - 17.7 to 23.7.70 both visited Latakia, Syria; from 11.1.71 attached to the 12th Missile Ship Division; 3.71 to 7.71 operations in the Mediterranean, together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya", BPK "Obraztsovyy" and EM "Nastoychivyy"; 6.72 to 11.72 operations in the Mediterranean, togetner with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya" and three BPK; 8.12.72 to 9.4.73 repairs at SRZ-29 in Liepaya; 9.73 to 4.74 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BPK "Obraztsovyy" and EM "Svetlyy"; 9.78 to 5.79 operations in the Northern and Central Atlantic - 3.10.78 to 8.2.79 mainly operated in the Gulf of Guinea - with temporary basing at Luanda, Angola; 15.3.84 relegated to the reserve at Tallin; from 14.3.85 attached to the 76th Destroyer Brigade; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1990/1991 scrapped at Liepaya

Skromnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 704 - laid down 27.7.53 - launched 26.10.54 - completed 30.12.55; 12.9.56 arrived in Severomorsk; 1956 to 1957 seaworthiness trials; 12.11.58 to 29.11.60 modifield to Project 56PLO at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad, and then attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade - apparently in reserve to 1964; 24.6.65 left Severomorsk for the Baltics - 7.7.65 to 19.11.69 modified at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt, to Project 56A, and then again attached to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 10.4 to 27.4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise - 9.4 to 11.4.70 escorted the transport "Kasimov", coming to the aid of the submarine "K-8"; 1.72 to 6.72 operations in the Eastern and Western Atlantic - visited Bissau, Guinea (6.1 to 28.1.72) and Havana, Cuba (5.3 to 6.5.72) - short repair at SRZ-35 in Rosta in 5.72; 4.73 to 6.73 operations in the Eastern Atlantic - visited Pointe-Noire, Congo (23.5 to 29.5.73); 12.6 to 10.10.73 operated off Guinea, with temporary basing in Conakry/Bissau; 15.8.77 to 4.79 under repair at SRZ-35 in Rosta; from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 9.79 to 10.79 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 14.3.80 relegated to the reserve (176th Brigade) in Sayda Bay; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1990 scrapped in Italy (Porto Nogaro)

Svedushschiy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 705 - laid down 7.12.53 - launched 17.2.55 - completed 31.1.56; tested in the Baltic; 12.10.56 arrived in Severomorsk, attached to the 121st Destroyer Brigade; 12.11.58 to 29.10.60 repairs and modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta; from 5.7.59 attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; 29.10.60 to 8.62 relegated to the reserve; 17.7.62 visited by Admiral Gorshkov and Minister of Defence Malinovskiy; 9.63 transferred to the Black Sea, and from 5.10.63 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 1964 ASW exercise; 1965 another exercise; 1966 artillery exercise; 1967 under repair (Sevmorzavod?); 1968 took part in the ASW exercise "Zarya"; 1969 ASW exercise; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 19.6.70 to 30.6.73 relegated to the reserve (Troitskaya Bay) - then attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Brigade; 1973 operations in the Mediterranean - ensuring free ship passage from the Dardanelles to Latakia, Syria (including escort missions); 1974 operations in the Mediterranean - ensuring free ship passage from the Dardanelles to Latakia, Syria (including escort missions); 31.8.77 to 19.6.79 repairs and modernized to Project 56PLO at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; relegated to the reserve until 30.6.80, and then attached to the 39th Landing Ship Division; 10.4.81 damaged in Sevastopol - repaired; 1982 again relegated to the reserve in Sevastopol; 8.4.92 decomissioned; 11.93 scrapped at Inkerman

Spokoynyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 701 - laid down 4.3.53 - launched 28.11.53 - completed 27.6.56; tests begun 26.4.54; attached to the 128th Brigade; 9.54 to 10.56 took part in tests of the new propellar steering in the Baltic and the Barents Sea - 26.9.56 on its way to Severomorsk, took part in rescue operations for the submarine "M-254"; from 10.56 attached to the 121st Destroyer Brigade; 3.57 to 4.57, 9.4 to 16.4.58 and 15.3 to 6.4.59 took part in local area exercises; from 5.7.59 attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; 20.11.61 transferred to the Baltic Fleet for modifications - from 19.7.63 attacjed to the Leningrad VMB; 1.7.64 to 12.66 repairs and modernization at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; 1966 took part in an exercise and artillery training; 1968 took part in the "Sever-68" exercise; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 5.7.71 to 7.5.73 again repairs at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; from 5.73 attached to the training brigade at Kronshtadt; 1973 operations off the Shetland Islands; 1974 to 1978 mainly training duties; 9.78 transferred to the Northern Fleet - from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 1.4.80 to 3.8.83 repairs and modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta; 25.3.84 relegated to the reserve; 19.4.90 decomissioned; 8.91 to 9.91 scrapped at Rosta

Smyshlenyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 706 - laid down 23.2.54 - launched 24.5.55 - completed 28.6.56; 2.10.56 arrived in Severomorsk - now attached to the 121st Destroyer Brigade; 3.57 to 4.57 took part in a local exercise; 29.10.58 renamed "Moskovskiy Komsomolets"; 12.11.58 to 1.12.61 repaired and modernized to Project 56PLO at A.A. Zhdanov Yard; from 12.61 attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; 1.7 to 25.7.64 operations in the Norwegian Sea, together with EM "Nakhodchivyy"; 30.8 to 28.9.64 operations in the Norwegian Sea, together with EM "Nakhodchivyy"; 18.6 to 7.7.65 operations in the Northern Atlantic and Norwegian Sea (exercise "Pechora"), together with EM "Nakhodchivyy"; 21.11.65 began repair at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 21.10.68 returned to the Northen Fleet, after taking part in the exercise "Sever-68" - now attached to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 25.10 to 28.10.69 visited Reykjavik, Iceland; 9.4 to 27.4.70 took part in the exercise "Okean-70"; 9.8 to 14.8.71 visited Algiers, Algeria, and 31.9.71 to 20.1.72 operations in the Central and Southern Atlantic, including visiting Cienfuegos, Cuba (12.71); possibly visited Cienfuegos, Cuba in 12.72, but this might be an error; 2.12.72 to 2.6.75 repairs and modernization at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; 2.1.76 to 12.7.76 operations in the Northern Atlantic, including tracking various NATO vessels; 11.76 to 9.77 modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta to Project 56PM, including installation of a non-acoustical tracking system (which was tested 1978 to 1982); 10.10 to 15.10.77 visited Oslo, Norway with BPK "Zhguchiy"; 10.4 to 14.5.78 visited Bordeaux, France; from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 12.78 to 3.79 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAVKR "Kiev", BPK "Admiral Makarov", "Marshal Timoshenko" and "Ognevoy" - and then took part in the Razbeg-79 exercise (5.4 to 12.4.79); 1982 took part in a local exercise; 20.4.83 to 8.85 modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta, including removal of the non-acoustical tracking system; 22.7.86 decomissioned; 1987/1988 scrapped at Rosta

Skrytnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 707 - laid down 25.7.54 - launched 27.9.55 - completed 30.9.56; form 5.11.56 attached to the 128th Brigade; 4.58 to 4.60 modernized at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt to Prpject 56PLO; 12.2.60 transferred to the Northern Fleet; 14.5.60 attached to the EON-70, and sailed from Severomorsk to Vladivostok, via the northern route, through the arctic; from 20.9.60 attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 29.10.62 to 23.12.63 under repair at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships); 1965 took part in an ASW exercise; from 9.66 under repair; 1968 took part in the "Kamerton" exercise; from 25.7.70 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 30.12.70 to 31.1.72 modernized to Project 56A, at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; from 2.72 attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 12.72 to 5.73 operations in the Indian Ocean, with visits to Bombay, India (14.1 to 19.1.73), Massaua, Ethiopia (3.2 to 8.2.73) and Mombasa, Kenya (4.73) - reportedly also visited Pointe-Noire, Congo in 5.73; 1975 took part in the "Okean-75" exercise; 11.2.77 to 8.5.79 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - from 24.4.79 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 8.80 to 11.80 operations in the Southern Pacific Ocean, including a visit to Bombay, India in 10.80; 5.82 to 9.82 operations in the Japanese and Philippine Seas, as well as the Indian Ocean, with visits to Bombay, India and Massaua, Ethiopia; 25.2.85 began repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok, but work ended 16.9.85, and the destroyer was relegated to the reserve; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1991 sold to a firm in India for scrapping, and towed to India in 1991

Soznatelnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 708 - laid down 25.9.54 - launched 15.1.56 - completed 31.10.56; tested in the Baltic; 12.7.58 arrived in Severomorsk, now attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; 18.7 to 25.7.58 and 15.3 to 6.4.59 took part in local exercises; 17.6 to 19.6.60 exercise; 1961 to 1964 mainly engaged in combat training; 4.64 transferred to the Black Sea Fleet; 11.11.64 to 29.11.65 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 9.66 to 12.66 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BRK "Zorkiy", EM "Naporistyy", three submarines and 11 auxiliaries; 1967 took part in the exercise "Rodopy"; 4.2.68 transferred to the Northern Fleet, now attached to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 3.5 to 30.7.68 operations in the Eastern Atlantic; from 1.12.68 under repair; from 12.5.71 attached to the Black Sea Fleet, 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 12.5.71 to 20.1.72 modernized to Project 56A at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev; 1.9 to 30.11.72 operated in the Mediterranean, in support of Syria - ensured safe ship passage from the Black Sea to Latakia, Syria - including escort missions; 5.10 to 24.10.73 operated in the Mediterranean, in support of Egypt; 9.8 to 13.8.74 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 30.8.74 took part in rescue efforts for the crew of the sunken BPK "Otvazhnyy"; 2.6.77 on its way to began operations in the Mediterranean, one of the screws are damaged, when sailing through the Bosphorus Strait; 2.2.78 to 11.12.80 repairs at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; tested the new Volna-P SAM system; 1.3.88 decomissioned; 1990 towed to Portugal for scrapping

Spravedlivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 709 - laid down 25.12.54 - launched 12.4.56 - completed 20.12.56; attached to the 128th Brigade; 1957 artillery exercise; 1958 ASW exercise; 1959 ship interactions exercise; 1961 to 1964 mainly engaged in combat training, including a local exercise in 1961 and testing a underwater TV system 1960 to 1962; 18.10 to 22.10.62 visited Rostock, East Germany; 8.5 to 12.5.64 visited Copenhagen, Denmark, together with EM "Svetlyy"; 1.10 to 30.10.64 operated in the Northern Atlantic and the North Sea, tracking the NATO exercise "Folens-64", together with KR "Sverdlov", four submarines and two tankers; 14.5.66 to 2.11.69 modified to Project 56A at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad (reportedly operated in the Norwegian Sea and the Northern Atlantic 4.68 to 6.68, but his is porbably an error); 1970 again modernized at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad, before being transferred to the Polish Navy; 25.6.70 officially transferred to the Polish Navy - decomissioned from the Soviet Navy 27.1.71 and renamed "Warzawa" in Gdynia; many port visits while in service of the Polish navy - Leningrad, Soviet Union (1972, 1976, 1981 and 1985), Helsinki, Finland (1972 and 1980), Le Havre, France (1975), Portsmouth, England (1975), London, England (1977), Copenhagen, Denmark (1978), Karlskrona, Sweden (1978) and Murmansk, Soviet Union (1984); 31.1.86 decomissioned, and scrapped in 1991

Nesokrushimyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 710 - laid down 15.6.55 - launched 20.7.56 - completed 30.6.57; 13.9.57 arrived in Severomorsk, now attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; from 7.12.60 under repair at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt - returned to Severomorsk 9.4.62; 1963 artillery training; 15.5.64 transferred to the Black Sea Fleet; 20.1.65 to 12.67 under repair/modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 1.2.68 returned to the Northern Fleet - attached to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 11.10.69 to 31.12.70 modernized at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev to Project 56A; 5.2.73 to 16.4.79 in reserve, under the 176th Brigade; from 16.4.79 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; from 3.7.80 to 7.1.82 in reserve, attached to the 176th Brigade; from 7.1.82 again attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; from 15.8.83 attached to the 206th Destroyer Battalion; 31.3 to 8.4.84 took part in the "Atlantika-84" exercise; 30.3.87 decomissioned; 8.4.88 renamed "SM-251" and used as a target ship; 27.7.91 again decomissioned; 1992 scrapped at Rosta

Nakhodchivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 741 - laid down 19.10.55 - launched 30.10.56 - completed 18.9.57; arrived in Severomorsk 15.11.57 after the first underway refuelling operation in the navy - took place in Skagerrak; 8.59 ASW exercise; 7.12.60 to 3.62 under repair at KMOLZ, Kronshtadt; arrived in Severomorsk 9.4.62 - attached to the 170th Ant-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1.7 to 25.7.64 and 30.8 to 28.9.64 operations in the Norwegian Sea, together with EM "Moskovskiy Komsomolets"; 18.6 to 7.7.65 took part in the ASW exercise "Pechora" in the Northern Atlantic, together with EM "Moskovskiy Komsomolets"; 7.8 to 2.10.65 operations in the Mediterranean, and then transferred to the Black Sea Fleet; 25.12.65 to 6.11.66 modernized to Project 56A at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev; 1.1 to 31.6.67 operations in the Mediterranean - showing support for Egypt; 1.8 to 31.12.68 operations in the Mediterranean - showing support for Egypt; from 31.3.69 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 9.8 to 12.8.69 visited Varna, Bulgaria; 9.4 to 27.4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 3.8 to 7.8.73 visited Constanza, Romania, together with RKR "Admiral Golovko" and SKR "Krasnodarskiy Komsomolets"; 16.4 to 22.4.74 visited Algiers, Algeria, together with KR "Sverdlov"; 4.75 to 9.75 operations in the Mediterranean, including visits to Tunis, Tunisia (21.8 to 26.8.75), Yugoslavia and Bulgaria; 7.76 to 8.76 escorted TAVKR "Kiev" from Sevastopol to the Gibraltar Strait - 8.76 visited Burgas, Bulgaria - 10.76 to 12.76 operations in the Mediterranean; combat training 1977 to 1984; 16.3.84 when passing through the Dardanelles for an operational tour in the Mediterranean, struck the seabottom, and had to return home for repairs; 9.2.88 relegated to the reserve at Troitskaya Bay, Sevastopol; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1990 towed to Italy for scrapping

Nastoychivyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 742 - laid down 3.3.56 - launched 23.4.57 - completed 30.11.57; 19.4.58 arrived in Severomorsk - now attached to the 170th Destroyer Brigade; 30.6.58 visited by Admiral Gorshkov; 10.58 took part in an ASW exercise; 9.59 ASW exercise; 7.60 ASW exercise; 11.60 ASW exercise; 10.9.61 to 3.3.62 under repair at SRZ-35 in Rosta; 7.64 to 8.64 operations in the Norwegian Sea; 17.10 to 21.10.64 visited Stockholm, Sweden, together with KR "Murmansk" - also visited Trondheim, Norway in this period; 7.65 tracked US Navy icebreaker near Novaya Zemlya; 15.4 to 30.5.66 and 15.7 to 1.8.66 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 2.6 to 5.6.67 visited La Valetta, Malta - now attached to the Black Sea Fleet - operated off the Syrian coast to 30.6.67; autumn 1967 to 6.12.69 modernized at 61 Kommunara as Project 56A; 22.3 to 23.7.70 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Split, Yugoslavia (21.5 to 25.5.70) and Alexandria, Egypt (27.5 to 30.5.70); 15.8.70 transferred to the Baltic Fleet - 128th Missile Ship Brigade; 3.71 to 10.71 operations in the Mediterranean, together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya", BPK "Obraztsovyy" and EM "Speshnyy"; 11.71 left Baltiysk for the Indian Ocean (during the Indian/Pakistan conflict), but returned to base after reaching the Bay of Biscay; 10.8 to 15.8.72 visited Helsinki, Finland; 8.72 to 10.72 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 4.73 to 7.73 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 17.11.73 visited by Commander of the Navy Gorshkov; 3.74 to 4.74 operations in the Western Atlantic, including a visit to Conakry, Guinea; 6.74 to 7.74 operations in the Northern Atlantic, with KR "Sverdlov" - visited Cherbourg, France 20.7 to 25.7.74; 3.75 to 5.76 repairs at SRZ-29 in Liepaya, and then attached to the 76th Destroyer Brigade; 10.8 to 15.8.76 visited Copenhagen, Denmark; 4.9.76 to 10.76 operations in the Eastern Atlantic, including a visit to Conakry, Guinea; 6.12.77 to 3.78 operations in the Atlantic off Angola - visited Luanda, Angola - Conakry, Guinea - Cotona, Benin; 4.2.78 visited by Commander of the Navy Gorshkov; 14.6 to 19.6.78 visited Amsterdam, Holland; 14.6 to 19.6.79 visited Helsinki, Finland; 12.79 to 3.83 repairs at SRZ-29 in Liepaya; 3.83 to 4.83 operations in the Northern Atlantic and the North Sea; 8.83 to 9.83 took part in the joint East German/Polish/Soviet exercise "Obesk-83", and visited Gdynia, Poland; 10.87 took part in the exercise "Okop"; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1990 towed to Italy for scrapping

Blestyashschyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1201 - laid down 20.2.53 - launched 27.11.53 - completed 30.9.55; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 8.10 to 10.10.57 visited Zadar, Yugoslavia and 10.10 to 12.10.57 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia - both with KR "Kuybyshev" with Minister of Defence Zhukov onboard and EM "Byvalyy"; 6.2.58 to 10.3.60 modernized to Projecy 56PLO at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 9.60 visited Port Said, Egypt, on its way to Vladivostok, via the Suez Canal; 20.10.60 arrived in Vladivostok, attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 15.11.67 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1968 exercise; 15.11.69 to 3.6.70 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Sianukvil, Cambodia (26.11 to 1.12.69), Al Hudaydah, North Yemen (26.1 to 30.1.70), Massaua, Ethiopia (1.2 to 6.2.70) and Port Louis, Mauritius (19.4 to 23.4.70); 5.5 to 8.5.70 tooka part in the "Okean-70" exercise; from 22.11.70 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 6.1 to 1.4.71 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Massaua, Ethiopia (19.2 to 24.2.71); 10.10 to 3.11.71 took part in an ASW exercise; from 15.3.72 atached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 10.10 to 8.11.72 artillery and ASW exercises; 4.73 to 9.73 operations in the Indian Ocean; 25.12.74 to 6.9.78 repairs/modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 30.7.87 decomissioned; scrapped 1988/1989

Byvalyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1202 - laid down 6.5.53 - launched 31.3.54 - completed 21.12.55; initially attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 8.10 to 10.10.57 visited Zadar, Yugoslavia and 10.10 to 12.10.57 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia - both with KR "Kuybyshev" with Minister of Defence Zhukov onboard and EM "Blestyashschyy"; 25.5.59 transferred to the Northern Fleet - now attached to the 120th Missile Ship Brigade; from 27.3.60 relegated to the reserve; 5.7.61 took part in rescue efforts for the submarine "K-19"; 20.11.61 left Severomorsk for the Blatic Fleet - now attached to the 128th Missile Ship Brigade; 23.6.62 to 28.10.65 modernized to Project 56PLO at SRZ-29 in Liepaya; 15.4 to 30.5.66 operations in the Northern Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea, together with EM "Nastoychivyy"; 4.1.68 transferred to the Northern Fleet - now attached to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 7.8.69 to 1.1.71 repairs and modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta; 6.71 to 9.71 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Algiers, Algeria (9.8 to14.8.71); 2.72 to 7.72 operations in the Southern Atlantic - operated off the coast of Guinea 5.3 to 6.5.72, and visited Conakry, Guinea; 19.10 to 24.10.72 took part in two ASW exercises "Duet" and "Laguna" in the Northern Atlantic and Norwegian Sea, and then operated off the coast of Guinea 10.72 to 2.4.73 - temporarily based at Conakry, Guinea - 21.1.73 intercepted a launch carrying portugese mercenaries, who had killed the secretary of the African Party of Independence in Guinea; 28.6 to 12.74 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Casablanca, Morocco (2.12 to 6.12.74), together with two BPK's - suffered a fire while docked in Sevastopol; 1975 took part in an ASW exercise; 18.11.77 to 3.79 repairs and modernization at SRZ-35 in Rosta; from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 7.79 to 11.79 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 1.7.82 arrived back in Severomorsk after repairs; 15.4.83 exercise; from 15.8.83 attached to the 206th Destroyer Battalion; 17.7.88 decomissioned; 1989 scrapped in Rosta

Besslednyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1205 - laid down 1.4.54 - launched 5.11.55 - completed 31.10.56; 20.6 to 3.8.57 sailed from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, via the Suez Canal, and a visit to Port Said, Egypt; 1964 to 1966 repairs and modernization to Project 56PLO at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; from 1966 attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1968 operations in the Southern Pacific; 15.4 to 25.4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise - was forced to enter a foreign port, due to an ill seaman onboard; 3.2 to 9.7.71 operations in the Indian Ocean; 25.5.73 to 8.5.76 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 1976 operations in the Sea of Japan; 17.5.77 relegated to the reserve (Vladivostok); from 24.4.79 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 17.7.88 decomissioned; 1.89 sold to a firm in the Philippines for scrapping; 1.90 sank in tow off Taiwan in the South China Sea

Burlivyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1206 - laid down 5.5.54 - launched 28.1.56 - completed 28.12.56; 20.6 to 3.8.57 sailed from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, via the Suez Canal, and a visit to Port Said, Egypt; 12.12.61 to 25.3.63 repairs and modernization to Project 56PLO at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 3.63 to 30.9.66 in reserve (Novik Bay); from 30.9.66 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 29.1 to 10.3.68 operations in the Korea Strait; 22.4 to 28.4.68 while tracking US warships, rescued some Korean fishermen, which was transported to Pusan, South Korea; 10.69 to 12.69 operations in the Philippine Sea - took part in the "Volna" ASW exercise 17.10 to 18.11.69; 9.4 to 11.5.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise in the Sea of Japan; 23.9 to 25.10.71 operations in the Sea of Japan, including the exercise "Voskhod" (25.9 to 3.10.71); 15.2.73 relegated to the reserve (Novik Bay); repairs 10.80 to 12.80(?); 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1992 sold to a firm in China for scrapping; 1993 towed to China

Blagorodnyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1207 - laid down 5.3.55 - launched 30.8.56 - completed 18.6.57; attached to the 150th Brigade; visited Vlora, Albania 8.59 during a reconnaissance of the Albanian coast for a place to construct a Soviet naval base (under the flag of Gorshkov); 20.5 to 12.6.60 ensured the evacuation of Soviet naval specialists from Vlora, Albania; 1962 exercise; 1.63 to 12.64 modernized to Project 56PLO ay Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 1966 exercise; 1.6 to 25.9.67 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Tartus, Syria (5.6 to 30.6.67); from 31.3.69 attached to the 21st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 4.71 to 5.71 operations in the Mediterranean; 10.71 to 2.72 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Latakia, Syria (14.12 to 18.12.71); 13.8.73 to 7.10.76 repaired and modernized at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; operations in the Mediterranean during the 2nd half of 1976 (at least to 11.76); mid-1978 operations in the Western Atlantic - visited Conakry, Guinea (8.78), Contonou (twice in 8.78) and Luanda, Angola (8.78): 3.80 to 15.7.80 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Tunis, Tunisia (26.6 to 1.7.80) and Split, Yugoslavia (13.7.80); 15.8.82 transferred to the Baltic Fleet - attached to the LenVMB in reserve; 1988 under repair; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1992 sold to a firm in Portugal for scrapping; 1993 towed to Portugal

Plamennyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1208 - laid down 3.9.55 - launched 26.10.56 - completed 31.8.57; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 1958 exercise; 1959 final tests; 1960 exercise; 18.1.61 to 4.6.62 modernized to Project 56PLO at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 20.8 to 26.8.64 visited Constanza, Romania, together with KR "Dzerzhinskiy"; 7.65 conducted artillery support together with the light cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" during landing operations; 7.1.66 left Sevastopol - visited Massaua, Ethiopia (14.1 to 18.1.66) - celebrated Day of the Ethiopian Navy; 5.67 to 8.67 operations in the Mediterranean - 1.6 to 31.6.67 operated in Egyptian waters; 5.68 to 1.69 operations in the Mediterranean - including a visit to Port Said, Egypt (9.7 to 10.7.68) and Alexandria, Egypt - 1.8 to 31.12.68 mainly operated in Egyptian waters; from 31.3.69 attached to the 21st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; from 1.6.70 attached to the 11th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1.71 to late 5.71 operations in the Mediterranean; 9.73 to 11.73 operations in the Mediterranean - 5.10 to 24.10.73 operated in Syrian waters; 30.7.75 to 31.7.79 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 4.80 relegated to the reserve in Lake Donuzlav (80th Brigade of Reserve Ships); 24.6.91 decomissioned; early 1992 scrapped at Inkerman

Naporistyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1209 - laid down 17.8.55 - launched 30.12.56 - completed 31.10.57; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 1958 exercise; 1959 finalizing tests; 1960 exercise; 8.2.61 to 19.8.62 modernized to Project 56PLO at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 2.8 to 13.8.64 visited Varna, Bulgaria, with KR "Mikhail Kutuzov"; 1964 artillery training; 10.2 to 13.2.65 visited Massaua, Ethiopia; 9.66 to 12.66 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BRK "Zorkiy", EM "Sosnatelnyy" and 11 auxiliaries - visited Toulon, France (15.10 to 20.10.66); 12.8 to 18.8.67 visited Varna, Bulgaria, together with RKR "Groznyy", BPK "Soobrazitelnyy" and two submarines; 1.68 to 11.68 operations in the Mediterranean - mainly operations near Egypt - visited Alexandria, Egypt (15.1 to 25.1.68); from 31.3.69 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 1.71 to 9.72 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 8.73 to 1.74 operations in the Mediterranean - operations near Egypt and Syria 1.10 to 29.12.73 - and took part in the evacuation of Soviet specialists from Egypt; 10.2.77 to 15.9.79 in reserve (VMB Donuzlav); 1980 exercise; 1982 exercise; 30.7.87 decomissioned; 1988 scrapped at Inkerman

Bravyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1203 - laid down 25.7.53 - launched 28.2.55 - completed 9.1.56; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Brigade; 27.5 to 23.8.60 converted to Project 56K at Black Sea Shipyard, Nikolayev; 3.1 to 30.4.62 tested the ZRK M-1 (SA-N-1) SAM system (46 launches); 6.62 arrived in Severomorsk (Northern Fleet), and took part in a parade, and the exercise "Kasatka"; 1962 to 1969 took part in tests and local exercises; from 31.3.69 attached to the Black Sea Fleet - 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 10.70 to 11.70 operations in the North Sea and the Eastern Atlantic - collided with HMS "Ark Royal" 9.11.70 - repaired at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol (11.70 to 12.70); from 30.12.70 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1972 exercise; 4.73 to 8.73 operations in the Mediterranean - including escorting ships fro the Dardanelles to Latakia, Syria; 1975 the SAM system was modernized; 7.76 to 12.76 operations in the Central Atlantic - visited Bissau, Guinea (24.8 to 28.8.76), Luanda, Angola (9.11 to 12.11.76) and Lagos, Nigeria (22.11 to 27.11.76); 6.77 to 9.77 operations in the Mediterranean - visited Constanza, Romania (5.8 to 9.8.77); 2.3.79 to 7.80 repairs at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol, and then relegated to the reserve (63rd Brigade); 30.7.87 decomissioned; 1988 scrapped at Inkerman

Veskiy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 82 - laid down 30.1.54 - launched 31.7.55 - completed 30.3.56; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 22.4.58 to 28.2.59 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 9.59 to 10.59 sailed with other ships the route Strelok-Japanese coast-Korsakov-Korean coast-Strelok to show the Soviet flag; 1.10.61 saved nine crewmembers from a crashed Be-6 flying boat in the Sea of Japan; 1963 exercise; 24.1.64 to 1.2.65 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 25.4 to 26.6.65 operations in the Philippine Sea; from 1966 attached to the 9th Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; 19.4 to 7.6.66 operations in the Pacific off Guam and Hawaii; 4.67 to late 5.67 operations in the Philippine Sea - while tracking USS "Hornet", collided with the escort USS "Waller"; 10.67 again operations in the Philippine Sea; 2.2 to 17.2.68 operated in the Sea of Japan off the North Korean coast; 4.68 to 2.69 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade); 5.2 to 17.2.69 operated in the Sea of Japan off the North Korean coast; 30.8.69 to 16.7.70 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; from 3.8.70 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 22.12.70 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 16.3 to 21.3.71, 4.4 to 7.4.71 and 21.4 to 25.4.71 tracking US Navy ships in the Sea of Japan; 19.6.71 to 17.1.72 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Berbera, Somalia (9.71) and Aden, South Yemen (9.71) - tracked USS "Enterprise"; from 15.3.72 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 10.5 to 30.6.72 operations in Tonkin Bay; 12.10.76 rescued the crew from the tanker "Tavrichanka" in the East China Sea; 6.12.77 to 21.7.78 operations in the Indian Ocean - mainly off the Ethiopian Coast and Aden Bay; 17.8.78 to 24.4.79 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 1979 exercise; 1980 planned modernization was cancelled; 30.7.87 decomissioned; mid-1988 towed to Vladivostok and scrapped

Vyzyvayushschiy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 81 - laid down 25.7.53 - launched 20.5.55 - completed 31.3.56; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 24.11.61 to 30.1.65 modernized to Project 56PLO at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade); 25.4 to 26.6.65 operations near Hawaii; from 31.8.66 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 6.5.66 went to the aid of the submarine "K-66" after a fire onboard; 9.66 visited Chongjin, North Korea; 17.5 to 25.7.67 operations in the Philippine Sea; 1.8 to 3.9.67 operations in the Philippine Sea; 5.2 to 17.2.68 operations in the Sea of Japan; 20.5 to 17.6.68 operations in the Sea of Japan; 20.5 to 12.5.69 operations in the Sea of Japan; 25.3.70 to 13.3.72 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 5.5 to 9.11.72 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Berbera, Somalia - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Port Louis, Mauritius; 1974 anti-aircraft exercise; 1975 anti-aircraft exercise; 1976 exercise; 1978 exercise; 27.7.85 relegated to the reserve at Vladivostok; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1993 sold to a firm in China for scrapping; 1994 towed to China

Vdokhnovennyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 83 - laid down 31.8.54 - launched 7.5.56 - completed 31.10.56; attached to the 173rd Destroyer Brigade; 9.58 to 10.58 took part in an artillery exercise; 22.1.60 to 27.3.61 modernized to Project 56PLO at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade); from 17.5.62 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 30.9.62 to 1.65 in reserve at Novik Bay; 12.65 to 1967 tested the "Kola" antennae; 1967 operations in the Sea of Japan and the Korean Strait; from 31.8.66 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 22.10.68 to 4.4.69 operations in the Indian Ocean, together with RKR "Admiral Fokin", BPK "Gnevniy" and support ships "Dunay" and "Ulma" - visited Mombasa, Kenya (26.11 to 2.12.68), Aden, South Yemen (2.1 to 7.1.69), Al Hudaydah, North Yemen 9.1 to 12.1.69) and Bombay, India (2.69); 16.4.69 rescued the crew from a US patrol aircraft in the Sea of Japan; from 22.12.70 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 10.71 to 12.71 operations in the Sea of Japan - tracked a US warship group (18.10 to 20.10.71 and 22.10 to 26.10.71); from 15.3.72 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 4.1.73 to 1.3.75 repairs and modernization at SRZ-175, Vladivostok; 15.10 to 11.76 operations in the Indian Ocean; 30.10.78 to 23.8.79 operations in the Indian Ocean, with visits to Aden, South Yemen - Massaua, Ethiopia - Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; from 24.4.79 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; from 1986 relegated to the reserve; 30.7.87 decomissioned; 1988 scrapped in Vladivostok

Vozmushschennyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 84 - laid down 30.12.54 - launched 8.7.56 - completed 31.12.56; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 1959 operated in the Sea of Okhotsk (fishery protection); 15.2.61 to 18.7.62 modernized to Project 56PLO at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade); from 20.10.61 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 20.9.62 in reserve at Novik Bay; 2nd half of the 1960's operated a few times in the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; from 3.5.68 again into reserve (later the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade); 30.7.87 decomissioned; 1989 scrapped

Vozbuzhdennyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 85 - laid down 29.7.55 - launched 10.5.57 - completed 31.10.57; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 17.11 to 21.11.59 visited Jakarta, Indonesia, together with KR "Admiral Senyavin" and EM "Vyderzhannyy"; 24.8.65 to 16.7.69 modernized at Dalzavod, Vladivostok to Project 56A; from 7.69 attached to the 9th Anti-Submarine Warfare Division; from 26.12.69 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 13.4 to 26.4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 17.7.70 to 8.2.71 operated in the Indian Ocean - took part in the recovery of the "Zond-8" moon probe - visited Berbera, Somalia four times and Aden, South Yemen one time; from 16.6.71 attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 11.71 to 12.71 operated in the Indian Ocean, together with BPK "Strogiy"; 11.4 to 16.4.72 visited Umm-Kasr, Iraq; 10.7 to 15.7.72 visited Port Louis, Mauritius; 7.10.75 to 2.3.78 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 10.79 to 12.79 operated in the Indian Ocean, together with RKR "Admiral Fokin" and BPK "Strogiy" - all three visited Haiphong, Vietnam (5.11 to 9.11.79); 4.81 to 6.81 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Aden, South Yemen (26.5 to 31.5.81); 8.3.82 relegated to the reserve; 25.4.89 decomissioned; 1990 sunk as a target off Kamchatka, after being hit by a missile

Vliyatelnyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 86 - laid down 29.10.55 - launched 10.5.57 - completed 6.11.57; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 27.3.60 to 26.8.61 in reserve; from 26.8.61 attached to the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1968 took part in the exercise "Kamerton"; mid-1969 to 26.11.74 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade); 9.5.74 to 12.74 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Male, Maldives (18.11 to 26.11.74); 1981 operations in the Indian Ocean; modernization planned for 1983 was cancelled; 12.8.88 decomissioned; 1989 sank off Kamchatka, after being hit by a missile (another source says scrapped in Vladivostok 1990)

Vyderzhannyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 87 - laid down 30.6.56 - launched 24.6.57 - completed 10.12.57; atached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 11.4.58 sailed the route Strelok-Kamchatka-around Japan-Strelok; 6.10.59 escorted the submarine "B-62" (Project AV-611) during a R-11FM missile launch in the Peter the Great Bay - together with the EM "Neuderzhimnyy" with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Admiral Gorshkov onboard; 17.11 to 21.11.59 visited Jakarta, Indonesia; 12.2.62 visited by the Soviet Minister of Defence; 7.62 to 8.62 escorted the KR "Ordzhonikidze" to Indonesia; 9.63 to 10.63 operations near the Kurile Islands; 7.3.62 visited by the Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov; 10.4 to 20.4.64 again to Indonesia, escorting the KR "Ordzhonikidze after repairs; 20.1.65 to 21.1.66 repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 17.5 to 3.6.66 operations in the Sea of Japan; 6.7 to 25.7.66 operations in the Sea of Japan; from 31.8.66 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 15.10 to 15.11.66 operations in the Philippine Sea; 20.2.67 renamed "Dalnevostochnyy Komsomolets"; 20.4 to 4.5.69 operations in the Sea of Japan; 12.4 to 29.4.70 took part in the exercise "Okean-70"; 5.11.70 to 3.10.72 repairs and modernization at SRZ-178, Vladivostok; from 2.1.73 attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 25.4.73 to 11.6.74 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Colombo, Sri Lanka (8.10 - 14.10.73), Umm-Kasr, Iraq (20.12 to 24.12.73), Massaua, Ethiopia (13.2 to 19.2.74) - and Aden, South Yemen, Berbera, Somalia and Madras, India during 3.74 to 4.74; 11.4 to 28.4.75 operations in the Philippine Sea - tracking submarines; 6.76 took part in the "Amur" exercise; from 24.4.79 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 1.10.83 relegated to the reserve; 1.12.92 decomissioned, and renamed "PKZ-7"; 29.6.93 again decomissioned; 1993 sold to a firm in China for scrapping; 1994 towed to China

Bedovyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1204 - laid down 1.12.53 - launched 31.7.55 - completed 30.6.58; completed as Project 56M; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; first ship in the Soviet Navy to fire a surface-to-surface missile (SA-N-1) on 2.2.57; 16.2.57 fired a missile againt the target ship "Yerevan" and 2.10.58 againt an old hulk (Project 82); 1960 artillery and missile exercise; 1961 tactical exercise; 1964 exercise; 1965 repairs; 7.11.65 took part in a parade in Sevastopol; 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; from 31.3.69 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 1969 operations in the Atlantic and Carribean Sea - visits Havana, Cuba (20.7 to 27.7.69) together with RKR "Groznyy" and Fort-de-France, Martinique - Bridgetown, Barbados (9.8 to 11.8.69) and later Gibraltar - returns to Sevastopol 9.69; from 1.6.70 attached to the 11th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 7.10.70 to 15.7.71 operations in the Mediterranean - mainly off the Egyptian coast - 9.11.70 encountered HMS "Ark Royal" - visited Alexandria, Egypt; 18.7.72 to 25.1.74 modernized to Project 56U at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev; 26.1.73 reclassified as a BPK; from 1.74 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 28.8.74 left Sevastopol for an exercise, but 30.8.74 took part in rescue efforts for the BPK "Otvazhnyy"; 1976 exercise; 28.6.77 reclassified as a BRK; 1978 exercise; 23.4.81 to 14.5.86 repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 25.4.89 decomissioned and later scrapped at Inkerman

Prozorlivyy - 61 Kommunara - serial no. 1210 - laid down 1.9.56 - launched 30.7.57 - completed 30.12.58; completed as Project 56M; attached to the 30th Surface Ship Division; 31.10.58 first missile launch (SS-N-1); 6.61 missile fired at an old Project 7U destroyer and the old "Admiral Nakhimov"; 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1968 exercise; from 31.3.69 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; 1972 operations in the Mediterranean; 24.11.73 to 1977 modernized to Project 56U at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev (another source says at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol 1976 to 1977); 1.2.77 reclassified as a BPK, but 3.8.77 again reclassified as a BRK; 12.77 to 1.78 operations in the Atlantic - operated off the coast off Guinea, and visited Conakry, Guinea; 25.8.78 transferred to the Baltic Fleet - 76th Destroyer Brigade; 14.6 to 19.6.79 visited Helsinki, Finland - together with EM "Nastoychivyy"; 10.79 to 6.80 operations in the Atlantic Ocean - initially off Conakry, Guinea for a month - 1.11 to 31.12.79 based at Luanda, Angola - from 1.80 opeated from Conakry, Guinea - visited Cape Verde and Benin - at times escorted by a Project 266M minesweeper; 9.82 observed the NATO exercise "Northern Wedding-78" in the North Sea, and tracked USS "America" and USS "Guadalcanal"; 24.6.91 decomissioned; 10.92 sank at Liepaya; 1994 raised and scrapped

Neulovimyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 743/765 - laid down 23.2.57 - launched 27.2.58 - completed 30.12.58; completed as Project 56M; attached to the 12th Surface Ship Division; 1961 missile firings againt the old cruiser "Komsomolets"; 1962 exercise; 1963 artillery exercise; 1964 missile exercise; 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1967 exercise; 1968 exercise - ships interactions; 1969 operations in the Southern Atlantic - visited Conakry, Guinea (15.2 to 20.2.69) and Lagos, Nigeria (5.3 to 10.3.69), together with BPK "Boykiy", one submarine and a tanker; 17.4.69 transferred to the Black Sea Fleet - 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 20.2.70 covered the submarine "K-8" passage through Gibraltar; 4.70 took part in the "Okean-70" exercise; from 30.12.70 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Brigade; 2.12.71 to 4.10.72 modernized to Project 56U at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 26.1.73 reclassified as a BPK; 1973 operations in the Mediterranean; 6.6.74 to 18.3.82 in reserve at Sevastopol (63rd Brigade); 3.8.77 reclassified as a BRK; 5.85 first missile launch in many years; 19.4.90 decomissioned, and scrapped at Sevastopol

Neuderzhimyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 88 - laid down 23.2.57 - launched 25.5.58 - completed 30.12.58; completed as Project 56M; attached to the 175th Destroyer Brigade; 6.10.59 escorted the submarine "B-62" (Project AV-611) during a R-11FM missile launch in the Peter the Great Bay - with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Admiral Gorshkov onboard, together with EM "Vyderzhannyy"; 7.60 sailed higher officials from the Ministry of Defence around the bases of the Pacific Fleet; 1.64 demonstration of a missile launch; 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 6.9 to 6.10.67 operations in the Indian Ocean, together with BRK "Gordyy"; 24.1 to 21.2.68 tracking of the USS "Enterprise" task force in the Indian Ocean; from 19.4.69 attached to the 202nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1970 under repair; 1972 the SM-59-1 launcher (SS-N-1) was removed; 9.73 operations in the Philippine Sea - test of new submarine search equipment; 3.77 ASW and artillery training; 3.8.77 reclassified as a BPK; conducted five operational tours up to 1979; 23.7.79 began repairs and modernization at Dalzavod, Vladivostok (79th Brigade) - work stopped 1985 - decomissioned 8.12.85; 14.3.86 renamed "UTS-567"; 10.4.87 again decomissioned; scrapped in 1998

Neukrotimyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure - serial no. 89 - cancelled 1956 (Project 56M)