Project 57bis/57A

Krupnyy/Kanin class

Drawings:

• project 57bis
• project 57A
• project 57A details
• project 57A variants

Ships:

Gnevnyy - 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - serial no. 1401 - laid down 16.11.57 - launched 30.11.58 - completed 10.1.60; 22.8.60 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet (150th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; late 1966-early 1967 operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to Massawa, Ethiopia (21.1 to 26.1.67); 1967 operations in the Mediterranean - including operations near Syria 5.6 to 30.6.67, and Egypt 1.7 to 31.7.67; 1.4 to 31.12.68 operations in the Mediterranean - mainly near Egypt, with a visit to Casablanca, Morocco (15.10 to 20.10.68); 12.68 left Sevastopol for Vladivostok, with operations in the Indian Ocean along the way - several visits (some reports say 11), including Aden, South Yemen (2.1 to 7.1.69), Massawa, Ethiopia (9.1 to 15.1.69) and Nairobi, Kenya (5.4 to 9.4.69) - arrived in Vladivostok 5.69; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 13.3.69 (201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade); 1972 operations in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean - visited Casablanca, Morocco (20.4 to 25.4.72); 1972 to 30.12.73 converted to Project 57A at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; 7.3.74 reclassified as a BPK; from 1974 attached to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1975 operations in the Indian Ocean, including visits to Berbera, Somalia and Bombay, India (22.11 to 27.11.75); 5.76 to 10.76 operations in the Pacific Ocean - visited Vancouver, Canada (25.8 to 30.8.76), together with BPK "Sposobnyy"; 14.4 to 14.5.77 took part in the exercise "Piton" in the Philippine Sea, together with BPK "Admiral Oktyabrskiy", "Gordyy", "Strogiy" and SKR "Razyashschiy"; 1983 operations in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean (possibly from 2.83); 1984 operations in the Pacific(?); 8.4.88 decommissioned after a total 15 operational tours; 5.88 to 7.88 scrapped in Vladivostok

Upornyy - 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - serial no. 1402 - laid down 21.9.58 - launched 14.10.59 - completed 3.12.60; 20.12.60 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (175th Missile Ship Brigade), after arriving from Severomorsk, via the Northern sea route; 1965 operations in the Philipphine Sea; 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 26.12.67 to 22.3.68 repairs at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 1969 operations in the Indian Ocean, with visits to Zanzibar, Tanzania - Male, Maldives - Umm-Qasr, Iraq - Bandar Abbas. Iran - Berbera, Somalia; 25.4.70 to 19.8.70 took part in "Okean-70" - operations in the Indian Ocean, with visits to Berbera, Somalia - Mogadishu, Somalia - Umm-Qasr, Iraq - Bombay, India; 10.8 to 27.8.81 took part in an exercise, together with RKR "Admiral Fokin", BPK "Vladivostok", "Strogiy" and "Odarennyy, BRK "Upornyy", EM "Burlivyy", "Bezboyaznennyy", "SKR-4", "SKR-74", minesweepers "Sakhalinskiy Komsomolets", "MT-59" and "MT-750"; 26.8 to 3.10.71 operations in the Central and Northwestern Pacific, together with BPK "Vladivostok", EM "Bezboyaznennyy", submarines "K-108", "B-8" and "B-135", PB "Ivan Vakhrameev" and the tanker "Zhitomir", investigating USN training areas and testing US defences along the US west coast; 1974 transferred to the 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 7.2.77 to 3.2.78 converted to Project 57A at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; 3.8.77 reclassified as a BPK; 1987 relegated to the reserve; 24.6.91 renamed PKZ-12, and was used as a barracks ship; 29.3.93 decommissioned; 7.9.95 sold to a US company for scrap

Boykiy - 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - serial no. 1403 - laid down 2.4.59 - launched 15.12.59 - completed 26.6.61; 14.10.60 accepted into the Mediterranean Fleet (150th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1966 operations in the Mediterranean, including a visit to Alexandria, Egypt (6.8 to 11.8.66); 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 EM "Neulovimyy", one submarine ("B-21") and a tanker; 8.6.70 transferred to the Northern Fleet (10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade), but did not arrive until after the conversion; 23.10.70 to 6.4.73 converted to Project 57A at 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; 2.11.72 reclassified as a BPK; 1974 operations in the Atlantic Ocean, including a visit to Oslo, Norway (12.11 to 17.11.74), together with BPK "Zorkiy"; 1975 operations in the Atlantic Ocean, including a visit to Boston, USA (12.5 to 17.5.75), together with BPK "Zhguchiy"; 1.10.78 transferred to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 9.2.88 decommissioned; autumn 1988 sold to a Spanish company for scrapping; sank 11.88 while in tow in the North Sea

Gremyashchiy - A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - serial no. 771 - laid down 25.2.58 - launched 30.4.59 - completed 30.6.60; Guards ship; 19.12.60 accepted into the Northern Fleet (120th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1966 to 29.12.68 converted to Project 57A at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; 20.1.69 reclassified as a BPK; 12.8 to 15.8.69 took part in the "Kolskiy Bereg" exercise, together with BPK "Vitse-Admiral Drozd" and "Smyshlennyy"; 1970 operations in the Atlantic, and the Caribbean Sea - visited Havana and Cienfuegos in Cuba 14.5 to 27.5.70; 15.1.71 transferred to the 170th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 1971 operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean - visited Oslo, Norway (10.5 to 15.9.71) and Rotterdam, Holland (21.9 to 26.9.71) - followed by operations in support of Egypt; 1979 operations in the Atlantic; 15.6.81 to 6.3.82 operations in the Atlantic and off the West African coast - visited Conakry,Guinea - Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - Luanda, Angola - Port Mossamedes (Namibe), Angola - Lome, Togo - Accra, Ghana; 15.4.83 took part in an air defence exercise with TARKR "Kirov", BPK "Zhguchiy", "Admiral Yumashev", EM "Otchayannyy", "Byvalyy" and other ships; 10.83 escorted TAVKR "Novorossiysk" (on it's way to the Pacific) from Severomorsk to an area off Gibraltar, together with EM "Otchayannyy", BPK "Admiral Isakov" and BPK "Udaloy"; 24.3 to 28.3.86 command staff exercise with TARKR "Kirov", TAVKR "Kiev", BPK "Marshal Timoshenko" - including SAM firings; 25.8.88 withdrawn, and renamed OS-315 for use as a towing vessel; 2.10.91 decommissioned; 7.94 sold to an Indian company for scrap

Zhguchiy - A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - serial no. 772 - laid down 23.6.58 - launched 14.10.59 - completed 23.12.60; 3.1.61 accepted into the Northern Fleet (120th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 6.2.67 to 10.1.69 converted to Project 57A at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; from 1.69 attached to the 10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 21.10.69 reclassified as a BPK; 1.1 to 31.12.70 operations in the Mediterranean, mainly in support of Egypt, and temporary basing in Egyptian ports; 1971 operations in the Atlantic, with visits to Oslo, Norway (10.9 to 15.9.71) and Rotterdam, Holland (21.9 to 26.9.71); 1975 operations in the Atlantic Ocean, including a visit to Boston, USA (12.5 to 17.5.75), together with BPK "Boykiy"; 1977 operations in the Atlantic, with visits to Cherbourg, France (24.5 to 29.5.77) and Oslo, Norway (10.10 to 15.10.77 - together with EM "Smyshlenny"); from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 5.80 to 1.81 operations in the Atlantic, and off the West African coast - including visits to Luanda, Angola - Conakry, Guinea and Porto Novo, Benin; 15.4.83 took part in an air defence exercise with TARKR "Kirov", BPK "Gremyashschiy", "Admiral Yumashev", EM "Otchayannyy", "Byvalyy" and other ships; 30.7.87 decommissioned; 12.88 sold to a Spanish company for scrap

Zorkiy - A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - serial no. 773 - laid down 17.4.59 - launched 30.4.60 - completed 30.9.61; 14.10.61 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (128th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 9.66 to 12.66 operations in the Mediterranean, together with EM "Naporistyy" and "Soznatelnyy", three submarines and 11 auxiliaries; 9.67 to 12.67 operations in the Mediterranean, together with KR "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya" and EM "Svetlyy"; from 1.69 attached to the 10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade in the Northern Fleet, but did not arrive until after the conversion; 29.5.69 to 31.12.71 converted to Project 57A at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; 27.10.71 reclassified as a BPK; 1972 operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea - stationed in Cuba 12.72 to 2.73; 1974 operations in the Atlantic - visited Oslo, Norway 12.11 to 17.11.74; from 1.10.78 attached to the 56th Destroyer Brigade; 1979 operations in the Atlantic and off the West African coast (operated mainly from Conakru, Guinea) - visited Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 12.4 to 17.4.79 - 10.79 returned home; 10.2.84 to 27.2.87 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-35, Murmansk; 1.6.92 reclassified as a SKR; 30.6.93 decommissioned; 18.7.95 sold to a US company for scrap

Derzkiy - A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - serial no. 774 - laid down 10.10.59 - launched 4.2.60 - completed 30.12.61; 12.1.62 accepted into the Northern Fleet (120th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1967(?) operations in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; 20.11.67 to 22.4.72 converted to Project 57A at A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; from 1.69 attached to the 10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 20.10.70 reclassified as a BPK; 1972 operations in the Northern Atlantic; 1973 operations in the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea - 4.8 to 9.8.73 visited Havana, Cuba, together with BPK "Admiral Isakov"; 1975 operations in the Atlantic - "Okean 75" exercise; 7.8.77 relegated to the reserve, and stationed at Saida Bay, Murmansk Oblast; 19.4.90 decommissioned; early 1991 re-equipped as a target ship, and sunk mid-1991

Gordyy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure Shipyard - serial no. 90 - laid down 5.59 - launched 24.5.60 - completed 6.2.61; 15.11.61 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (175th Missile Ship Brigade); 19.5.66 reclassified as a BRK; 1967 screened the USS "Enterprise" when it came to close to Soviet territorial waters; 6.9 to 6.10.67 operations in the Indian Ocean, together with BRK "Neuderzhimyy"; from 14.3.68 operations in the Indian Ocean with KR "Dmitriy Pozharskiy" and BPK "Steregushchiy" with several tankers - visited Madras, India (28.3 to 31.3.68) and Bombay, India (3.4 to 6.4.68) - 7.4.68 left for Vladivostok, arriving 25.4.68; 1973 to 1975 converted to Project 57A at Dalzavod, Vladivostok - the SM-59-1A (SS-N-1) missile system were removed, and replaced by the M1 Volna SAM (SA-N-3) system; from 1974 attached to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brgade; 20.6.75 reclassified as a BPK; 14.4 to 14.5.77 took part in the anti-submarine warfare exercise "Piton", together with BPK "Admiral Oktyabrskiy", "Strogiy", "Gnevnyy" and SKR "Razyashchiy" in the Philippine Sea - later that year operated in the Indian Ocean; 30.7.87 decommissioned; 1988 converted to a target ship, and sunk by missiles in mid-1989

Khrabryy - Komsomolsk-na-Amure Shipyard - serial no. 91 - laid down 1959 - launched 1961; work stopped 1.7.63, and the ship was relegated to the reserve; from 1968 converted to an energy vessel (power generating vessel) - conversion completed 25.1.69, and renamed "ENS-73"; 11.3.82 decommissioned, and partly scrapped - the hulk was still in Bezymyannoy Bay in 2003