Project 58

Kynda class

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Ships:

Groznyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 780 - laid down 23.2.60 - launched 26.3.61 - completed 30.12.62; 4.5.62 General Secretary Khrushchev and Naval Commander Gorshkov visited the Ship; 31.5.62 to 3.6.62 test in the Baltics; 30.6 to 6.7.62 sailed from Leningrad to Severodvinsk, together with BRK "Derzkiy" and SS "Agata"; operated in the White Sea until 29.10.62, when test were completed; 22.7.62 conducted two launches of the P-35 missile in the White Sea - witnessed by General Secretary Khrushchev onboard EM "Sveduschiy"; 29.10.62 to 5.11.62 sailed from Severodvinsk to Leningrad, escorted by EM "Nesokrushimyy" (Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and North Sea) and EM "Svetlyy" (Baltic); fully equipped and all weapons taken onboard; 1.12 to 13.12.62 final tests in the Baltic; 2.8 to 10.8.63 sailed from Baltiysk to Severomorsk - attached to the 120th Missile Ship Brigade; 9.64 operations in the North Sea with BRK "Derzkiy" and "Gremyaschiy"; 25.7.65 took part in the naval parade in Leningrad; 11.65 exercise in the White Sea, all four P-35 missiles were launched; 1966 first Ka-25TS deck landing/take-off; 10.8 to 20.9.66 sailed from Severomorsk to Sevastopol - with operations in the Norwegian Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean along the way; from 5.10.66 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 1967 to 1976 mainly exercises in the Black Sea, and occasional operational tours of the Mediterranean; 12.8 to 15.8.67 visited Varna, Bulgaria, together with BPK "Soobrazitelnyy" and "Naporistyy"; 29.1 to 3.2.62 visited Kotor and Zelenika, Yugoslavia - together with BPK "Soobrazitelnyy" and PLB "Dmitriy Gankin"; 1968 visited Tartus, Syria and a port in Marocco; 1969 operations in the Atlantic and Carribean Sea - visited Havana, Cuba (20.6 to 27.6.69) together with BPK "Soobrazitelnyy" and BRK "Bedovyy" and Fort-de-France, Martinique (6.8 - 8.8.69) - returns home 9.69; 1971 visited Split, Yugoslavia; 1972 visited Varna, Bulgaria - Alexandria, Egypt and Romania - 20.4 to 25.4.72 visited Casablance, Marocco - 5.72 missile tests in the Mediterranean, together with submarine "K-313"; 2.7 to 7.7.73 visited Marseille, France; 1974 and 1975 operations included port visits in Egypt - and Latakia (Syria) 20-25.11.74; 19.7.76 to 25.2.82 repairs and modernisation at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; 11.6 to 15.9.82 operations in the Mediterranean - mainly near Syria - together with EM "Naporistyy", KRL "Zhdanov" and later KRL "Admiral Ushakov"; 1983 training in the Black Sea; 6.83 sailed with Naval Commander Goshkov onboard; 15.9 to 26.12.83 left Sevastopol for operations in the Mediterranean, and then sailed to Baltiysk - from 6.1.84 attached to the 12th Missile Ship Division; 3.84 took part in the "Atlantika-84" exercise in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea; 30.7.84 took part in the naval parade in Leningrad; 9.8.85 to 4.2.86 operations in the Mediterranean, together with BPK "Slavnyy", "Boykiy" and SKR "Neukrotimyy" - including tracking of USS Saratoga and USS Coral Sea task forces - 24.11 to 12.12.85 visited Tobruk, Libya; 1985 to 1989 combat training in the Baltic with visits to Polish and East German harbours (Gdynia, Poland 19.7 - 23.7.84, 26.5 - 30.5.85 and 18.7 - 23.7.87; Rostock, East Germany, 5.10 - 8.10.84, 7.10 - 11.10.85 and 23.10 - 28.10.87 and Szczecin, Poland 19.7 - 24.7.88; 1.4.89 repairs and modernisation begun at SRZ-29 Liepaya, but work was stopped in mid-1990 - plans to tow the ship to Kaliningrad was later stopped by the Latvian authorities; 9.7.91 decommissioned; 3.93 sank in shallow waters - later raised and scrapped

Steregushyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 781 - laid down 5.10.60 - launched 19.11.61 - completed 28.12.64; 31.10.62 renamed Vladivostok; 11.5.64 renamed Admiral Fokin; mid-1965 sailed from Severomorsk to Vladivostok - operations in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific along the way - attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade; 22.10.68 to 4.4.69 operations in the Indian Ocean, together with EM "Vdokhnovennyy" and support ships "Dunay" and "Ulma" - visited Mombasa, Kenya (26.11 to 2.12.68) - BPK "Gnevniy" joined the task force 11.68 - Aden, South Yemen (2.1 to 7.1.69), Al Hudaydah, North Yemen (9.1 to 12.1.69) and Bombay, India (2.69) - visited Nairobi, Kenya (5.4 to 9.4.69) and Port Luis, Mauritius (19.4 to 23.4.69); 1970 operations in the Indian Ocean; 10.8 to 27.8.71 took part in an exercise, together with BPK "Vladivostok", "Strogiy" and "Odarennyy, BRK "Upornyy", EM "Burlivyy", "Vezboyaznennyy", "SKR-4", "SKR-74", minesweepers "Sakhalinskiy Komsomolets", "MT-59" and "MT-750"; 10.3 to 14.3.77 visited Port Luis, Mauritius; 1978 operations in the Indian Ocean; 2.79 to 3.79 operations in the South China Sea, with KR "Admiral Senyavin", BPK "Sposobnyy", "Stroynyy", "Vozbuzhdennyy", "Vasiliy Chapayev" and SKR "Razyashschiy" - showing support for Vietnam during the clashes at the Chinese/Vietnamese border; 10.79 to 12.79 operated in the Indian Ocean, together with EM "Vozbuzhdennyy" and BPK "Strogiy" - all three visited Haiphong, Vietnam (5.11 to 9.11.79); .4.80 to 9.80 operations in the Indian Ocean - visited Tamrida (Sokrota Island), South Yemen (10.5 to 11.5.80), with BPK "Admiral Oktyabrskiy" and SKR "Storozhevoy" - 20.5 to 30.5.80 visited Dakhlak and Aden, South Yemen; decommissioned 30.6.93.

Doblestnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 782 - laid down 20.4.61 - launched 18.7.62 - completed 30.12.64; 18.12.62 renamed Admiral Golovka; accepted into the Northern Fleet 22.1.65 - attached to the 120th Missile Ship Brigade; 1.6 - 31.6.67 operated in support of the Egyptian Navy; from 22.3.68 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 8.5 to 13.5.70 visited Algiers, Algeria; from 12.70 attached to the 70th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 3.8 to 7.8.73 visited Constanza, Romania, together with EM "Nakhodchivyy" and SKR "Krasnodarskiy Komsomolets"; from 4.75 attached to the 150th Missile Ship Brigade; 21.8 to 26.8.75 visited Tunis, Tunisia; 22.8 to 27.8.78 visited Latakia, Syria; 4.6.82 to 1.3.89 repairs and modernisation at Sevmorzavod, Sevastopol; from 12.94 attached to the 21st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; from 12.95 attached to the 11th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 12.2002 decommissioned; 2004 scrapped at Inkerman

Soobrazitelnyy - A.A. Zhdanov - serial no. 783 - laid down 13.10.61 - launched 7.4.63 - completed 20.8.65; awarded the Guards title; 31.10.62 renamed Varyag; accepted into the Pacific Fleet 23.9.65 - attached to the 175th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 10.65 arrived in Vladivostok from Leningrad, via the northern sea route; 10.70 missile firings together with BPK "Vladivostok", oberved by the BPK "Strogiy"; 13.12.71 to 6.3.72 operated in the Indian Ocean (during the Indian-Pakistan conflict), together with "KR "Dmitriy Pozharskiy", BPK "Strogiy", "Vladivostok", EM "Veskiy" - purpose to ensure non-intervention by the US and Royal Navies - visited Mogadishu, Somalia, together with BPK "Strogiy"; 1977 operations in the Indian Ocean; 1975 to 1981 repairs and modernisation at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 8.81 to 11.81 operations in the Indian Ocean, including a visit to Danang, Vietnam (10.10 to 14.10.81), together with SKR "Razyaschiy"; 1983 operations on the Indian Ocean; from 1.3.85 attached to the 183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade; 7.10 to 10.10.88 took part in a surface ship engagement exercise, together with KR "Admiral Senyavin", BPK "Marshal Voroshilov", SKR "Gordelivyy" and "Ryanyy"; 19.4.90 decommissioned