Project 1234

Nanuchka I class

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Russian records unfortunately only mentions out of area deployments (Eastern Mediterranean and South China Sea), so exercises in local areas are not listed.

Ships:

MRK-3 - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 51 - laid down 13.1.67 - launched 18.10.68 - completed 30.9.70; 25.4.70 renamed "Burya"; 11.69 towed via inland waterways to Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast; during completion visited by Naval Commander Gorshkov; 1971 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet, from 14.8.71 attached to the 166th Missile Ship Battalion; 27.3 to 19.8.70 trials in the Black Sea, mainly testing the P-120 (SS-N-9) missile; 10.9.70 to 29.6.71 several tests of the P-120 missile - 14 launched in total, including two on 10.9.70 and three on 29.6.71); 31.8.73 launched all six P-120 missiles; 11.73 to 5.74 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-13, Sevastopol; 30.8.74 took part in rescue efforts after the sinking of BPK "Otvazhnyy", together with MRK "Briz" and MRK "Vikhr"; 15.10.78 to 15.10.79 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-13, Sevastopol; from 3.80 attached to the 295th Missile Ship Battalion; 15.4.82 to 16.6.82 operations in the Mediterranean (first and only time), together with MRK "Grom" and PRTB-13 - took part in tracking USS "John F. Kennedy" and conducted patrols off the Lebanese coasts after the Israeli invasion (June 1982); 19.3 to 10.4.88 based at Poti - training foreign crews; from 6.90 attached to the 166th Missile Ship Battalion; 11.2.91 decommissioned; 1992 scrapped at Inkerman

MRK-7 - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 52 - laid down 5.11.67 - launched 10.10.69 - completed 31.12.70; 25.4.70 renamed "Briz"; 4.70 to 5.70 towed via inland waterways to Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast; 29.12.70 first P-120 missile test; 1971 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet, from 8.71 attached to the 166th Missile Ship Battalion; 30.10 to 29.11.73 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Groza" and PRTB-13 - included tracking of US task force with USS "John F. Kennedy" and simulated missile firings - visited Tartus, Syria; 30.8.74 took part in rescue efforts after the sinking of BPK "Otvazhnyy", together with MRK "Burya" and MRK "Vikhr"; 30.10 to 29.11.74 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Vikhr" and PRTB-33 - tracking and simulated missile firings against USS "Little Rock" and USS "Forrestal" - visited Tartus, Syria; 25.6.77 to 1.8.77 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Zarnitsa" and PRTB-13 - exercise involving loading a P-120 missile from the transport "Vilyui" - tracking USS "America" - visited Tartus, Syria; 17.6.78 to 8.8.78 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Grom" and PRTB-33 - tracking USS "Kitty Hawk" - visited Latakia, Syria 22.6 to 28.6.78, together with RKR "Admiral Golovko" and BPK "Ochakov", while MRK "Grom" visited Tartus, Syria; 23.7.79 to 3.9.79 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Grom" and PRTB-33 - tracked USS "Forrestal"; 19.9.80 to 20.10.80 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Zub" and PRTB-13 - tracked USS "America" - visited Tartus, Syria; 15.8.81 to 2.9.81 operations in the Mediterranean in connection with the aggrevated situation in Lebanon - joined MRK "Zarnitsa" and "Zub" and PRTB-13 already in the Mediterranean; 1981 to 1982 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-13, Sevastopol; 25.5 to 5.8.83 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Komsomolets Mordovia", "Zarnitsa" and PRTB-33; 20.11.83 to 20.2.84 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Komsomolets Mordovia" and PRTB-33 - "Briz" returned early (5.1.84) to Sevastopol by tow, with a broken propeller blade - the ship was repaired and was ready 16 days later to return to the Mediterranean, but this was cancelled, and preparations for a transfer to the Far East began instead; 13.3 to 22.6.84 towed by tug to Kamran, Vietnam - through the Suez Canal; 7.84 to 5.85 operations in the South China Sea, with temporary basing in Kamran - attached to the 119th Surface Ship Brigade; 6.5 to 26.5.85 towed by tug from Kamran to Vladivostok - accepted into the Pacific Fleet 10.5.85 - attached to the 165th Missile Ship Brigade; 1.8.86 to 4.87 repairs and modernisation at Dalzavod, Vladivostok; 10.5.87 to 20.5.88 again deployed to Kamran, Vietnam, for operations in the South China Sea (again attached to the 119th Surface Ship Brigade); 29.10.92 decommissioned; 1998 scrapped at Vilyuchinsk

Vikhr - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 53 - laid down 21.8.67 - launched 22.7.70 - completed 30.9.71; 10.71 to 11.71 towed via inland waterways to Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast; 8.71 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet - attached to the 166th Missile Ship Battalion; 30.8.74 took part in rescue efforts after the sinking of BPK "Otvazhnyy", together with MRK "Briz" and MRK "Burya"; 30.10 to 29.11.74 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Briz" and PRTB-33 - tracking and simulated missile firings against USS "Little Rock" and USS "Forrestal" - visited Tartus, Syria; 4.75 took part in a Soviet/Romanian/Bulgarian naval exercise in the Black Sea; 6.77 to 8.77 sailed alone from Sevastopol to Vladivostok, via the Suez Canal - from 31.8.77 attached to the Pacific Fleet (165th Missile Ship Brigade); only local exercises, while in the Pacific Fleet; from 1985 attached to the 66th Missile Ship Battalion; 16.4.87 took part in a anti-aircraft missile exercise in the Sea of Japan; 7.5.94 decommissioned; 1997 scrapped

Volna - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 54 - laid down 27.9.68 - launched 20.7.71 - completed 31.12.71; 1972 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (the planned transfer to the Black Sea Fleet was cancelled); 24.4.74 attached to the Northern Fleet (294th Missile Ship Battalion); 5.75 transferred from Liepaya to Severodvinsk, via inland waterways; 10.8.88 to 1.10.89 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-177, Ust-Dvinsk (Daugavpils); 11.89 relegated to the reserve - stationed in Saida Bay; 30.6.93 decommissioned; scrapped in 1994 - only took part in local exercises in the Baltic, Barents Sea and the White Sea

Grad - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 55 - laid down 29.11.68 - launched 30.4.72 - completed 30.9.72; 1972 accepted into the Baltic Fleet, from 3.74 attached to the 106th Missile Ship Battalion; 1.11.89 to 7.2.90 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-177, Ust-Dvinsk (Daugavpils); 30.6.93 decommissioned; 1994 scrapped at Baltiysk

Groza - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 56 - laid down 9.1.69 - launched 26.7.72 - completed 26.12.72; 8.73 transferred from Baltiysk to Sevastopol, via inland waterways; 9.73 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet (166th Missile Ship Battalion); 30.10 to 29.11.73 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Briz" and PRTB-13 - included tracking of US task force with USS "John F. Kennedy" and simulated missile firings - visited Tartus, Syria; 1975 to determine possible modifications, MRK "Groza" made a 30 day journey, alone and without any port calls, in the Black Sea from Sevastopol to Batumi - only replenishments was fresh water from a PRTB; 2.6 to 12.7.76 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Zarnitsa" and PRTB-13 - tracked USS "America", and visited Tartus, Syria; from 3.80 attached to the 295th Missile Ship Battalion; 9.1.82 relegated to the reserve - stationed at Karatinnaya (Sevastopol); from 6.90 attached to the 349th Missile Ship Battalion; 11.92 decommissioned; 1993 scrapped at Inkerman - machinery and equipment were used on other Nanuchka I vessels

Grom - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 57 - laid down 1.10.69 - launched 29.10.72 - completed 28.12.72; 5.73 to 6.73 transferred from Liepaya to Novorossiysk, via inland waterways; 9.73 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet (166th Missile Ship Battalion); 3.6.75 to 8.8.75 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Zarnitsa" and PRTB-33 - tracking and simulated missile fire against USS "Forrestal" task force - visited Tartus, Syria 19.7 to 24.7.75; 17.6.78 to 8.8.78 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Briz" and PRTB-33 - tracking USS "Kitty Hawk" - visited Tartus, Syria 22.6 to 28.6.78; 23.7.79 to 3.9.79 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Briz" and PRTB-33 - tracked USS "Forrestal"; 15.4.82 to 16.6.82 operations in the Mediterranean (first and only time), together with MRK "Burya" and PRTB-13 - took part in tracking USS "John F. Kennedy" and conducted patrols off the Lebanese coasts after the Israeli invasion (June 1982); 1.9.88 relegated to the reserve - stationed at Karatinnaya (Sevastopol); from 6.90 attached to the 349th Missile Ship Battalion; 1.6.91 returned to active duty; 24.5.95 decommissioned - converted to a target ship; 27.9.95 hit by missiles from RKR "Admiral Golovko" and gunfire from missile craft "R-334" and "R-109" - sank the next day

Zarnitsa - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 58 - laid down 27.7.70 - launched 28.4.73 - completed 18.9.73; 6.73 to 8.73 transferred from Liepaya to Novorossiysk, via inland waterways; 11.73 accepted into the Black Sea Fleet (166th Missile Ship Battalion); 3.6.75 to 8.8.75 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Grom" and PRTB-33 - tracking and simulated missile fire against USS "Forrestal" task force - visited Tartus, Syria 19.7 to 24.7.75; 2.6 to 12.7.76 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Groza" and PRTB-13 - tracked USS "America", and visited Tartus, Syria; 25.6.77 to 1.8.77 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Briz" and PRTB-13 - exercise involving loading a P-120 missile from the transport "Vilyui" - tracking USS "America" - visited Tartus, Syria; 15.7.81 to 2.9.81 operations in the Mediterranean in connection with the aggrevated situation in Lebanon, together with MRK "Zub" and PRTB-13 - joined by MRK "Briz" 15.8.81 - tracked USS "Enterprise" and her task force - MRK "Zub" and "Zarnitsa" visited Tartus, Syria (PRTB-13 did not return home until 15.9.81); 25.5 to 5.8.83 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Komsomolets Mordovia", "Briz" and PRTB-33 (PRTB-33 replaced PRTB-13 which  had been deployed in the Mediterranean since 14.1.83); 15.5 to 15.6.84 operations in the Mediterranean, together with MRK "Komsomolets Mordovia" and PRTB-33 - took part in tactical exercise 27.5 to 29.5.84; 12.2002 relegated to the reserve - stationed at Karatinnaya (Sevastopol); 3.2005 decommissioned; late 2005 scrapped

Molniya - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 59 - laid down 30.9.71 - launched 27.8.73 - completed 28.12.73; 3.74 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (106th Missile Ship Battalion); 21.10.87 to 4.3.88 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-177, Ust-Dvinsk (Daugavpils); 3.2001 decommissioned; scapped in late 2001

Shkval - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 60 - laid down 17.5.72 - launched 28.12.73 - completed 14.6.74; 8.74 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (106th Missile Ship Battalion); 8.11.75 intercepted SKR "Storozhevoy" after the riot onboard - the riot was crushed; 26.9.78 to 22.2.80 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-177, Ust-Dvinsk (Daugavpils); 12.12.80 to 18.7.85 the ship spent most of it's time at SRZ-177, Ust-Dvinsk (Daugavpils) - but 11.81 took part in rescue operations after the Project 613 submarine had been beached off the Swedish naval base in Karlskrona; 1.10.88 relegated to the reserve, and was based at Liepaya; 8.92 towed to Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast; 4.97 decommissioned

Zariya - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 61 - laid down 18.10.72 - launched 18.5.74 - completed 28.9.74; 10.74 accepted into the Northern Fleet (294th Missile Ship Battalion); 11.74 transferred from Liepaya to Severodvinsk, via inland waterways; 11.9.86 relegated to the reserve - stationed at Guba Dolgaya Zapadnaya (Granitsa); 8.88 towed to Saida Bay; 5.7.94 decommissioned; 1995 scrapped in Murmansk - machinery and equipment were used on other Nanuchka I vessels

Metel - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 62 - laid down 19.2.73 - launched 10.8.74 - completed 8.12.74; 1.75 accepted into the Northern Fleet (294th Missile Ship Battalion); 5.74 to 6.74 transferred from Liepaya to Severodvinsk, via inland waterways; 28.9.90 to 27.8.92 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-82, Roslyakovo; 16.3.98 decommissioned

Shtorm - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 63 - laid down 20.10.73 - launched 3.3.75 - completed 15.6.75; 8.75 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (106th Missile Ship Battalion); 3.3.93 relegated to the reserve, and began repairs and modernisation at SRZ-33, Baltiysk - work progressed slowly, due to lack of funds - decommissioned 16.3.98; 11.98 sold to a Russian company

Raduga - Primorskiy SSZ, Leningrad - serial no. 64 - laid down 16.1.74 - launched 20.6.75 - completed 1.12.75; 2.76 accepted into the Baltic Fleet (106th Missile Ship Battalion); 11.10.91 to 1.10.93 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-33, Baltiysk; decommissioned 5.7.94

Tsiklon - Vladivostok SSZ - serial no. 1001 - laid down 22.9.73 - launched 24.5.77 - completed 31.12.77; 4.78 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (165th Missile Ship Brigade); 27.6.85 to 15.7.86 deployed to Kamran, Vietnam, for operations in the South China Sea (attached to the 119th Surface Ship Brigade); from 5.86 attached to the 66th Missile Ship Battalion; 17.1.95 decommissioned - stationed on lake Bogorodskoye, where it later sank - raised 1998, and scrapped at SRZ-49 in Vilyuchinsk

Tayfun - Vladivostok SSZ - serial no. 1002 - laid down 10.5.74 - launched 14.8.79 - completed 30.12.79; 4.80 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (165th Missile Ship Brigade); from 9.4.84 attached to the 66th Missile Ship Battalion; 10.6.85 to 27.5.86 deployed to Kamran, Vietnam, for operations in the South China Sea (attached to the 119th Surface Ship Brigade); 4.8.95 decommissioned, and disarmed 12.95; 1998 scrapped at SRZ-49 in Vilyuchinsk

Musson - Vladivostok SSZ - serial no. 1003 - laid down 14.7.75 - launched 1.7.81 - completed 30.12.81; 4.82 accepted into the Pacific Fleet (165th Missile Ship Brigade); 5.84 to 5.85 deployed to Kamran, Vietnam, for operations in the South China Sea (attached to the 119th Surface Ship Brigade); 16.4.87 took part in a anti-aircraft missile exercise in the Sea of Japan, together with MRK "Vikhr", MPK "MPK-117", RK "R-42" and "R-87" - fired two Osa-M (SA-N-4) against a R-15M training missile, the second Osa-M hit the target missile, which went out of control and slammed into MPK "Musson" and exploded - MPK "Musson" sank - 39 fatalities