The
Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after World War
II. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis. The ships were derived from the
Project 30 Ognevoy-class destroyer, but were slightly larger with better sea-keeping
and significantly increased endurance. These ships were longitudinally framed
and completely welded. The ships were built in 101 modular pre-fabricated sections
which led to rapid building times. Their general design also remained very
classical, with benches of torpedo tubes distributed between the two chimneys
and the quarter deck, a more modern double turret artillery, and a powerful AA
battery, according to the standards imposed in 1944-45. The machinery and main
armament was essentially identical to those of the Ognevoy class destroyers but
the boilers employed forced draught for increased power.
In total 70 ships seems to have been built between
1949 and 1953. This was the largest operational
Soviet destroyer class ever, answering the Gearing
class. These ships served on the four fleets (Baltic,
Arctic, Black Sea and Far East) until the end
of the Cold War.
Project 31 was an improved Skoryy class destroyer.
Only there were only eight ships modernized EM
pr.30 bis of the Soviet Navy, converted in 1957-1962.
The assignment for Project 31 was developed by
the USSR Navy in 1957, the purpose of the work
was to "convert the destroyers of project
30bis into electronic intelligence ships".
The technical project for the conversion of these
ships was developed in 1957 by TsKB-57.
In the course of the work, only the main caliber
artillery was left unchanged from the ship's armament.
The former main power plant remained unchanged.
The bow torpedo tube, aft anti-submarine bombers
BMB-1, as well as all 85-mm and 37-mm artillery
were removed. Instead, five new, for the first
time used single-barreled 57-mm machine guns of
the ZIF-71 type, with a rate of fire of 170-200
rounds per minute (3500 rounds of ammunition)
with a remote guidance system D-71-2 were installed.
The anti-submarine armament included one rotary
five-tube 533-mm torpedo tube PTA-53-31, adapted
for firing anti-submarine torpedoes, with a powder
firing system and a Zvuk-31 system, as well as
jet-bomb armament: two 16-barrel 212-mm rocket
stabilized bomb launchers RBU-2500 with the Smerch-31
PUSB system (96 RGB-25 unguided depth charges).
There were also 14 BB-1 depth charges in the aft
sub-deck bomb throwers. In order to protect against
attacking torpedoes, the ship was equipped with
two towed BOKA acoustic guardians.
The radio-technical armament of the project 31
ship was represented by one Fut-N radar for detecting
air and surface targets(on the mainmast), one
Zalp-M2 radar for controlling artillery firing
of the main caliber artillery (on the foremast)
and two Fut-B radars for controlling anti-aircraft
artillery fire (side by side on the aft superstructure).
There was one Don navigation radar with a Palma
block, Fire-50 IR equipment for joint navigation,
and standard for destroyers IFF (Nickel-K and
Chrome-K). Instead of the previous one, a new
sonar station GS-572 (Hercules) was installed.
Project 31 became the first ship of the Soviet
Navy to have standard radio intelligence equipment
installed, designed to search for and intercept
working radio stations in the VHF, HF, CB and
L wave bands.
Destroyer Bezboyaznenny laid down by Project
30bis on 26 March 1951 at the Shipyard named after
61 kommunara, Nikolaev (yard No.1114), launched
on 31 August 1951, commissioned on 11 January
1952 and 06 July 1952 was assigned to the Black
Sea Fleet.
The ship was upgraded at the Shipyard named after
61 kommunara, Nikolaev according to Project 31
from 01 July 1958 to 25 November 1960.
From 13 August 1976 - SM-274 target ship.
On 12 August 1977 the ship was excluded from
the lists of the Black Sea Fleet and scrapped.
Specifications |
Displacement (tons): |
Standard: |
2600
|
Full load: |
3260 |
Dimensions (m): |
Length: |
121,2 |
Beam: |
12 |
Draft: |
5,24 |
Speed (knots): |
33 |
Range: |
3060 nmi (15,7 knots) |
Autonomy (days): |
10 |
Propulsion: |
2x30000 hp TV-6 GTZA, 2 fixed
pitch propellers, 2x150 kW turbine-type generators,
2x75 kW diesel-generators |
Armament: |
2x2 130 mm B-2LM (600 rounds) - Mina-31
fire control system with Zalp-M2 radar
5x1 57 mm ZIF-71 - 2 Fut-B radars
1x5 533 mm PTA-53-30bis torpedo tubes (5
torpedoes) - Mina-30bis with radar Redan-4
fire control system
2x16 RBU-2500 Uragan-2 (128 RGB-25)
2 BMB-1 (50 depth-charges)
48 KB mines or 38 KMD-1000 mines
|
Electronics: |
Fut-N air/surface search radar, Bizan-8
ESM radar system, 3 Gafel ESM radar system,
Don navigation radar, GS-572 Gerkules sonar
|
Complement: |
288 |
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