Sovremenniy class destroyer
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The Sovremenny Class destroyer is the main anti-surface combatant of the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation is Project 956 Sarych (Buzzard).
History
The first Sovremenny class destroyer was commissioned in 1980. A total of 18 have been built for the Russian Navy but only twelve remain in service due to lack of funds and trained personnel. All the ships were built by Severnaya Verf 190 St. Petersburg.
These ships have a maximum displacement of 8480t. Dimensions are: Length 156 m, Beam 17.3 m and draught is 6.5 m. They are armed with an anti-submarine helicopter, 48 air defence missiles, eight anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, mines, long-range guns and a sophisticated electronic warfare system.
Design
Command and Control
The ship's combat systems can use target designation data from the ship's active and passive sensors, from other ships in the fleet, from surveillance aircraft or via a communications link from the ship's helicopter. The multi-channel defence suite is capable of striking several targets simultaneously.Missiles
The ship is outfitted with the Raduga Moskit anti-ship missile system with two four-cell launchers installed port and starboard of the forward island and set at an angle about 15°. The ship carries a total of eight Moskit 3M80E missiles, NATO designation SS-N-22 Sunburn. The missile is a sea-skimming missile with velocity Mach 2.5 and armed with a 300 kg high-explosive warhead or a nuclear 200 kt warhead. The range is from 10 to 120 km. The launch weight is 4,000 kg.
Two Shtil surface-to-air missile systems are installed, each on the raised deck behind the twin-barrelled 130 mm guns. Shtil is the export name of the SA-N-7, NATO reporting name Gadfly.(From the 9th ship onwards, same launcher is used for SA-N-17Grizzly/ SA-N-12Yezh.) The system uses the ship's three dimensional circular scan radar for target tracking. Up to three missiles can be aimed simultaneously. The range is up to 25 km against targets with speeds up to 830 m/s. The ship carries 48 Shtil missiles.
Guns
The ship's 130 mm guns are the AK-130-MR-184. The system includes a computer control system with electronic and television sighting. The gun can be operated in fully automatic mode from the radar control system, under autonomous control using the turret mounted Kondensor optical sighting system and can also be laid manually. Rate of fire is between 20 and 35 rounds/min.
The ship has four six-barrelled 30 mm AK-630 artillery systems. The maximum rate of fire is 5,000 rounds/min. Range is up to 4,000 m for low flying anti-ship missiles and 5,000 m for light surface targets. The gun is outfitted with radar and television detection and tracking.
Anti Submarine Systems
The destroyer has two double 533 mm torpedo tubes and two six-barrel RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers, with 48 rockets. Range is 1,000 m The rocket is armed with a 55 kg warhead.
Helicopter
The ship's helicopter pad accommodates one Kamov Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopter, NATO codename Helix. The helicopter can operate in conditions up to Sea State 5 and up to 200 km from the host ship.Countermeasures
The Project 956 destroyer is fitted with an electronic countermeasures system and carries a store of 200 rockets for the two decoy dispensers, model PK-2.Sensors
The ship is equipped with three navigation radars, an air target acquisition radar, and fire control radars for the 130 mm gun and the 30 mm gun. The sonar suite includes active and passive hull mounted search and attack sonar.
Propulsion
The ship's propulsion system is based on two steam turbine engines each producing 50,000 hp together with four high-pressure boilers. There are two fixed-pitch propellers. The ship's maximum speed is just under 33 knots. At a fuel-economic speed of 18 knots the range is 3,920 miles.PLAN variants
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) had two modified Sovremenniy destroyers, delivered in December 1999 and November 2000. In 2002, the PLAN ordered two improved versions designated 956-EM. The first vessel was launched in late 2005, while the second is due to launch in 2006. China's acquisition of Sovremenniy class destroyers caused widespread concern among its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific, most especially Taiwan, which has been regarded by Beijing as a renegade province.
On the improved Project 956EM the aft AK-130 main gun was removed. The four AK-630 CIWS were replaced by two sets of Kashtan short-range air defence gun/missile systems. Each Kashtan system comprises a 3R86E1 command module and two 3R87E combat modules. Each 3R87E combat module has two 30 mm GSh-30k six-barrel automatic guns (range 0.5~4 km) and two SA-N-11 air defence missiles. The missile is armed with a 9 kg warhead and has a range of 1.5~8 km.
General characteristics
- Displacement: 6200 tons standard, 7940 tons full load
- Length: 156 m
- Beam: 17.3 m
- Draught: 6.5 m
- Machinery: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 100,000 hp
- Speed: 32 knots
- Range: 14,000 nm at 14 kt
- Armament: 2x4 SS-N-22 SUNBURN Moskit SSM, 2x1 SA-N-7 SAM, 4 (2x2) 130 mm guns, 4-30 mm AK-630 Gatling guns, 4 (2x2) 553 mm Torpedo tubes, 2 x RBU-1000 ASW rockets, 1 Ka-27 Helicopter
- Complement: 350
- Unit cost: 600 million US$ per ship is the price paid by China for the 956EM.
Ships
- Sovremenniy - Современный -Modern (1980), decommissioned in 1998, scraped in 2003
- Otchayanny - Отчаянный - Reckless (1982), decommissioned in 1998
- Otlichnyy - Отличный - Perfect (or Excellent) (1983), decommissioned in 1998
- Osmotritelnyy - Осмотрительный - Circumspect (1984), decommissioned in 1997
- Bezuprechnyy - Безупречный - Irreproachable (1985), decommissioned in 2003
- Boyevoy - Боевой - Militant (1986)
- Stoykiy - Стойкий - Steadfast (1986), decommissioned in 1998
- Okrylennyy - Окрылённый - Inspiring (1987), decommissioned in 1998, scraped in 1999
- Burnyy - Бурный - Fiery (or Impetuous) (1988)
- Gremyashchiy - Гремящий - Thunderous (originally Vedushchiy - Ведущий - Leading)(1988)
- Bystryy - Быстрый -Quick (or Rapid) (1989)
- Rastoropnyy - Расторопный -Prompt (1989)
- Bezboyaznenny - Безбоязненный -Intrepid (1990)
- Bezuderzhannyy -Безудержный - Impetuous (1991)
- Bespokoynyy - Беспокойный -Restless (1992)
- Nastoychivyy - Настойчивый Persistent (originally Moskovskiy Kosomolets) (1993)
- Besstrashnyy - Бесстрашный Fearless (1994)
- Vazhnyy - Важный - Eminent (sold to China as DDG 136 杭州 Hangzhou before completion)
- Vdumchivyy - Вдумчивый - Thoughtful (sold to China as DDG 137 福州 Fuzhou before completion)
External links
- http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100188 - page on these ships in Russian language
- http://home19.inet.tele.dk/airwing/ships/sovremen.htm - article in English
- http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/956.htm - article in English from FAS
- http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/surface/sovremenniy.asp
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