Kashin-class destroyer

Sderzhanny in 1980
Class overview
NameKashin class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byKanin class
Succeeded bySovremenny class
Subclasses
Built1959–1973
In commission1962–2020
Completed25
Active3
Lost1
Retired20
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeAnti-Submarine / Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,400 tons standard,
  • 4,390 tons full load
Length144 m (472 ft)
Beam15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught4.6 m (15 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × COGAG; 2 shafts,
  • 4 × M8E gas turbines M3 unit aggregate; 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) up to 96,000 hp (72,000 kW)[1]
Speed38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) (4 gas turbines on full power)
Range3,500 nmi (6,480 km; 4,030 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance10 Days
Complement266 to 320
Sensors and
processing systems
  • MR-300 "Angara" air/surface search radars
  • ARP-50R radio direction finder
  • MGK-335 Platina sonar (Project 61M)
  • Planshet-61 Combat Information Control System
  • Pult-61M Weapon FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Krab-11 ESM radar system
  • Krab-12 ESM radar system
  • MP-401 Start ESM radar system (Project 61M)
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

The Kashin class, Soviet designation Project 61, were series of anti-aircraft guided-missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy since the 1960s. As of 2020, no ships remain in service with the Russian Navy, but three modified ships continue in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput-class destroyers.

In the Soviet Union they were officially classified as "guard ships" (storozhevoi korabl – SKR), then "large ASW ships" (BPK) or "large missile ships" (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet purpose-built anti-air warfare ships and the first to carry an ASW helicopter.

  1. ^ "Project 61 Kashin class Project 61 Kashin Mod class Guided Missile Destroyer". fas.org. Retrieved 11 November 2015.