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 Ognevoy at Sevastopol on 1 May 1947
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Ognevoy class (Project 30) |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Soobrazitelnyy class |
| Succeeded by | Skory class |
| Subclasses | Project 30, Project 30K |
| Built | 1938–1948 |
| In service | 1945–1966 |
| Planned | 24 |
| Completed | 11 |
| Cancelled | 13 |
| Scrapped | 11 |
| General characteristics (Project 30K) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,125 t (2,091 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 117 m (383 ft 10 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range | 2,950 nmi (5,460 km; 3,390 mi) at 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Complement | 20 officers and 281 crewmen |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
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The Ognevoy-class destroyers consisted of 26 destroyers built for the Soviet Navy during and immediately after World War II. The official Soviet designation was Project 30 and Project 30K. Construction was disrupted by the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 (Operation Barbarossa) and many ships were cancelled or scrapped. Only a single ship was completed during the war and the other 10 were finished in 1947–1950.
The Project 7 destroyers proved to have a less than adequate seaworthiness for Soviet conditions. The Soviets decided to build a larger ship with main armament in enclosed turrets. These ships proved popular with the Soviet Navy and formed the basis for the post-war Skory class or Project 30bis.