Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov

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Vice-Admiral Kulakov on 24 August 2012 visiting Portsmouth Naval Base, UK.
History
Russia
Name	Vice-Admiral Kulakov
Namesake	Nikolai Kulakov
Ordered	13 July 1977
Builder	Works in the name of A. A. Zhdanov, Leningrad
Laid down	4 November 1977
Launched	16 May 1980
Commissioned	29 December 1981
Refit	1991–2010
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Udaloy-class destroyer
Displacement	6,200 t (6,102 long tons) standard 7,900 t (7,775 long tons) full load
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	19 m (62 ft)
Draught	7.8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 89,000 kW (120,000 hp)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and processing systems	1 × New Fregat MAE radar complex
Armament	2 × 4 SS-N-14 anti submarine/ship missiles 4 × vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface-to-air missiles 1 × Gibka (3M47) ADMS station 2 × 1 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 4 × 30 mm AK630 Gatling guns 2 × 4 553 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes, Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck and hangar

Vice-Admiral Kulakov (Russian: «Вице-адмирал Кулаков») is an Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy. As of 2022, the ship was in active service. She is named after Soviet naval officer Nikolai Kulakov.