Skory in 1987
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History | |
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Soviet Union → Russia | |
Name |
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Namesake | Swift in Russian |
Builder | 61 Communards Shipyard, Nikolayev |
Laid down | 20 April 1970 |
Launched | 26 February 1971 |
Commissioned | 23 September 1972 |
Decommissioned | 22 November 1997 |
Homeport | Sevastopol |
Identification | Pennant number: 702 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1998 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kashin-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 144 m (472 ft) |
Beam | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) (4 gas turbines on full power) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,480 km; 4,030 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 266 to 320 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x Ka-27 series helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helipad |
Skory was a Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.[2][3]