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| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Steregushchy (Стерегущий (Watchful)) |
| Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
| Builder | Shipyard No. 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad |
| Laid down | 12 August 1936 |
| Launched | 18 January 1938 |
| Completed | 30 October 1939 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1958 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1959 |
| General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938) | |
| Class and type | Gnevny-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 197 (236 wartime) |
| Sensors and processing systems | Mars hydrophone |
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Steregushchy (Russian: Стерегущий, lit. 'Watchful') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet. The ship played a minor role in the Winter War of 1939–1940 against the Finns. After the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, Steregushchy participated in the Gulf of Riga Campaign. The ship briefly provided naval gunfire support during the Siege of Leningrad before she was sunk by German dive bombers on 21 September. Her wreck was refloated in 1944, although the repairs were not completed until 1948. Steregushchy was broken up for scrap in 1959.