Soviet destroyer Rekordny (1939)

Rekordny was renamed Anshan in Chinese service and now preserved at the Naval Museum of China in Qingdao
History
Soviet Union
NameRekordny
Ordered2nd Five-Year Plan
Builder
Laid down
  • 25 September 1936
  • July 1937
Launched6 April 1939
Completed9 January 1941
FateTransferred to the People's Liberation Army Navy, 6 July 1955
People's Republic of China
NameAnshan (Chinese: 鞍山舰; pinyin: Ānshān Jiàn)
NamesakeAnshan City, Liaoning Province
Acquired6 July 1955
ReclassifiedAs a missile destroyer, 1974
Stricken1986
FateBecame museum ship, 24 April 1992
General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938)
Class and typeGnevny-class destroyer
Displacement1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard)
Length112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement197 (236 wartime)
Sensors and
processing systems
Mars hydrophone
Armament

Rekordny was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1941, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet.