Soviet cruiser Admiral Fokin
Admiral Fokin (Russian: Адмирал Фокин) was the second ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта, RKR), also known as the Kynda Class. Launched on 19 November 1961, the vessel served with the Pacific Fleet during the latter half of the 1960s, through the 1970s into the 1980s, undertaking a tour of the Indian Ocean which included visits to foreign ports. Admiral Fokin was transferred to the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union but was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped.
 Sistership Groznyy in 1985 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Admiral Fokin |
| Namesake: | Vitaliy Alekseyevich Fokin |
| Builder: | A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad |
| Yard number: | 781 |
| Laid down: | 5 October 1960 |
| Launched: | 19 November 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 June 1993 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Project 58 Groznyy class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons; 4,800 short tons) standard, 5,400 tonnes (5,300 long tons; 6,000 short tons) full load |
| Length: | 142.7 m (468 ft) |
| Beam: | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.01 m (16.4 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; 4 x KVN-95/64 boilers, 2 x TV-12 GTZA steam turbines, 45,000 shp (34,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 34.5 knots (64 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,334 km) at 14.3 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 25 officers, 304 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 2 x MR-300 Angara air/surface search radars, 1 x Bizan, 1 x MRP-11-12, 2 x MRP-13-14 and 2 x MRP-15-16 Zaliv reconnaissance radars, 1 x Don navigation radar, 2 x Nickel-KM and 2 x Khrom-KM IFF, 1 x Vizir-1 and 1 x GS-572 Gerkules-2M sonar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 x Krab-11, 2 x Krab-12 ESM radar system |
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| Aircraft carried: | Helipad for 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
Design
Displacing 4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons; 4,800 short tons) standard and 5,300 tonnes (5,200 long tons; 5,800 short tons) full load, Admiral Fokin was 142.7 m (468 ft) in length.[1] Power was provided by two 45,000 horsepower (34,000 kW) TV-12 steam turbines, fuelled by four KVN-95/64 boilers and driving two fixed pitch screws.[2] Design speed was 34 knots (63 km/h).[3]
The ship was designed for anti-ship warfare around two quadruple SM-70 P-35 launchers for sixteen 4K44 missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-3 'Shaddock’).[4] To defend against aircraft, the ship was equipped with a single twin ZIF-102 M-1 Volna launcher with sixteen V-600 4K90 (SA-N-1 ‘Goa’) missiles forward and two twin 76 mm (3 in) guns aft, backed up by two single 45 mm (2 in) guns.[4] Defence against submarines was provided by two triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes and a pair of RBU-6000 213 mm (8 in) anti-submarine rocket launchers.[1]
In 1975, the missiles were updated and the main radar was upgraded to MR-310A, and two Uspekh-U radars were added in 1980.[4]
Service
Launched 19 November 1961 with the name Steregushyy (Russian: стерегущий –vigilant), the vessel was renamed Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к – ruler of the east) on 31 October 1962 and eventually received its definitive name of Admiral Fokin on 11 May 1964.[4] The vessel was named after Admiral Vitaliy Alekseyevich Fokin.
Admiral Fokin sailed in 1965 from Severomorsk to Vladivostok to serve with the Pacific Fleet attached to the 175th Missile Ship Brigade.[5] During the 1960s, the vessel toured the Indian Ocean, visiting Mombasa, Kenya (26 November to 2 December 1968), Aden, South Yemen (2 to 7 January 1969), Al Hudaydah, North Yemen (9 to 12 January 1969), Mumbai, India (February 1969), Nairobi, Kenya (5 to 9 April 1969) and Port Louis, Mauritius (19 April to 23 April 1969). In February and March 1979, Admiral Fokin joined a large fleet of Soviet warships led by Sverdlov-class cruiser Admiral Senyavin that operated in the South China Sea in support of Vietnam during clashes along their border with China. The vessel continued to serve in the Indian Ocean in the 1980s, returning to South Yemen in May 1980.[5]
At the dissolution of the Admiral Fokin was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 and scrapped in 1995.
Pennant numbers
| Pennant Number[4] | Date |
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| 336 | 1964 |
| 176 | 1966 |
| 641 | 1968 |
| 823 | 1968 |
| 831 | 1971 |
| 835 | 1971 |
| 822 | 1977 |
| 019 | 1977 |
| 845 | 1980 |
| 120 | 1981 |
| 022 | 1987 |
| 017 | 1990 |
References
- Moore, John (1980). Jane's Fighting Ships 1980-1981. London: Jane's. ISBN 9780710607034.
- Gogin, Ivan (2015). "GROZNYY missile cruisers (project 58) (1962 - 1965)". Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- Hampshire, Edward (2017). Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 9781472817402.
- "Guided Missile Cruisers: Project 58 Grozny". Russian Ships. 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- Holm, Michael. "Project 58 Kynda class". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Retrieved 23 July 2017.