Soviet destroyer Otvazhny (1964)

Otvazhny was a Soviet Kashin-class destroyer built for the Black Sea Fleet during the 1960s. She sank in 1974 after a rocket motor ignited and caused an explosion that set the ship on fire.

History
Soviet Union
Name:	Otvazhny
Builder:	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down:	10 August 1963
Launched:	17 August 1964
Completed:	31 December 1965
Fate:	Sunk in an ammunition accident, 30 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement:	4,290 t (4,220 long tons) (full load)
Length:	144 m (472 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam:	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft:	4.46 m (14 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 gas turbiness
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	266
Armament:	2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles) 1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers 2 × six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

References

Bibliography

• INRO Staff (1992). "The Loss of the Project 61 Class Antisubmarine Warfare Ship Otvazhnyi". Warship International. XXIX (3): 256–266. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.