Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov

Admiral Vinogradov underway in 1992.
History
Russia
Name: Admiral Vinogradov
Laid down: 5 February 1986
Launched: 4 June 1987
Commissioned: 30 December 1988
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Udaloy-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 6,200 t (6,102 long tons) standard
  • 7,900 t (7,775 long tons) full load
Length: 162.99 m (534 ft 9 in)
Beam: 19.30 m (63 ft 4 in)
Draught: 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 89,000 kW (120,000 hp)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range: 10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 300
Armament:
  • 2 × 4 SS-N-14 anti-submarine missiles
  • 8 × vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface-to-air missiles
  • 2 × 1 100 mm (3.9 in) guns
  • 4 × 30 mm Gatling guns
  • 2 × 4 553 mm (21.8 in) torpedo tubes, Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters
Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar

Admiral Vinogradov is an Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy. She is currently active with the Russian Pacific Fleet.

History

The Admiral Vinogradov was laid down in the former Soviet union in February 1986 and was launched in June 1987. In August 1990, she was one of three Soviet warships to visit San Diego.[1] The ship was commissioned and joined the Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1988. After the fall of the Soviet union in 1991 the destroyer joined the Russian Navy

The Admiral Vinogradov also was involved in patrols in the Persian Gulf along side UK/NATO ships including HMS Glasgow

On 17 November 2010, the ship left Vladivostok to Gulf of Aden to participate in the UN anti-piracy mission of the horn of Africa.[2] The ship was seen shadowing several US navy vessels during the RIMPAC 2016 naval exercise near Hawaii.[3] In September 2016 the destroyer participated in the joint Russian-Chinese exercise in the South China Sea.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-01/news/mn-1304_1_san-diego-harbor
  2. ↑ "Another Pacific Fleet task force sailed off to fight piracy". Rusnavy.com. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ↑ https://news.usni.org/2016/07/17/russ_des_hawaii_uss_america
  4. ↑ http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12098508@egNews


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