Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky
 Admiral Oktyabrsky at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, October 1990
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| History | |
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| Name | Admiral Oktyabrsky |
| Namesake | Filipp Oktyabrsky |
| Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard |
| Laid down | 2 June 1969 |
| Launched | 21 May 1971 |
| Commissioned | 28 December 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 156.5 m (513 ft) |
| Beam | 17.2 m (56 ft) |
| Draught | 5.96 m (19.6 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range |
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| Endurance | 1830 tons fuel oil |
| Complement | 343 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Admiral Oktyabrsky (Russian: Адмирал Октябрьский) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II) class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The sixth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War, from 1973 to 1993. She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag, and was refitted between 1982 and 1986. She was decommissioned in 1993 due to deteriorating conditions which reduced naval funding prevented from being addressed before being sold for scrap.
Design
Admiral Oktyabrsky was the sixth ship of her class of ten Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II-class) cruisers, designed by Vasily Anikeyev.[1] They were designated as Large Anti-Submarine Ships in accordance with their primary mission of countering NATO submarines.[2]
As a Kresta II-class cruiser, Admiral Oktyabrsky was 156.5 metres (513.5 ft) long with a beam of 17.2 m (56.4 ft) and a draught of 5.96 m (19.6 ft). She displaced 5,600 tons standard, 6,500 tons light and 7,535 full load, and had a complement of 343. The ship was equipped with a hangar aft to carry a single Kamov Ka-25 Hormone-A helicopter.[1][3]
Admiral Oktyabrsky was propelled by two TV-12 steam geared turbines powered by four high pressure boilers which created 75,000 kilowatts (100,577 hp), giving her a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). She had a range of 5,200 nmi (9,630 km; 5,984 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) and 1,754.86 nmi (3,250 km; 2,019 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph).[1][4]
Armament
For her primary role as an anti-submarine cruiser, Admiral Oktyabrsky mounted two quadruple launchers for eight anti-submarine missiles in the Metel anti-ship complex. She was also equipped with two RBU-6000 12-barrel and two RBU-1000 6-barrel rocket launchers.[4] The Ka-25 helicopter embarked on the cruiser was also capable of aiding in the search and destruction of submarines.[5]
Admiral Oktyabrsky was armed with four AK-725 57 mm L/80 DP guns situated in two twin mountings to protect against aerial threats. She also had four 30 mm AK-630 CIWS mountings, and was armed with two twin launchers for the 48 V-611 surface-to-air missiles they carried in the M-11 Shtorm system. She also mounted two quintuple mountings for 533 mm (21 in) dual-role torpedoes.[4]
Electronics warfare
Admiral Oktyabrsky was equipped with the MR-600 Voskhod (NATO code name Top Sail) early warning air search radar, the MR-310U Angara-M (NATO code name Head Net C) search radar, and the Volga (NATO code names Don Kay and Don-2) navigational radar. For anti-submarine warfare she had improved MG-332T Titan-2T hull mounted sonar.[6] For fire control purposes she had Grom SA-N-1 fire control and MR-103 Bars AK725 fire control. Admiral Oktyabrsky also had a MG-26 communications outfit and a MG-35 Shtil sonar.[4][1][6] Admiral Oktyabrsky was the second ship of her class completed with the MR-123 Vympel fire control radar for the AK-630, as the first four ships had not received it.[1]
Construction
On 14 September 1969, Admiral Oktyabrsky, named for Soviet World War II naval commander Filipp Oktyabrsky, was added to the list of ships of the Soviet Navy. Built in the Zhdanov Shipyard with the serial number 726, the cruiser was laid down on 2 June of that year and launched on 21 May 1971.[7] She was commissioned on 28 December 1973, under the command of Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Yerisov.[8]
Career
1970s
The ship was assigned to the 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade of the fleet's 10th (Pacific) Operational Squadron on 7 February, and began the voyage from Baltiysk to the Pacific Fleet at Vladivostok after the completion of state tests in the Baltic. During the voyage, Admiral Oktyabrsky visited Berbera between 17 and 30 June before rendezvousing with Black Sea Fleet helicopter carrier Leningrad and destroyer Skory at Cape Guardafui, then went on to visit Aden between 6 and 23 August and Colombo between 3 and 10 October. In April 1975 it became the first ship in the Pacific Fleet to test fire the Metel anti-ship complex.[9]
Admiral Oktyabrsky operated in the Indian Ocean with sister ship Vasily Chapayev in 1977. As part of a search group with destroyers Gordyy and Strogiy, she participated in the Piton anti-submarine exercise in the Philippine Sea between 14 April and 15 May 1977, during which she discovered seven United States nuclear submarines, following one to the territorial waters of Guam. The cruiser returned to the Indian Ocean in 1978, and on 7 April participated in Pacific Fleet exercises with sister Kresta II-class cruiser Marshal Voroshilov, destroyer Sposobny, frigate Razyashchiy, and the missile cruiser Vladivostok, observed by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev and Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov from the cruiser Admiral Senyavin. Admiral Oktyabrsky was in Dalzavod shipyard for routine repairs between 15 August 1978 and 17 December 1979.[10]
1980s and end of service
She operated in the Indian Ocean during 1980, visiting Tamrida as part of a detachment of the 8th (Indian Ocean) Operational Squadron with missile cruiser Admiral Fokin, and frigate Storozhevoy under the flag of Counter Admiral Mikhail Khronopulo between 10 and 11 May. Between 20 and 30 May she visited Dahlak and Aden. After returning to Vladivostok, Admiral Oktyabrsky was refitted at Dalzavod between 19 December 1982 and 10 October 1986, receiving replacement turbines and boilers,[10] updated Rastrub-B missiles for her Metel, the Shlyuz satellite navigation system and the Tsunami-BM satellite communications system. Between August 1990 and February 1991 she operated in the Persian Gulf at the same time as the Gulf War.[11]
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the cruiser was transferred to the Russian Navy, though her career in the latter was brief, as she was decommissioned on 30 June 1993 due to the deterioration of the ship and lack of funds for repair, and the hull was transferred to an underwater engineering detachment, to be sold for scrap. The crew of the ship was disbanded on 10 March 1994.[11]
During her career, Admiral Oktyabrsky was assigned the temporary tactical numbers 585, 225 (in 1975), 283, 138 (in 1976), 561, 564, 595, and 531.[11]
Commanding officers
Admiral Oktyabrsky was commanded by the following officers during her career:[11]
- Captain 2nd rank Vladimir Yerisov
- Captain 3rd rank V.F. Volkov
- Captain 2nd rank Nikolay Birin
- Captain 2nd rank Sergey Sinitsa (1988–1991)
- Captain 2nd rank S.N. Bezverkhny
- Captain 2nd rank N.I. Samsonov (1992–1994)
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Hampshire 2017, pp. 27–28.
- ^ Hampshire 2017, p. 5.
- ^ Pavlov 1995, p. 78.
- ^ a b c d Chant 1987, p. 196.
- ^ Hampshire 2017, p. 14.
- ^ a b Averin 2007, p. 45.
- ^ Berezhnoy 1995, p. 15.
- ^ Averin 2007, pp. 49, 62.
- ^ Averin 2007, p. 62.
- ^ a b Averin 2007, p. 63.
- ^ a b c d Averin 2007, p. 64.
Bibliography
- Averin, A.B. (2007). Адмиралы и маршалы. Корабли проектов 1134 и 1134А [Admirals and Marshals: Ships Project 1134 and 1134A] (in Russian). Moscow: Voennaya Kniga. ISBN 978-5-902863-16-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Berezhnoy, S.S. (January 1995). "Советский ВМФ 1945-1995: крейсера, большие противолодочные корабли, эсминцы" [Soviet Navy, 1945–1995: Cruisers, large anti-submarine ships, and destroyers]. Морская коллекция [Morskaya kollektsiya] (in Russian) (1). Modelist-konstruktor.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Chant, Christopher (1987). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415710725.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hampshire, Edward (2017). Soviet Cold War Guided Missile Cruisers. New Vanguard 242. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1740-2.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Pavlov, Alexander (1995). Военные корабли СССР и России 1945-1995 гг. Справочник [Warships of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1945–1995: Handbook] (in Russian). Yakutsk: Sakhapoligradizdat. OCLC 464542777.
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