Soviet destroyer Baku
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| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Baku |
| Namesake | Baku |
| Builder | Dalzavod, Komsomolsk-on-Amur |
| Laid down | 15 January 1935 as Kiev |
| Launched | 25 July 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 30 July 1963 |
| In service | 1938-1963 |
| Renamed |
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| Honours and awards | Order of the Red Banner, 6 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 127.5 m (418 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | 3 shaft geared turbines, 3 boilers, 66,000 shp (49,000 kW) |
| Speed | 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
| Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement | 250 (311 wartime) |
| Sensors and processing systems | Arktur hydrophones |
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Baku (Russian: "Баку") was a Soviet Red Banner destroyer leader of the Template:Sclass- (she was reclassfied as a destroyer in 1949). She was built by Dalzavod in Komsomolsk na Amure. The ship was laid down on 15 January 1935 as Kiev. On 27 December 1939, the vessel was renamed Sergo Ordzhonikidze and on 25 September 1940, Baku. The ship was launched on 25 July 1938 and attached to the 1st Division of destroyers of the Pacific Fleet. In 1942 Baku was transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet via the Arctic Ocean.
During World War II Baku travelled over 42,000 miles. On 6 March 1945 her crew was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
References
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- Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
- Yakubov, Vladimir; Worth, Richard (2008). Raising the Red Banner: A Pictorial History of Stalin' s Fleet. Gloucestershire, England: Spellmount. ISBN 978-1-86227-450-1.