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{{Short description|Soviet frigate}}
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|Ship country=Soviet Union
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy-1992}}
|Ship name=''Dostoynyy''
|Ship namesake=Russian for virtuous
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|Ship builder=[[Zalyv Shipbuilding yard]], [[Kerch]]
|Ship yard number= 11
|Ship laid down=11 August 1969
|Ship launched=8 May 1971
|Ship commissioned=31 December 1971
|Ship decommissioned=30 June 1993
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|Ship fate=Scrapped
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|Ship class=[[Krivak-class frigate|Project 1135 Burevestnik]] [[frigate]]
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|Ship displacement={{convert|2835|t}} standard, {{convert|3190|t}} full load
|Ship length={{convert|123|m|ft|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|14.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} 
|Ship draft={{convert|4.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-3 gas-turbines, 36,000 shp; 2x M-60 gas-turbines (cruise), 12,000 shp
|Ship speed={{convert|32|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship range={{convert|3515|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship complement192, including 23 officers
|Ship sensors=	MR-310A Angara-A air/surface search radar, Volga navigation radar, Don navigation radar, MG-332 Titan-2, MG-325 Vega, 2 MG-7 Braslet and MGS-409K sonars
|Ship EW=PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system
|Ship armament=*4× [[Metel Anti-Ship Complex|URPK-4 Metel (SS-N-14 'Silex')]] anti-submarine missiles (1x4)
*4× ZIF-122 4K33 launchers (22) with 40 [[9K33 Osa|4K33 OSA-M (SA-N-4'Gecko')]] surface to air missiles
*4× {{convert|76|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} AK-726 guns (2×2)
*2× [[RBU-6000]] Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets
*8× {{convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s (2x4)
*18 mines
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'''''Dostoynyy''''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|italics=yes|Достойный}}, "Virtuous") was a Project 1135 [[Krivak-class frigate|Burevestnik-class]] Large Anti-Submarine Ship ({{lang|ru|Большой Противолодочный Корабль}}, BPK) or Krivak-class [[frigate]]. With an armament based around the [[Metel Anti-Ship Complex|Metel anti-submarine missile system]], the vessel was commissioned on 31 December 1971 into the [[Northern Fleet]] of the [[Soviet Navy]]. The vessel took part in a number of exercises, including Okean-75, Sever-77 and Eskadra-84 and as far away as the [[Mediterranean Sea]] as part of the Soviet demonstration of their Naval reach. The ship was designated a Guard Ship ({{lang|ru|Сторожевой Корабль}}, SKR) from 28 July 1977 in response to a change in emphasis of the navy, and was upgraded between January 1985 and August 1988 with missiles that added anti-ship capability. After more than twenty years service, the ship was decommissioned on 30 June 1993.

==Design==
Designed by N.P. Sobolov, ''Dostoynyy'' was the fifth Project 1135 Large Anti-Submarine Ship ({{lang|ru|Большой Противолодочный Корабль}}, BPK) laid down and the fourth one launched.{{sfn|Pavlov|1997|page=132}} The vessel is named for a Russian word which can be translated deserving, virtuous or worthy.{{sfn|Thompson|2010|page=52}} '' Dostoynyy'' served with the [[Soviet Navy]], and the [[Russian Navy]] after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], as an [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] [[frigate]].{{sfn|Baker|2002|page=637}} The ship was redesignated a Guard Ship ({{lang|ru|Сторожевой Корабль}}, SKR) from 28 July 1977 to reflect the change in Soviet strategy of creating protected areas for friendly submarines close to the coast.{{sfn|Gardiner|Friedman|1983|page=491}}

''Dostoynyy'' [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|2835|t}} standard and {{convert|3190|t}} full load. [[Length overall]] was {{convert|123|m|ft|abbr=on}}, with a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|14.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a [[draft (ship)|draught]] of {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. Power was provided by a combination of two {{convert|18000|hp}} M3 and two {{convert|6000|hp}} M60 gas turbines installed as a [[COGAG]] set named М7, which enabled the ship to achieve a design speed of {{convert|32|kn|km/h|0}}. Range was {{convert|4000|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h|0}}, {{convert|3515|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h|0}}, {{convert|3155|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|24|kn|km/h|0}} and {{convert|1240|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|32|kn|km/h|0}}. The ship's complement was 192, including 23 officers.<ref name=russianships>{{cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1135.htm|title=Guard Ships Project 1135|website=Russian Ships|year=2016|accessdate=24 February 2017}}</ref>

The ship was designed for [[anti-submarine warfare]] around four [[Metel Anti-Ship Complex|URPK-3 ''Metel'']] missiles ([[NATO reporting name]] SS-N-14 ''Silex''), backed up by a pair of quadruple {{convert|533|mm|in}} torpedoes and a pair of [[RBU-6000]] {{convert|213|mm|in|0|abbr=on|adj=off}} ''Smerch-2'' anti-submarine rocket launchers.{{sfn|Baker|2002|pages=637–638}} The main armament was upgraded to URPK-5 Rastrub (SS-N-14B) between 1985 and 1986, which provided a much increased anti-ship capability.{{sfn|Holm|2017}} Defence against aircraft was provided by forty [[9K33 Osa|4K33 OSA-M]] (SA-N-4 ''Gecko'') surface to air missiles which were launched from four ZIF-122 launchers.{{sfn|Gardiner|Friedman|1983|page=491}} Two twin {{convert|76|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} AK-726 guns were mounted aft. Mines were also carried, either eighteen IGDM-500 KSM, fourteen KAM, fourteen KB ''Krab'', ten ''Serpey'', four PMR-1, seven PMR-2, seven MTPK-1, fourteen RM-1 mines or twelve UDM-2.<ref name=russianships />

The ship had a well-equipped sensor suite, including a single MR-310A ''Angara-A'' air/surface search radar, ''Volga'' navigation radar, ''Don'' navigation radar, MP-401S ''Start-S'' ESM radar system, ''Nickel-KM'' and ''Khrom-KM'' IFF and ARP-50R radio direction finder. An extensive sonar complement was fitted, including MG-332 ''Titan-2'', MG-325 ''Vega'' and MGS-400K, along with two MG-7 ''Braslet'' anti-saboteur sonars and the MG-26 ''Hosta'' underwater communication system.<ref name=russianships />

==Service==
''Dostoynyy'' was [[keel laying|laid down]] by [[Zalyv Shipbuilding yard]] in [[Kerch]] on 11 August 1969, the first of the class to be constructed by the shipbuilder, and was given the yard number 11. [[Ceremonial ship launching|Launched]] on 8 May 1971 and commissioned on 31 December, the ship was deployed to the [[Northern Fleet]] on 28 April 1972. To that end, on 18 July, ''Dostoynyy'' left [[Sevastopol]] and travelled through the [[Mediterranean Sea]], taking part in operations there, and sailed to [[Severomorsk]], arriving on 30 August. The vessel became part of the 10th Anti-Submarine Brigade and served on the edge of the [[Arctic Ocean]]. ''Dostoynyy'' took part in a number of exercises, including Okean-75 between 11 and 22 April 1975, Sever-77, Okean-83, Magistral-83 and, between 19 and 24 May 1984, Eskadra-84.{{sfn|Holm|2017}} The operations increasingly demonstrated the Soviet ability to operate as a [[blue-water navy]].{{sfn|Polmar|1991|page=81}} In January 1985, the ship was taken out of service and retired to [[Murmansk]] for repairs.  After being upgraded with URPK-5 (SS-N-14B) missiles, the vessel returned to service in August 1988. Still with the Northern Fleet, the ship returned to the Mediterranean Sea between May and December 1989.{{sfn|Holm|2017}} Decommissioned on 30 June 1993, ''Dostoynyy'' was scrapped between 1994 and 1995.{{sfn|Sharpe|1996|page=544}}

==Selected Pennant numbers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
![[Pennant number|Pennant Number]]<ref name=russianships />||Date
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|550||1973
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|557||1975
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|542||1976
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|255||1976
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|503||1979
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|971||1983
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|976||
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|944||1989
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|978||1990
|}

==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|first=A. D.|last=Baker|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003|publisher=Naval Institute Press|place=Annapolis|year=2002|isbn=978-1-55750-242-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ow-AQAAIAAJ}}
* {{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Gardiner|last2=Friedman|first2=Norman|title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982 Part. 2, The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations|publisher= Naval Institute Press|place=Annapolis|year=1983|isbn= 978-0-87021-923-8}}
* {{cite web|first=Michael|last=Holm|title=Project 1135 Krivak I class|website=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|year=2017|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/krivak-1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219181316/http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/krivak-1.htm|archive-date=19 February 2017|accessdate=24 February 2017}}
* {{cite book|first=Aleksandr Sergeevich|last=Pavlov|title=Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995|place=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1997|isbn=978-1-55750-671-9}}
* {{cite book|first=Norman|last=Polmar|title=Guide to the Soviet Navy|publisher=Naval Institute Press|place=Annapolis|year=1991|isbn=978-0-87021-240-6}}
* {{cite book|first=Richard|last=Sharpe|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1996–1997| place=London|publisher=Janes|year=1996|isbn=978-0-71061-355-4}}
* {{cite book|first=Delia|last=Thompson|title=Oxford Essential Russian Dictionary|place=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-19957-643-2}}

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