Soviet frigate Retivyy

	Retivyy on 23 December 1985.
History
Soviet Union
Name	Retivyy
Namesake	Russian for Ardent
Builder	A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad
Yard number	712
Laid down	12 June 1974
Launched	14 August 1976
Commissioned	28 December 1976
Decommissioned	4 August 1995
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Project 1135 Burevestnik frigate
Displacement	2,835 tonnes (2,790 long tons; 3,125 short tons) standard, 3,190 tonnes (3,140 long tons; 3,520 short tons) full load
Length	123 m (404 ft)
Beam	142 m (466 ft)
Draft	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft; COGAG; 2 x M-8K gas-turbines, 34,000 shp (25,000 kW); 2 x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,408 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	23 officers, 169 men
Sensors and ; processing systems	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-400K sonars
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system
Armament	4 × URPK-4 Metel (SS-N-14 'Silex') anti-submarine missiles (1x4); 4 × ZIF-122 4K33 launchers (22) with 40 4K33 OSA-M (SA-N-4'Gecko') surface to air missiles; 4 × 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns (2×2); 2 × 45 mm (2 in) 21KM guns (2x1); 2 × RBU-6000 Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets; 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2x4); 18 mines;

Retivyy (Russian: Ретивый, “Ardent”) was a Soviet Navy 1135 Burevestnik-class Guard Ship (Сторожевой Корабль, SKR) or Krivak-class frigate.

Design

Displacing 2,835 tonnes (2,790 long tons; 3,125 short tons) standard and 3,190 tonnes (3,140 long tons; 3,520 short tons) full load, Retivyy was 123 m (404 ft) in length.^[1] Power was provided by a combination of two 17,000 horsepower (13,000 kW) M8K and two 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) M62 gas turbines, driving two fixed pitch screws, for a design speed of 32 knots (59 km/h).^[1]

The ship was designed for anti-submarine warfare around four URPK-4 Metel missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-14 'Silex'), backed up by 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes and a pair of RBU-6000 213 mm (8 in) anti-submarine rocket launchers.^[2]

Service

Launched on 14 August 1976. Retivyy was accepted into the Pacific Fleet on 5 February 1977 as part of the 173th Brigade and operated in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[3] On 30 October 1978, the ship participated in the search for the crew of the Lockheed P-3 Orion AF 586 from VP-9 that had crashed off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. 1979 saw operations in the Indian Ocean with Razumnyy and Rezkiy, along with Project 641 submarines B-33 and B-112. In 1981 the vessel joined with Petropavlovsk, Rezkiy, submarine K-201 and the tanker Irkut for service off the west coast of the United States. Retivyy underwent anti-submarine training with Razumnyy in 1988. The ship was decommissioned on 4 August 1995 and sold to a South Korean company for scrap.^[3]

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number^[1]	Date
591
217
601	1979
616	1981
609	1984
628	1987
602	1990
670	1990
605	1995

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Guard Ships Project 1135". Russian Ships. 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^ Baker, A. D. (2002). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 637–638.
^ ^a ^b Holm, Michael. "Project 1135 Krivak I class". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

[russianships-1] "Guard Ships Project 1135". Russian Ships. 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

[baker-2] Baker, A. D. (2002). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 637–638.

[holm-3] Holm, Michael. "Project 1135 Krivak I class". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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