Russian Navy - Kashin-class destroyer- Сметливый 810

Kashin-class destroyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Kashin-class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61. As of 2007, one ship is in service with the Russian Navy, and five modified ships are in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput-class destroyers. In the Soviet Union they were officially classified as “guard ships“ (storozhevoi korabl – SKR), then “large ASW ships“ (BPK) or “large missile ships“ (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet purpose-built anti-air warfare ships and the first to carry an ASW helicopter. The design specification was approved in 1957; the first ship was laid down in 1959 and commissioned in 1962. Much new equipment was developed for these ships, including surface-to-air missiles, radars and gas turbine engines. The gas tur