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Soviet destroyer Otvazhny (1964)

Destroyer of the Soviet Navy

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Soviet stamp depicting Kashin-class destroyer
History
Soviet Union
Name	Otvazhny
Builder	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down	10 August 1963
Launched	17 August 1964
Completed	31 December 1965
Fate	Sunk in an ammunition accident, 30 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,290 t (4,220 long tons) (full load)
Length	144 m (472 ft 5 in) (o/a)
Beam	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft	4.46 m (14 ft 8 in)
Installed power	72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 gas turbiness
Speed	34knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	266
Armament	2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles) 1 × quintuple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × 12-barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers 2 × 6-barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

Otvazhny was a Soviet Kashin-class destroyer built for the Black Sea Fleet during the 1960s.^{[citation needed]} She sank on 30 August 1974 after a defective anti-aircraft missile launched during Black Sea Fleet drills ignited a fire which resulted in the explosion of the ship magazines.^[1]

• INRO Staff (1992). "The Loss of the Project 61 Class Antisubmarine Warfare Ship Otvazhnyi". Warship International. XXIX (3): 256–266. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia, 1945-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.

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