Soviet destroyer Krasny Kavkaz

Not to be confused with Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz.

Krasny Kavkaz (Russian for Red Caucasus) was a Soviet, later Russian Kashin-class destroyer of the Black Sea Fleet.

History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Krasny Kavkaz
Builder	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down	25 November 1964
Launched	9 February 1966
Commissioned	25 September 1967
Decommissioned	1 May 1998
Fate	Scrapped in 2000
General characteristics
Class & type	Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,460 tons full load
Complement	266
Armament	2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles) 1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers 2 × six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

Service history

From 1 June 1967 to 31 June 1967 and from 1 January to 31 December 1968 the destroyer rendered assistance to the armed forces of Egypt and from 5 October to 24 October 1973 - to the armed forces of Syria.^[1] From 10 March 1981 to 19 July 1984 the ship has been repaired in Sevastopol.^[1] Krasny Kavkaz was initially tasked with confronting the U.S. warships during the 1988 Black Sea incident, but due to her technical problems the frigate Bezzavetny was dispatched instead.^[2]