Soviet destroyer Volevoy (1951)

Volevoy was a Skory-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy which later transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed RI Siliwangi (201).^[1]

RI Siliwangi alongside an Imam Bondjol class
History
Soviet Union
Name	Volevoy (Волевой)
Namesake	Volitional in Russian
Builder	Amur Shipbuilding Plant
Laid down	1 March 1951
Launched	11 September 1951
Commissioned	29 December 1951
Decommissioned	17 February 1959
Indonesia
Name	Siliwangi
Namesake	King Siliwangi
Commissioned	1959
Decommissioned	1971
Identification	Pennant number: 201
General characteristics
Class & type	Skory-class destroyer
Displacement	2,316 long tons (2,353 t) standard 3,066 long tons (3,115 t) full load
Length	120.5 m (395 ft 4 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	3 × boilers 60,000 shp (44,742 kW) 2 × shafts
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	4,080 nautical miles (7,556 km; 4,695 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	286
Sensors & processing systems	Radars: Gyus-1 Ryf-1 Redan-2 Vympel-2 Sonar: Tamir-5h
Armament	as built: 2 × dual 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 1 × dual 85 mm (3.3 in) guns 7 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 2 × quin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 × mines 52 × depth charges as modernized: 2 × dual 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × quin RBU 2500 anti-submarine rockets 1 × dual 85 mm (3.3 in) guns 7 × single 57 mm guns 1 × quin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 60 × mines or 52 × depth charges

Development

Main article: Skory-class destroyer

The development of the first post-war destroyer project based on the previous project 30 was entrusted to the TsKB-17 team. The composition of the armament was finally specified on November 28, 1945. The technical design materials and working drawings were developed under the leadership of the chief designer A. L. Fisher (deputies G. D. Agul, K. A. Maslennikov) in the new, recreated, TsKB-53. The technical design was approved by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 149-95 of January 28, 1947.^{[2][page needed]}

The lead ship of this project was accepted into the USSR Navy on December 21, 1949, on the occasion of J.V. Stalin's birthday. Engineer-Lieutenant Colonel A.T.^{[2][page needed]}

Construction and career

The ship was built at Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and was launched on 11 September 1951 and commissioned into the Pacific Fleet on 29 December 1951.^[3]

She was decommissioned on 17 February 1959,^[4] and sold to the Indonesian Navy. She was renamed RI Siliwangi (201).^[5]

She was again retired from service in 1971.^[5] The ship was sold for scrap to a Taiwanese company in 1973.^[4]