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Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Russian Navy

43°06′43″N 131°53′16″E / 43.1118729°N 131.8878362°E / 43.1118729; 131.8878362

For other ships with the same name, see Soviet destroyer Bystry (1936).

Bystry on 15 July 2015
History
Soviet Union → Russia
Name
  • Bystry
  • (Быстрый)
NamesakeQuick in Russian
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down29 October 1985
Launched28 November 1987
Commissioned30 September 1989
HomeportVladivostok
IdentificationPennant number: 676, 715, 786
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeSovremenny-class destroyer
Displacement6,600 tons standard, 8,480 tons full load
Length156 m (511 ft 10 in)
Beam17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draught6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators, and 2 diesel generators
Speed32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Range
  • 3,920 nmi (7,260 km; 4,510 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 1,345 nmi (2,491 km; 1,548 mi) at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement350
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar: Air target acquisition radar, 3 × navigation radars, 130 mm gun fire-control radars, 30 mm air-defence gun fire control radar
  • Sonar: Active and passive under-keel sonar
  • ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire-control system, and torpedo fire control system
Electronic warfare
& decoys		2 PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rockets)
Armament
  • Guns:
  • 4 (2 × 2) AK-130 130 mm naval guns
  • 4 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS
  • Missiles
  • 8 (2 × 4) (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') anti-ship missiles
  • 48 (2 × 24) SA-N-7 'Gadfly' surface-to-air missiles
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 6 RBU-1000 300 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried1× Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

Bystry was a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Soviet and later Russian navy.

Bystry on 9 September 1992

Development and design

Main article: Sovremenny-class destroyer

Project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious in the Soviet Navy that naval guns still had an important role particularly in support of amphibious landings, but existing gun cruisers and destroyers were showing their age. A new design was started, employing a new 130 mm automatic gun turret.

The ships are  156 metres (511 ft 10 in) in length, with a beam of 17.3 metres (56 ft 9 in) and a draught of 6.5 metres (21 ft 4 in).

Construction and career

Bystry was laid down on 29 October 1985 and launched on 28 November 1987 by Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad. She was commissioned on 30 September 1989.

On 24 September 2010, a fire broke out in the destroyer's engine room. The sailor Aldar Tsydenzhapov was able to extinguish the fire and saved the ship from a potentially disastrous explosion. Four days later, he died in hospital from his burns, and was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation for his actions.

From 3 to 28 June 2013, a detachment of ships – Bystry, Oslyabya and Kalar – left Vladivostok and participated in the military-historical naval Campaign of Memory dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War, the 282nd anniversary of the Pacific Fleet, and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Admiral G. I. Nevelskoy. The route of the campaign was Vladivostok - Nevelsk - Yuzhno-Kurilsk - Severo-Kurilsk - Vilyuchinsk - Okhotsk - Korsakov - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Vladivostok. The ships covered 4,200 miles in 25 days.

As of the beginning of 2015, since its construction, the ship has covered 43,792 nautical miles, 13 people from the ship's crews have been awarded government awards.

On 27 January 2016, the destroyer arrived at its home port, Vladivostok. According to the results of 2016, the destroyer crew became the best among the missile and artillery ships of rank 1-2 of the Russian Navy in the competition for the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.

The ship was reported to have decommissioned as of January 2022.

References

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  2. "Sovremenny". 4 November 2005. Archived from the original on 4 November 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ""Поход памяти" кораблей Тихоокеанского флота возвращается во Владивосток". www.korabli.eu (in Russian). 27 June 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. "Корабли "Похода памяти" Тихоокеанского флота покинули Камчатку". www.korabli.eu (in Russian). 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. function.mil.ru https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12104509@egNews. Retrieved 17 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Боевые корабли основных классов ВМФ России на 01.02.2022". February 2022.
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