The large anti-submarine ship "Dexterous" , also known as the destroyer "Ranjit" ( Hindi भारतीय युद्ध पोत रणजीत , Eng. Ranjit ) - project 61-ME ship ( NATO code - "Kashin-II class", also known as "Rajput") , built in 1970-1980 in the USSR by order of the Indian government. Since 1981, the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) was part of the USSR Navy , and in 1983 it was transferred to India and became part of the Indian Navy as a destroyer .
| BOD of project 61-ME “Dexterous” | |
|---|---|
| भारतीय युद्ध पोत रणजीत INS Ranjit (D53) | |
 EM "Ranjit" | |
| Service | |
 the USSR India | |
| Class and type of vessel | BOD EM |
| Organization |  USSR Navy Indian Navy |
| Manufacturer | Shipyard named after 61 communards |
| Construction started | June 29, 1977 |
| Launched | June 16, 1979 |
| Commissioned | July 20, 1983 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | November 24, 1983 |
| Status | Active |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | standard: 4,025 t total: 4 905 t |
| Length | on waterline : 134.5 m largest : 146.11 m |
| Width | on waterline : 14.0 m largest : 15.8 m |
| Draft | 6.83 m |
| Engines | 4 x gas turbine |
| Power | 72 000 l. from. [one] |
| Speed | maximum: 30.22 knots economic: 18.7 knots |
| Sailing range | 3,800 miles at 18.7 knots |
| Autonomy of swimming | 10 days |
| Crew | 312 (including 33 officers) [1] according to other sources: 291 (including 29 officers) [2] |
| Armament | |
| Electronic weapons | GAS "Platinum" |
| Flak | 1x2 AU AK-726 4x2 AC AK-230 (or 4x6 AK-630 ) |
| Missile weapons | 4x1 PKRK P-15 2x2 launcher SAM "Pechora" |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 2x12 213 mm RBU-6000 |
| Mine torpedo armament | 1x5 533 mm TA PTA-53-61 |
| Aviation group | 1 Ka-28 helicopter, hangar (or Aluette III ). |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Performance characteristics
- 2.1 Armament
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
June 29, 1977 BOD project 61-ME "Artful" was laid down at the shipyard them. 61 Kommunara in Nikolaev under the serial number 2203.
October 30, 1981 "Dexterous" was added to the lists of ships of the Navy of the USSR . June 16, 1979 - launched, and July 20, 1983 went into operation, temporarily joining the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet [3] .
November 24, 1983 "Dexterous" was expelled from the Soviet Navy and transferred to India, where it was renamed and reclassified as destroyer "Ranjit".
In the spring of 2007, the destroyer participated in a joint simbex training with the Singapore Navy near Port Blair . In the same year, he participated in joint exercises with the United States ( English Malabar 2007 ), providing for aggressive maneuvers to obstruct enemy operations and the operation “visit, board, search and capture” (VBSS, from English Visit, Board, Search and Seizure ) [4] , with the Navy of China and Russia (Indra-2007) [5] .
Performance Specifications
Armament
- Artillery systems
- One twin 76.2 mm gun mount (AU) AK-726 for 600 rounds;
- Four twin 30-mm AK-230 ACs per 1,000 rounds or four six-barrel 30-mm AK-630Ms per 3,000 rounds.
- Missile systems
- Four rocket launchers for P-15 Termite missiles ;
- Two S -125 "Pechora" air defense systems ( NATO code is "SA-3", for missiles - "SA-N-1").
- Anti-submarine
- One five-pipe 533-mm torpedo tube (TA) PTA-53-61 (5 torpedoes each);
- Two twelve-barreled (213 mm caliber) rocket launchers of RBU-6000 (for RGB-60 projectile; 96 pcs.).
- Aviation
- One Ka-28 multi-purpose helicopter (or Aluet III ) in the hangar.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Type “Reliable” (project 61-ME) (inaccessible link - history ) . Encyclopedia of the Russian fleet . Date of appeal July 31, 2009. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Tactical and technical characteristics . BOD project 61 (type "Komsomolets of Ukraine") . Naval collection . Date of treatment September 30, 2009. Archived on April 8, 2012.
- ↑ Large anti-submarine ship of the project 61-ME "Destructive" . Archive of photos of the ships of the Russian and Soviet Navy. Date of treatment October 19, 2009. Archived April 9, 2012.
- ↑ Navy uses wargames to win allies (English) // Times of India: Newspaper. - 2007.
- ↑ Lobkov K., Ustinov E. “Ranjit” used to be “Dexterous” (Russian) // Red Star : Newspaper. - 2007. - No. 4 .
Links
- Project 61-МE • Kashin-II class on the Atrina website. (Russian)