Noble (destroyer)

Enlisted on September 15, 1953. It was laid down at Shipyard No. 445 in Nikolaev on March 5, 1955 (building No. 1207), launched on August 30, 1956, accepted by the fleet on July 18, and June 30, 1957 "Noble" entered the Soviet fleet ^[1] .

Since June 30, 1957, as part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Navy of the USSR . In August 1959, "Noble" made a trip to the Mediterranean Sea with a call to Vlora under the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy S. G. Gorshkov, and carried out the tasks of reconnaissance of the Albanian coasts for the organization of bases. In the period from May 20 to June 12, 1960 he provided the evacuation of Soviet specialists from Vlora ^[1] .

In 1962, the ship was on exercises; The following year, it underwent modernization under the 56-PLO project. In 1966 he was in training. On June 1, 1967, he entered combat service in the Mediterranean Sea, guided the Soviet SSGN through the Strait of Gibraltar. During the period of aggravation of the Arab-Israeli conflict from June 5 to 30, 1967, the “Noble” provided for the Soviet military presence in Syria with the entry into Tartus; the ship was based on the headquarters of the Mediterranean squadron. On March 31, 1969, the destroyer was included in the 21st brigade of the 30th division of anti-submarine ships . In April 1970, the “Noble” took part in the maneuvers “ Ocean ” ^[1] .

In May 1971, the ship went to the Mediterranean Sea ; from October he performed military service in the same area, from December 14 to 18 he paid a visit to Latakia (Syria). From August 13, 1973 to October 7, 1976, “Noble” underwent repair and modernization at the Sevmorzavod ^[1] .

In November 1976, the destroyer performed missions in the Western Atlantic with calls at the ports of Conakry (Guinea), Cotonou (Benin, twice), Luanda (Angola); guarded shipping and provided communications for Tu-95 aircraft then got up for repairs in Nikolaev. In February 1978 he entered combat service in the Mediterranean Sea, performed combat service tasks associated with escorting aircraft carriers of the 6th US Navy, during the overthrow of the junta in Greece until May 31. On March 21, 1980, while performing combat service tasks in the Mediterranean Sea, the ship piled in the memory of the Mercury hydrographic research vessel. In the period from June 26 to July 1 of the same year, the "Noble" paid a visit to Tunisia , on July 13 went to Split (Yugoslavia), on July 15 he returned from military service to Sevastopol ^[1] .

Since September 15, 1982 it is listed in LenVMB . In 1988, the ship underwent repair and docking, during testing it gave a speed of 38.5 knots. On April 25, 1989, by order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR, “Noble” was removed from the lists of the Navy of the USSR and disbanded on December 31; in 1992 it was sold for scrap to Portugal ^[1] .

From 1978 to 1984, Alexander Vitalevich Finogeyev, now a member of the Union of Writers of Russia, the author of the books “In Our Seas were Our Way in the Seas,” “... Life, the Sea, and Love ...” (2009) “Vira, Nadiya, Love” (collection, 2012), “Standing in places!” (2013), “I won’t believe in life” (2014), “Mirages of fog” (2015), “Circles on the water” (2017), "Surf Strip" (2018), "Squirt of the Ocean. Favorites" (2018), "Heaven and Earth: a collection of Enchanted Wisdom" (2018)

The destroyer was commissioned with fairings of propeller shafts, one balance wheel, a new mast, lightweight and reinforced focus mast and with the Fut-N radar (instead of the Reef radar). Before the transfer of the ship to the fleet, the structures of the bow superstructure were reinforced. During the modernization of the 56-PLO project, the Yagor-M radar was replaced by the Anchor-M radar with the Yakor-M2 radar, and one Don radar was installed (with an antenna post on the foremast). During the period of average repair (1973-1976), the ship was equipped with the MI-110K torpedo track detection system, two twin 25-mm AU 2M-ZM , Zarya and Neptune radars were replaced on the middle superstructure in the area of ​​the aft smoke casing, and replaced the second radar “Don” and equipped a closed navigation bridge ^[2] .

• 1957 - Captain of the 2nd rank A.I. Isaev ^[1] ;
• 1964 - Captain of the 3rd rank Yu. V. Grishanov ^[1] ;
• 1970 - captain of the 1st rank V. L. Shepelev ^[3] .
• 1973-1974 - Captain 2nd rank Moskalenko Vadim Olegovich.
• in November 1976, Captain of the 3rd rank A. Troitsky ^[1] ;
• 1978 - Lieutenant-Captain N. G. Moskalev ^[1] ;
• 1978-1982 - Captain-Lieutenant A. Tsubin.
• September 1982 - Captain of the 3rd rank G. N. Shevchenko ^[1] ;
• until 1988 - captain of the 2nd rank P. S. Butkus ^[1] .

During the service, the destroyer changed a number of the following side numbers ^[1] :

• 1956 - No. 106;
• 1957 - No. 79;
• 1970 - No. 349;
• 1972 - No. 353;
• 1973 - No. 343;
• 1975 - No. 352;
• 1979 - No. 356;
• 1980 - No. 513;
• 1981 - No. 355;
• 1982 - No. 511;
• 1983 - No. 630;
• 1988 - No. 519;
• 1989 - No. 671.
• 1990 - No. 541.

From 1978 to 1984, the ship served as the head of the medical service Finogeev Alexander Vitalyevich, subsequently a member of the Union of Writers of Russia.

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