Soviet destroyer Gremyashchy (1937)
Gremyashchy as depicted on a 1982 postage stamp | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Gremyashchy (Гремящий (Thunderous)) |
| Builder | Shipyard No. 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad |
| Laid down | 23 July 1936 |
| Launched | 12 August 1937 |
| Completed | 28 August 1938 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1938 |
| Renamed | OS-5, 27 December 1956 |
| Reclassified | As a test ship, 27 December 1956 |
| Stricken | 3 April 1956 |
| Fate | Scuttled, October 1957 |
| General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938) | |
| Class & type | Gnevny-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement | 197 (236 wartime) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Mars hydrophone |
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Gremyashchy (Russian: Гремящий, lit. 'Thunderous') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet and was later transferred to the Northern Fleet in 1941.