Osmotritelny underway on 1 May 1989
History
Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Osmotritelny (Осмотрительный)
Namesake	Circumspect in Russian
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down	27 October 1978
Launched	24 April 1982
Commissioned	30 September 1984
Decommissioned	16 August 1997
Homeport	Vladivostok
Identification	Pennant number: 672, 730, 735, 755, 780
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Sovremenny-class destroyer
Displacement	6,600 tons standard, 8,480 tons full load
Length	156 m (511 ft 10 in)
Beam	17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators,and 2 diesel generators
Speed	32.7 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)
Complement	350
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 carried	1× Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Osmotritelny was a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Soviet and later Russian navy.^[1]

Development and design

The project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious to 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 were 156 metres (512 ft) 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

Osmotritelny was laid down on 22 April 1978 and launched on 21 March 1981 by Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad.^[2] She was commissioned on 30 September 1983.

On August 14, 1991, she was delivered for repairs to Dalzavod, part of the 79th Brigade of Ships under construction and being repaired, but almost no repairs were carried out.

As a result, on August 16, 1997, the ship was excluded from the lists of the fleet.

On July 18, 1998, she was taken to Strelok Bay for dismantling.^[3]

References

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