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There were fourteen different classes of destroyers that were used by the Soviet Navy in World War II: Yakov Sverdlov class Destroyer; Frunze class Destroyer; Orfey class Destroyer; Izijaslav class Destroyer; Fidonisy class Destroyer; Leningrad class Destroyer - 6 operational in July 1941; Tashkent class Destroyer; Type 7 class Destroyer - 28 ...
Of 24 ships built 13 were lost (six J, six K and one N class), mostly in the Mediterranean in 1941–1942, although they did serve against the Japanese later in the war. France was expected to deal with most of the enemy threat in the Mediterranean, so the French capitulation resulted in heavy British losses in the Mediterranean as the British ...
Pages in category "World War II destroyers of the Soviet Union" ... Tashkent-class destroyer; Soviet destroyer Tbilisi; USS Thomas (DD-182) USS Twiggs (DD-127) V.
Soviet destroyer Karl Marx; Mod Kashin-class destroyer; Japanese destroyer Kaya (1944) Kiev-class destroyer; Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944) L.
Grisha I class (project 1124.1), 37 ships built in 1966–1982; Grisha II class (project 1124P, P stands for pogranichnyi – on the border), 20 ships built in 1972–1988; Grisha III class (AK-630 CIWS-equipped variant) Grisha IV class (project 1124K) Grisha V class (project 1124M, sometimes noted as 1124.4) Nanuchka class (project 1234 Ovod ...
World War II destroyers of the Soviet Union (2 C, 35 P) C. Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union ... Rajput-class destroyers (7 P) S. Skoryy-class destroyers (1 C ...
The Soviet Navy, and the Russian Navy which inherited its traditions, had a different attitude to operational status than many Western navies. Ships went to sea less and maintained capability for operations while staying in harbor. [1] The significant changes which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union then complicated the picture enormously.
Soviet Destroyers of World War II. New Vanguard. Vol. 256. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-2256-7. Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2. Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian ...