:Russian destroyer Marshal Vasilyevsky
{{short description|Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:MarshalVasilevskiy1986.jpg | Ship caption = Marshal Vasilevsky in 1986 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Russia | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy}} | Ship name = *Marshal Vasilevsky
| Ship namesake = Aleksandr Vasilevsky | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Severnaya Verf, Leningrad | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 22 April 1979 | Ship launched = 29 December 1981 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 8 December 1983 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 2006 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Severomorsk | Ship identification = Pennant number: 412, 630, 645, 687 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Scrapped | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer}} 7,570 tons full loadПротиволодочные корабли, Том III, часть 1, "Корабли ВМФ СССР", Ю.В. Апалков, Санкт-Петербург, 2005 | Ship length = {{convert|163|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|19.3|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6.2|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = 2 shaft COGAG, 2× D090 6.7 MW and 2× DT59 16.7 gas turbines, 120,000 hp 89.456 MW | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = {{convert|35|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship range = {{convert|10500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 300 | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Radar: MR-760MA Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search radar and MR-320M Topaz-V/Strut Pair air/surface search radar
| Ship EW = *Bell Squat jammer
| Ship armament = *2 × 1 AK-100 100 mm naval guns
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 2 × Ka-27 series helicopters | Ship aircraft facilities = Helipad and hangar | Ship notes = }} |
Marshal Vasilevsky was a {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer}} of the Russian Navy.{{Cite web|title=Large Anti-Submarine Ships - Project 1155|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1155.htm|access-date=2021-02-28|website=russianships.info}}
Development and design
{{Main|Udaloy-class destroyer}}
Project 1155 dates to the 1970s when it was concluded that it was too costly to build large-displacement, multi-role combatants. The concept of a specialized surface ship was developed by Soviet designers.
They are 156m in length, 17.3m in beam and 6.5m in draught.{{Cite web|title=Udaloy Class Anti-Submarine Destroyers - Naval Technology|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/udaloy-class/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.naval-technology.com}}
Construction and career
Marshal Vasilevsky was laid down on 22 April 1979, and launched on 29 December 1981 by Severnaya Verf in Leningrad. She was commissioned on 8 December 1983. On December 12, 1983, the naval ensign was raised for the first time. January 18, 1984 she was included in the KSF.
In 1986, she conducted combat patrols in the Mediterranean Sea.{{cite web|url=http://navsource.narod.ru/photos/02/214/index.html|title=Большой противолодочный корабль пр. 1155 "Маршал Василевский"|language=ru}}
In the 1990s she was a member of the 10th Brigade of Large Anti-Submarine Ships of the Second Division of Anti-Submarine Ships of the Kola Flotilla of various forces of the Northern Fleet. Her military unit number was 31247.
From 1996 to 1998 she was based at berth 20 in Severomorsk and survived decommissioning of several other Udaloy class ships. At the end of 1997 the reduced crew of the Udaloy was transferred to the Marshal Vasilevsky. On account of nonfunctioning engines she was moored at the berth with a full ammunition load while in the city of Severomorsk.
The last time she went to sea was in April 1997. During this final sortie the ship's hydroacoustics recorded contact with a foreign submarine lasting 10 minutes. By order of the commander of the Kola flotilla, the ship's hydroacoustics team, which recorded the contact, received a bonus short-term vacation.
In 2004 the mountings of the AK-100 guns were dismantled and removed from the ship. They were installed on the Vice-Admiral Kulakov during her repair.
On December 11, 2006 (according to other sources, February 10, 2007), the naval flag was solemnly lowered on the ship and the crew was disbanded.
Gallery
File:MarshalVasilevskiy1986a.jpg|Marshal Vasilevsky in 1986.
File:MarshalVasilevskiy1987.jpg|Marshal Vasilevsky in 1987.
File:БПК Маршал Василевский 08.1997 Североморск.jpg|Marshal Vasilevsky in August 1997.
References
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