Kanin-class destroyer

Designed from as gun armed destroyers with 3 pairs of 130mm guns, their layout was completed in 1956. However, in February 1957, the incoming chief of staff, Admiral Sergey Gorshkov ordered changes after missile armed versions of the {{sclass2|Kotlin|destroyer|4}} were deemed unsuccessful.{{cite book |last1=Соколов |title=Расходный материал флота. Миноносцы СССР и России}} Their initial purpose was surface engagement with opposing naval vessels and shore targets. The SS-N-1 missile installed in this class for that specific mission. The destroyers carried two launchers for the SS-N-1, one located at each end of the ship, each magazine holding six additional missiles.

The hull was scaled up from the {{sclass2|Kotlin|destroyer|4}}, and the machinery was the same as those ships, except that remote control stations were installed and electrical generating capacity was increased. The superstructure was made of steel rather than the aluminium/ magnesium alloy of the Kotlin class ships and accommodation was significantly improved.

Criticisms of the class include that they had limited self-defence weaponry and that their main weapon, the SS-N-1 was soon obsolescent after introduction.

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The limitations of the SS-N-1 missile were clear by 1965 and the Soviet Navy decided to convert the ships to a more general purpose / ASW role. These ships were called the Kanin class by NATO. This involved providing the destroyers with a new bow sonar, MG-332 Titan-2 that controlled two quintuple torpedo tubes and three RBU-6000s. To clear the bow sonar also required that the bow be extended {{convert|5.3|ft}}. A helicopter pad was installed aft that allowed the ships to operate a Kamov Ka-25 helicopter.

To improve the destroyers{{'}} self-defence, launchers firing SA-N-1 anti-air missiles were installed along with two quadruple-mounted 57mm guns. All of these installations required more power and hence, the diesel generator was upgraded to 500 kW and a second generator of that capability was installed. All of this increased the displacement of the ships by 200 tons standard and 308 tons fully loaded and decreased its speed to {{convert|32|kn}}.

According to Conway's the modernisation proved very expensive and appeared to have deterred the Soviets from any further comprehensive rebuilding of older ships.

In May 1975, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Victory in Europe, Boyky and Zhguchy{{Cite web |url=https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=66312 |title=Détente at Work: Soviet Ships in Boston, U.S. Navy Ships in Leningrad |access-date=22 January 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072339/https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=66312 |url-status=dead }} made a five-day visit to Boston, Massachusetts. This was the first post-war visit by a Soviet naval ship to the United States.

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• {{cite book |editor-last1=Gardiner | editor-first1 = Robert|location = Annapolis, MD | isbn = 1-55750-132-7 | oclc = 34267261 |last2=Chumbley |first2=Stephen |last1=Budzbon |first1=Przemysław | title = Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995| publisher = Naval Institute Press |date = 1995 }}
• {{Citation| url = http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/57PLO.htm| title = Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin| access-date = 26 December 2014| date = 7 September 2000| publisher = Federation of American Scientists| archive-date = 28 April 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160428194850/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/57PLO.htm| url-status = dead}}
• {{cite web|url=http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_57bis.htm |title=Kanin Class Destroyers – Complete Ship List |publisher=Russian-ships.info |access-date=26 December 2014}}

• {{cite book| author = Соколов А. Н. | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url = | title = Расходный материал флота. Миноносцы СССР и России | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= М. |date = 2007 |publisher= Военная книга |at= |volume= | pages = | page = | series = | isbn = 978-5-902863-13-7| ref = Соколов А. Н.}}

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