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{{short description|Kashin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy}}
{{other ships|Soviet destroyer Steregushchy}}
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| Ship image = File:RIAN archive 694193 Submarine hunter Steregushchy.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Steregushchy'' in 1968
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| Ship country = Soviet Union → Russia
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|navy-1992}}
| Ship name = *''Steregushchy''
*(Стерегущий)
| Ship namesake = [[wikt:guarding|Guarding]] in [[Russian language|Russian]]
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| Ship builder = [[Severnaya Verf|Zhdanov Shipyard]], [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]
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| Ship laid down = 26 July 1964
| Ship launched = 20 February 1966
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| Ship commissioned = 21 December 1966
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| Ship decommissioned = 30 June 1993
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| Ship homeport = [[Vladivostok]]
| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: 140, 150, 504, 563, 565, 580, 585, 624
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| Ship fate = Scrapped, 1994
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| Ship class = {{sclass2|Kashin|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = *3,400&nbsp;tons standard,
*4,390&nbsp;tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|144|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|15.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship draught = {{convert|4.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = *2 × [[Combined gas and gas|COGAG]]; 2 shafts,
*4 × M8E gas turbines M3 unit aggregate; {{convert|72000|hp|abbr=on}} up to {{convert|96000|hp|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/61.htm |title=Project 61 Kashin class Project 61 Kashin Mod class Guided Missile Destroyer |website=fas.org |access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
| Ship speed = {{convert|38|kn|abbr=on}} (4 gas turbines on full power)
| Ship range = {{convert|3500|nmi|abbr=on|-1}} at {{convert|18|kn|abbr=on|0}}
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| Ship complement = 266 to 320
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| Ship armament = * 2 × twin {{convert|76|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} [[AK-726]] guns
* 2 × twin [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Variants and upgrades|SA-N-1 'Goa']] surface-to-air missile launchers (32 missiles)
* 1 × 5 {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} torpedo tubes
* 2 × 12 [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers
* 2 × 6 [[RBU-1000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers
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| Ship aircraft = 1 x [[Kamov Ka-27|Ka-27]] series helicopter
| Ship aircraft facilities = [[Helipad]]
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'''''Steregushchy''''' was a {{sclass2|Kashin|destroyer}} of the [[Soviet Navy]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kostrichenko|first=V. V|title=Поющие фрегаты. Large anti-submarine ships - project 61|publisher=Prostokishin A. A. Marine collection № 1999-01 (025)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Nikolsky|first=V.|title=USSR Navy 1945-1991|publisher=Kuzin V}}</ref>
== Development and design ==
{{Main|Kashin-class destroyer}}
Late 1950s and 1960s - this is an era of great changes in the history of the navy, an era of new opportunities and new weapons. This was primarily due to the emergence of sea-based nuclear missiles, which turned submarines into strategic weapons. The appearance of nuclear power plants on submarines has greatly increased their autonomy, cruising range, underwater speed and, as a consequence, the severity of the threat they create.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sims P.|first=Bosworth M., Cable C., Fireman H.|title=Historical Review of Cruiser Characteristics, Roles and Missions.|publisher=SFAC Report Nо. 9030-04-C1|date=March 2005|location=Washington D.C.}}</ref>
From the very beginning, two options for the main power plant were considered - a traditional steam turbine (STU) and a gas turbine (GTU). The latter, due to its lightness and compactness (specific gravity 5.2&nbsp;kg / l. From. Versus 9&nbsp;kg / l. From.), Reduced the ship's displacement from 3600 to 3200 tons and increased efficiency. In addition, starting from a cold state took 5–10 minutes for the GTU compared to the several hours required for the STU. For these reasons, the option with gas turbine engines was adopted.
The armament of the new ship was innovative. For the first time in Soviet shipbuilding, it was equipped with two anti-aircraft missile systems ([[S-125 Neva/Pechora|M-1 "Volna"]]). Each complex consisted of a two-boom launcher [[ZIS-101|ZIF-101]], a Yatagan control system and a magazine with two rotating drums for 8 [[S-125 Neva/Pechora|V-600 missiles]] each.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kostrichenko|first=V. V.|title=Поющие фрегаты. Large anti-submarine ships of project 61. - Series "Морская коллекция"|publisher=Prostokishin A. A.|year=1991|pages=1–32}}</ref>
== Construction and career ==
''Steregushchy'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 29 July 1963, and [[Launched (ship)|launched]] on 23 February 1964 by [[Severnaya Verf|Zhdanov Shipyard]] in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. She was [[Commissioned (ship)|commissioned]] on 20 September 1965.
On 30 June 1993, she was decommissioned and scrapped in 1995.
== References ==
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