Russian destroyer Admiral Spiridonov

Admiral Spiridonov in 1986
History
Russia
Name	Admiral Spiridonov
Namesake	Emil Spiridonov
Builder	Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad
Yard number	113
Laid down	11 April 1982
Launched	28 April 1984
Commissioned	30 December 1984
Decommissioned	20 July 2001
Identification	BPK
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Udaloy-class destroyer
Displacement	6,200 t (6,102 long tons) standard 7,900 t (7,775 long tons) full load
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	19.3 m (63 ft)
Draught	7.8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 92,000 kW (124,000 hp)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	318
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: MR-760MA Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search radar and MR-320M Topaz-V/Strut Pair air/surface search radar Sonar: MGK-355 Polinom sonar complex Fire Control: 2 MR-360 Podkat/Cross Sword ASW control, 2 K-12-1/Hot Flash SAM control
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × PK-2M decoy RL
Armament	2 × quadruple URPK-3 Metel anti submarine missiles 8 × vertical launchers for 3K95 Kinzhal surface to air missiles 2 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630 Gatling guns 2 × quadruple 553 mm (21.8 in) CHTA-53-1155 torpedo tubes, Type 53-65K, SET-65 ASW/ASuW torpedo 2 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck and hangar

Admiral Spiridonov (Адмирал Спиридонов) was a Project 1155 Fregat Large Anti-Submarine Ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK), known in the west as an Udaloy-class destroyer. The ship was named after Emil Spiridonov, a Soviet admiral who died in 1981. Launched in 1984, Admiral Spiridonov served in the Pacific Fleet with the Soviet and Russian Navies successively until being decommissioned in 2001. While in service, the vessel operated in exercises in the Sea of Japan and made good will visits to a number of Soviet allies during the latter part of the Cold War in Africa and Asia.