Soviet destroyer Krasny Kavkaz

Not to be confused with Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz.

History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Krasny Kavkaz
Builder	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down	25 November 1964
Launched	9 February 1966
Commissioned	25 September 1967
Decommissioned	1 May 1998
Fate	Scrapped in 2000
General characteristics
Class and type	Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,460 tons full load
Complement	266
Armament	2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns 2 × twin launchers for SA-N-1 'Goa' SAM (32 missiles) 1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers 2 × six barrel RBU-1000 ASW rocket launchers

Krasny Kavkaz (Russian for Red Caucasus) was a Soviet, later Russian Kashin-class destroyer of the Black Sea Fleet.

Service history

From 1 June 1967 to 31 June 1967 and from 1 January to 31 December 1968 the destroyer rendered assistance to the armed forces of Egypt and from 5 October to 24 October 1973 - to the armed forces of Syria. From 10 March 1981 to 19 July 1984 the ship has been repaired in Sevastopol. Krasny Kavkaz was initially tasked with confronting the U.S. warships during the 1988 Black Sea incident, but due to her technical problems the frigate Bezzavetny was dispatched instead.