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Russian North Fleet destroyer to return to service by end of year

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The Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer will rejoin Russia's Northern Fleet after an 18-year overhaul by the end of the year, a fleet spokesman said on Thursday.

The Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer will rejoin Russia's Northern Fleet after an 18-year overhaul by the end of the year, a fleet spokesman said on Thursday.

The Vice-Admiral Kulakov, a Project-1155 Udaloy-class destroyer, was commissioned in 1982 and was in service until March 1991 when it was retired for repairs.

The retrofit program ran into serious difficulties over a lack of funding and there were even plans to scrap the warship. In the early 2000s, however, the Russian Defense Ministry raised enough funds to complete the modernization.

The Vice-Admiral Kulakov is now undergoing tests in the Baltic Sea, the spokesman said, adding that after they are completed, the ship will return to its home base in Severomorsk in the Kola Peninsula.

The Vice-Admiral Kulakov has a displacement of 6,200 tons, a length of 162.99 m, a speed of 35 knots, a range of 19,400 km, and a crew of 300.

It is armed with AK-100 artillery systems, Rastrub-B and RBU-6000 antisubmarine complexes, Kinzhal antiaircraft missile systems, and anti-submarine torpedoes. It also carries two Ka-27 Helix-series helicopters.

 

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti)

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