Soviet destroyer Leningrad
Service
- as Leningrad (Ленингра́д)5 December 1936 — 18 April 19582,193 days of the war
- Name
- Leningrad
- Namesake
- Leningrad
- Builder
- Shipyard 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad
- Laid down
- 5 November 1932
- Launched
- 17 November 1933
- Commissioned
- 5 December 1936
- Fate
- Sunk after being used as target ship, May 1963 (1963)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,150 long tons (2,185 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,582 long tons (2,623 t)
- Length
- 127.5 m (418.3 ft) OA
- Beam
- 11.7 m (38.4 ft)
- Draught
- 4.06 m (13.3 ft)
- Speed
- 40 knots (74.1 km/h, 46 mph)
- Range
- 2,100 nmi (3,889 km)
- Complement
- 250
- Main gun
- 130 mm (5.1 in)
Leningrad was a Leningrad-class destroyer, operated by the Soviet Navy. The ship was named after Leningrad. Her keel was laid at Shipyard 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad on 5 November 1932. Launched on 17 November 1933, she entered service on 5 December 1936.
Five ships of the class were built. The Tashkent-class destroyer followed.
Displacement was 2,150 long tons standard and 2,582 long tons at full load. She measured 127.5 m (418 ft) long with a beam of 11.7 m (38 ft). Her designed speed was 40 knots, and she carried a complement of 250.
Her main battery was five 130 mm (5.1 in) guns. 66,000 shp drove three shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was expended as a target in May 1963. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 3 shafts; 3 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 three-drum boilers
- 66000 shp
- Armament
- 5 × single 130 mm guns
- 2 × single 76.2 mm AA guns
- 2 × single 45 mm AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 68–115 mines
- 52 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet destroyer Leningrad on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown naval attaché — [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons