Soviet destroyer Minsk
Service
- as Minsk (Минск)10 November 1938 — 3 April 19582,193 days of the war
- Name
- Minsk
- Namesake
- Minsk
- Builder
- Shipyard No. 190 (Zhandov), Leningrad
- Laid down
- 5 October 1934
- Launched
- 6 November 1935
- Commissioned
- 10 November 1938
- Struck
- 3 April 1958
- Fate
- Sunk as target, 1958 (1958)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,350 long tons (2,388 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,680 long tons (2,723 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)
Minsk was a destroyer of the Leningrad-class destroyer destroyer leader built for the Soviet Navy. The ship was named after Minsk. Her keel was laid at Shipyard No. 190 (Zhandov), Leningrad on 5 October 1934. Launched on 6 November 1935, she entered service on 10 November 1938.
She was one of five ships of her class. The Tashkent-class destroyer followed.
She displaced 2,350 long tons standard and 2,680 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 struck from the register on 3 April 1958.
She was expended as a target in 1958. 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 Minsk on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown official photographer — http://www.allworldwars.com/USSR-Navy-1943.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons