Soviet destroyer Moskva
Service
- as Moskva10 August 1938 — 26 June 1941664 days of the war
- Name
- Moskva
- Namesake
- Moscow
- Builder
- Shipyard No. 198 (Marti South), Nikolayev
- Laid down
- 29 October 1932
- Launched
- 30 October 1934
- Commissioned
- 10 August 1938
- Fate
- Sunk by mine, 26 June 1941
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By mine (1941) - 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)
Moskva was a destroyer of the Leningrad-class destroyer destroyer leader in service with the Soviet Navy. She was named for Moscow. Her keel was laid at Shipyard No. 198 (Marti South), Nikolayev on 29 October 1932. Launched on 30 October 1934, she entered service on 10 August 1938.
Five ships of the class were built. The Tashkent-class destroyer followed.
She displaced 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. Her machinery developed 66,000 shp through three shafts.
She was in commission for 664 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 26 June 1941 by mine, at 44°04′N 28°57′E. 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 Moskva 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