Work on the large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" will drag on for several years. The "workhorses" of the fleet have updated weapons What will happen to the BPC Admiral Kharlamov

Of these, only the first has been completed.

Large anti-submarine ships of project 1155


Project
The country
Manufacturers
Operators
Previous type	Large anti-submarine ships of project 1134-B
Years of construction	1977 - 1991
Built	12
In service	8
Sent for scrap	4
Main characteristics
Displacement	6930 (normal) 7570 (full)
Length	145.0 (on design waterline) 163.5 (highest)
Width	17.2 (on design waterline) 19.0 (largest)
Draft	5.2 (average) 7.87 (along the radome of the HAK antenna)
Engines	2 afterburner gas turbine engines, 2 main gas turbine engines
Power	2x22 500 l. from. (afterburner GTE) 2х9000 l. from. (marching GTE)
mover	2 VFS
travel speed	32 knots (full), 18 knots (economic)
cruising range	5,000 nautical miles at 14 knots with most fuel), 2,400 miles at 32 knots
Autonomy of navigation	30 days (according to provisions)
Crew	220 (including 29 officers)
Armament
Radar weapons	MP-145 Radar "Frigate"
Tactical strike weapons	2 × 4 missile torpedoes PLRK "Rastrub"
Artillery	2x1-100mm AU AK-100 (1200 rounds) 2x1-45mm 21-KM
Flak	4x6-30 mm ZAK AK-630
Missile weapons	2 ZRK "Dagger" (64 ZUR)
Anti-submarine weapons	SJSC "Polynom" (8 PLUR 85-RU) 2x12-213mm RBU-6000
Mine and torpedo armament	2x 533mm TA ChTA-53-1155 (8 torpedoes 53-65 K, SET-65 or PLUR 83RN)
Aviation group	2 Ka-27PL helicopters
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Project development history

The project of a large anti-submarine ship of project 1155 (code "Frigate") was developed by the Northern Design Bureau under the leadership of N. P. Sobolev and V. P. Mishin. According to the initial TTZ (tactical and technical specifications) of 1972-1973, the ship was designed as a development of project 1135 patrol ships with the elimination of the latter's shortcomings (including: the absence of a helicopter and the imperfection of hydroacoustic means that were not capable of providing target designation of the PLUR for the full range of fire - 90 km ). Initially, it was planned to limit the standard displacement of the BOD to 4000 tons, but in the end, size restrictions were abandoned due to the inclusion in the TTZ of the requirement to place a new generation of SJSC "Polynom" on ships of the project, which has greater weight and size characteristics than the SJSC of the previous type "Titan-2" and "Titan -2T".

Design

Power plant

The main power plant, completely identical to the power plant installed on patrol ships project 1135 "Petrel", consists of 2 GTA (gas-turbine units) M9, each of which is designed so that it works only on its own shaft line. Each unit includes a main engine GTD D090 with a capacity of 9000 hp. from. and afterburner gas turbine engine DT59 with a capacity of 22,500 liters. from. An emergency control post for afterburner GTAs is provided; in the normal functioning of all systems of the ship, the main mechanisms are controlled using a pneumoelectric system. The gas outlet from the GTA is carried out from each echelon into 2 chimneys: this allows, if necessary, to make an aggregate replacement of the gas turbine engine.

The electric power system consists of 4 (2 each in the bow and stern engine rooms) GTG-1250-2 gas turbine generators of 1250 kW each, of which one GTG in each of the engine rooms of the ship has heat recovery boilers operating on the heat transfer of the GTG flue gases, which supplement the steam capacity steam boilers and provide steam to general ship consumers.

Service

Project evaluation

After the commissioning of the first ships of project 1155 and the accumulation of experience in their operation, at one of the meetings with the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy S. G. Gorshkov in 1983, the question was raised about the shortcomings of the project 1155. These were the absence of anti-ship missiles on the ship, weak anti-aircraft and artillery weapons.

Based on the results of consideration by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, S. G. Gorshkov, he decided to develop a modification of the ship with reinforced artillery and guided missile weapons. V.P. Mishin became the chief designer of the new project 1155.1, his assistants for project 1155 were appointed deputies, later I.M. Shramko was appointed deputy, and N.A. Andreev was appointed chief observer.

While maintaining almost all shipbuilding elements in the new project, the Metel anti-submarine missile system was replaced by the Moskit anti-ship missile system, 533 mm torpedo tubes - by the Vodopad universal anti-submarine system, and two 100-mm AK-100 artillery mounts by one 130- mm AK-130, RBU-6000 rocket launchers - on the Udav-1 anti-torpedo defense missile system, 30-mm AK-630M assault rifles - on the Kortik air defense system, and Polinom SJSC - on the Zvezda-2 SJSC .

To improve seaworthiness, improve the conditions for the use of weapons and crew comfort on Project BOD 11551 for the first time installed a stabilizer with non-retractable rudders. Compared to the previously used dampers with retractable rudders, the new damper began to occupy much smaller volumes, and was made in the form of a single unit.

A comparative assessment of the totality of the anti-submarine, anti-torpedo, anti-air defense and anti-ship tasks of the BOD of project 1155.1 and the ship of project 1155 shows that the BOD of project 1155.1 is 1.3-1.4 times superior to its predecessor and, in essence, is a prototype for promising multi-purpose guard ships. The engineering solutions embedded in it and the high modernization potential can be the basis for creating new (including export) options that take into account the requirements of the customer as much as possible. The Russian Navy has only one ship of this project - "Admiral Chabanenko".

Now these are the main Russian long-range ships maritime zone- it is they who are sent to the Gulf of Aden to fight Somali pirates, which Russia has been actively conducting since 2008.

As a source at the main headquarters of the Navy told Izvestia, the 30-year-old BOD will be equipped with modern A-192 Armat guns, missiles "Caliber" And the latest complex Air defense and missile defense with missiles from the S-400 "Redut".

Thanks to this alteration, BODs will actually become destroyers and will be able to destroy not only submarines, but also surface ships, aircraft, missiles, and ground targets. That is, they will become universal warships, - the interlocutor of the publication explained.

According to him, the modernization of the BOD 1155, according to preliminary calculations, will cost 2 billion rubles for each ship, while the cost of building a new destroyer of a comparable level starts from 30 billion rubles.

Retired Admiral Vladimir Zakharov explained to Izvestia that the modernization of the BOD 1155 would allow for short term get a ship that meets all the urgent requirements of the fleet.

The new destroyer of the far sea zone, which can replace the Udalykh, will appear no earlier than 2020. New ships of such a displacement as BOD 1155 are not even in the project yet. And of the modern ships, only the frigates of the project have such functions as his. But they are almost two times smaller, therefore they are less autonomous - they cannot sail far from the base - and they carry less weapons, - Zakharov explained.

Project representatives

Name	b/n	Shipyard	Head No.	Laid down	Launched	In service	Fleet	State	Note.
daring	637	Baltic Shipyard "Yantar"	111	23.07.1977	05.02.1980	31.12.1980	SF	decommissioned	Recycled
Vice Admiral Kulakov	626	CVD them. A. A. Zhdanova	731	04.11.1977	16.05.1980	29.12.1981	SF	In service
Marshal Vasilevsky	687	CVD them. A. A. Zhdanova	732	22.04.1979	29.12.1981	08.12.1983	SF	decommissioned	Recycled
Admiral Tributs	564	CVD them. A. A. Zhdanova	733	19.04.1980	26.03.1983	30.12.1985	Pacific Fleet	In service
Admiral Zakharov	513	Baltic Shipyard "Yantar"	112	16.10.1981	04.11.1982	30.12.1983	Pacific Fleet	decommissioned	Recycled
Admiral Levchenko	605	CVD them. A. A. Zhdanova	734	27.01.1982	21.02.1985	30.09.1988	SF	In service	Laid down as "Khabarovsk"
Admiral Spiridonov	555	Baltic Shipyard "Yantar"	113	11.04.1982	28.04.1984	30.12.1984	Pacific Fleet	decommissioned	Recycled
Marshal Shaposhnikov	543	Baltic Shipyard "Yantar"	114	25.05.1983	27.12.1984	30.12.1985	Pacific Fleet	Under repair

According to a spokesman for the Department of Information and mass communications The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the Navy Captain First Rank Igor Dygalo, by 2022, 5 large anti-submarine ships of project 1155 will be repaired and modernized.

Large anti-submarine ships (BOD) of project 1155 are one of the main "workhorses" of the Russian fleet. 4 BOD this project- "Admiral Tributs", "Admiral Vinogradov", "Admiral Panteleev" and "Marshal Shaposhnikov" together with the missile cruiser "Varyag" constitute the "core" of the Pacific Fleet. 4 more BODs - "Admiral Kharlamov", "Admiral Levchenko", "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" and "Severomorsk", as well as the BOD "Admiral Chabanenko", built according to an improved project 1155.1, are part of Northern Fleet.

Project 1155 ships were built in parallel with Project 956 Sarych destroyers in the 1980s. "Sarychi" were intended to strike at surface targets and provide air defense for formations of ships. Project 1155 ships were built as anti-submarine destroyers (called "large anti-submarine ships" in the Russian Navy). Project 1155 BODs, unlike the Sarychs being built in parallel with them, turned out to be excellent ships. The extremely unsuccessful design of the power plants, the unreliability and exactingness of the operating conditions of the Project 956 destroyers in view of the total underfunding in the 1990s, led to their wholesale "falling out" of the Russian fleet. At the same time, Project 1155 BODs, due to their reliability and perfect design, for the most part managed to survive the "dark times" and at the moment they actually make up the bulk of Russian destroyers.

Project 1155 BODs have enormous anti-submarine capabilities - their "main caliber" is 8 launchers with Rastrub anti-submarine missiles (on the Admiral Chabanenko they were replaced by Moskit supersonic anti-ship missiles, and anti-submarine weapons were replaced by Vodopad anti-submarine missiles fired by through torpedo tubes). At the same time, the ships are equipped with the most powerful low-frequency hydroacoustic station (GAS) "Polynom", capable of even partially "looking" under the layer of the so-called. thermocline - the boundary between layers of water of different temperatures, poorly permeable to sound waves, and confidently detect enemy submarines at a great distance. BODs also have powerful torpedo armament and depth bombers, which make it possible to destroy even attacking enemy torpedoes with a high probability due to special "drifting" mines fired in the path of a torpedo with fuses that react to the noise of torpedo propellers as it approaches. They have BOD data and powerful aviation weapons - 2 Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters are placed in the ship's hangars at once. The only drawback of the Project 1155 BOD is the lack of medium or long-range air defense systems - the Kinzhal air defense system available on the ship is capable of providing only air defense of the ship in the near zone. However, its ability to intercept enemy anti-ship missiles is the highest. The ships are also equipped with powerful radio-technical weapons, in particular, the Fregat phased-array radar and the specialized two-coordinate Podkat radar with an extremely narrow radiation pattern, designed specifically for detecting low-flying targets.

In conditions of very low rates of replenishment of the Russian fleet with new ships, Project 1155 BODs will most likely serve for a very long time, especially since they have a huge modernization potential. As Igor Dygalo stated, in the course of repair and modernization on these ships, The huge volume work on the replacement of life support systems and radio equipment. With a high degree of probability, it can be assumed that the ships will receive the latest modifications of the Fregat radar, and the AK-630 anti-aircraft guns will be replaced with promising Pantsir-M anti-aircraft gun-missile systems - the creation of this complex, which is a "marine" version of the famous air defense system " Pantsir-S" is in full swing and it may enter service in 2018, and it is likely that with new promising missiles, which have almost twice the range of destruction, compared with the existing 9M335 missiles of this complex.

It is also quite likely that the Kinzhal air defense system will be replaced by the latest Redut air defense system or by the marine version of the newest Tor-M2U air defense system, which is also expected to be put into service by 2018-19. There are also projects for large-scale modernization of the project 1155 BOD with the replacement of Rastrub anti-submarine missiles with launchers that ensure the use of Kalibo family cruise missiles and Onyx supersonic anti-ship missiles. According to some reports, the BOD "Admiral Kharlamov" is already undergoing such modernization. After such a modernization, the ships will receive many times greater combat capabilities and become excellent destroyers, capable of not only effectively fighting enemy submarines, but also inflicting powerful strikes on enemy ship groups, hitting targets located at a depth of hundreds of kilometers from the enemy with Caliber missiles. coasts and will be able to provide the collective air defense of the ship formation with the highest efficiency. At the same time, the cost of such modernization is estimated at 2 billion rubles, while the cost of a new destroyer is at least 30 billion.

The main headquarters of the Russian Navy decided to modernize the large anti-submarine ships (BOD) of project 1155 "Fregat" (according to NATO classification - Udaloy) . Today, these are the main ships of the far sea zone in the Russian fleet. They are sent to the Horn of Africa to fight Somali pirates.

The modernization of the BOD will include equipping it with modern A-192 guns, Caliber missiles and the latest air defense and missile defense system with S-400 Redut missiles. Thanks to this, the ships “will actually become destroyers and will be able to destroy not only submarines but also surface ships, aircraft, missiles and ground targets. That is, they will become universal warships, ”a representative of the Main Command of the Navy explained to the Izvestia newspaper.

According to him, the modernization of the 30-year-old project 1155 BOD can cost 2 billion rubles per ship. At the same time, the cost of building a new destroyer in the far sea zone exceeds 30 billion rubles.

Retired Admiral Vladimir Zakharov explained to the Izvestia newspaper that the modernization of the BOD 1155 would allow in a short time to get a ship that meets all the urgent requirements of the fleet. Zakharov explained that the new destroyer of the far sea zone, which can replace the Frigates, will appear no earlier than 2020. New ships of such a displacement as BOD 1155 are not even in the project. And of the modern ships in service with the Russian Navy, only frigates of project 22350 have such functions. But they are half the size, less autonomous and worse armed.

In the 1970s, due to the overall onboard equipment, it was decided to divide the functions of a universal ship between two specialized ones - project 956 Sovremenny became an attack destroyer, and BOD 1155 Fregat became an anti-submarine destroyer with a powerful sonar station in the bow. Today, Project 956 Sovremenny attack destroyers are practically not in operation due to problems with boilers - there are only three ships on the move. They are also being prepared for modernization. Together with the updated BOD, they will form the basis of the oceanic grouping of the Russian Navy.

The US Navy today has more than 40 Arleigh Burke universal destroyers capable of sinking submarines, surface ships and hitting ground targets with Tomahawk cruise missiles. Technical task for the BOD modernization project of project 1155 will be developed before the end of the year. He was instructed to prepare the 1st and 2nd Central Research Institute of the Navy. After that, a competition will be announced among design bureaus for best project modernization, and then the plant is selected. The main contenders for this order are Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg and the Yantar plant in Kaliningrad.

In addition to armament, the BOD will update the chassis, as well as change the center of gravity, due to which, at high speed, the ship begins to lift its nose and hit the bottom against the water (this phenomenon is called “bottom slamming”).

In the Northern Design Bureau, which developed the Project 1155 BOD and, most likely, will receive an order, they said that in order to introduce modern weapons systems, the ship's control system, that is, almost all electronics, will have to be changed.

During modernization, they may encounter a number of serious technical problems - whether the dimensions of the new weapons systems are suitable for a strictly BOD hull. If you have to break the hull, this can significantly increase the cost of the project. "Caliber" can take the place of "Trumpet", but "Mosquito" - no longer, say the specialists of the Design Bureau.

The first modernized BOD will appear no earlier than 2016: the development of the main project will take about 1.5 years - every detail will have to be coordinated with the developers and manufacturers of weapons systems, equipment and other ship systems. After that, from 2 to 4 years, the technical project of modernization will be finalized - step by step instructions for the factory.

For 11 years, from 1980 to 1991, 13 BODs of project 1155 were built (one of them according to the improved project 1155.1). The ships are named after Russian and Soviet admirals. Now eight such ships remain in service - four in the Pacific Fleet and the same number in the Northern Fleet. Since 2008, five of them have been involved in the fight against pirates in Somalia - Marshal Shaposhnikov, Admiral Panteleev, Admiral Levchenko, Admiral Vinogradov and Admiral Chabanenko. BOD "Admiral Kharlamov" has been in reserve since 2006. Perhaps it will be the lead ship for the modernization of the entire project.

The Russian Navy has begun a large-scale modernization program for the main "workhorses" of the surface forces - large anti-submarine ships (BPK) of Project 1155 Udaloy. At least five BODs will receive Kalibr cruise missile launchers and targeting equipment. They will be able to strike at coastal targets and the enemy fleet from a long distance. Until now, these ships did not have any anti-ship weapons or long-range air defense systems - therefore, they were nicknamed "doves of peace" by sailors. According to experts, the Soviet-built frigates will turn into modern attack ships.

As Izvestia was told at the Navy Command, work on large anti-submarine ships of project 1155 has already begun. The installation of the Caliber complex on the Admiral Shaposhnikov BOD continues. Until 2022, five BODs from the Northern and Pacific Fleets will undergo repairs and modernization. During the modernization, the possibility of equipping them with promising Onyx anti-ship missiles will also be considered.

Project 1155 frigates built back in the 80s turned out to be technically perfect and unpretentious, so they still form the basis of ocean surface forces. But until recently, these ships were equipped only with 100-mm guns and Metel torpedo missiles.

The first reports of plans to modernize the project 1155 appeared in 2013. Then Izvestia wrote that the BOD could be equipped with new A-192 gun mounts, Caliber missiles and an air defense system based on the S-400. However, such a rearmament requires a serious and lengthy rework, and the fleet needs ships of this class right now. Therefore, the choice was made in favor of the "lightweight" version of the upgrade.

After repair and modernization, the ships will receive strike capabilities, become more versatile and serve the fleet for at least another 10-15 years, according to military historian Dmitry Boltenkov. According to him, Project 1155 BODs now, in fact, form the backbone of the surface forces and display the Russian flag around the world.

These ships have absorbed the latest achievements of the Soviet defense industry, have proven themselves well, and the sailors praise them, - the expert explained. - Modernization is needed. Now they are armed only with cannons and an outdated missile system that cannot cope with modern systems air defense. "Calibers", most likely, will be installed in the bow of the ship - instead of the front gun turret. Thus, it is possible in a short time to get a ship that meets all the urgent needs of the fleet.

Project 1155 is considered the most advanced of the Soviet surface submarine hunters in the ocean zone. The gas turbine power plant made it possible to avoid many problems that arise during the operation of boiler-turbine systems. Such ships received a powerful sonar complex "Polynom", anti-submarine missiles and anti-aircraft missile system "Dagger". However, the frigates lacked anti-ship weapons, as it was assumed that the destroyers would fight the surface ships.

From 1980 to 1991, 13 BODs of project 1155 were built (one of them was built according to the improved project 1155.1). They were given the names of Russian and Soviet admirals. To date, eight such ships remain in service - four in the Pacific Fleet and the same number in the Northern Fleet. These frigates were actively used during anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia.

The presence of a powerful navy is one of the main signs of a strong military power. Moreover, in addition to the appropriate quantitative and qualitative composition, the modern fleet must have one more ability - the ability to solve combat missions at a considerable distance from its own bases. In other words, the naval forces must be able to protect the geopolitical interests of their country anywhere in the oceans.

One of the main tasks of the warships of the far sea zone is the fight against enemy submarines, primarily with its strategic nuclear missile carriers. As part of the Russian fleet, such tasks are capable of solving large anti-submarine ships (BPK) of Project 1155 Fregat. According to the NATO classification, they belong to destroyers PLO.

The development of project 1155 began in the first half of the 70s at the Northern Design and Technical Bureau, the lead ship of the series, the Udaloy BOD, was launched from the stocks of the Yantar shipyard in 1980. In total, 12 UAVs of this series were built, the last of them, the Admiral Panteleev ship, was accepted into the Pacific Fleet in December 1991, that is, after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In 1990 and 1991, two ships were laid down according to the modernized project 1155.1 - Admiral Chabanenko and Admiral Basisty. Later, they planned to build two more BODs of project 1155.1, but these plans were never implemented. Of the laid down ships, only the Admiral Chabanenko was completed.

The sharp decrease in the number of ships, which followed the collapse of the USSR, turned the Project 1155 ships into real "workhorses" of the Russian Navy. For example, the large anti-submarine ship Severomorsk has been patrolling the Gulf of Aden for a long time, protecting merchant ships from pirates. Another ship of the project, the Admiral Vinogradov, was involved in similar tasks. And "Admiral Panteleev" made several long trips in the Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Project 1155 ships are the most advanced submarine hunters

According to their main characteristics, Project 1155 BODs are considered one of the most advanced PLO ships in the world. These ships incorporated all the achievements of the Soviet military-industrial complex. Project 1151.1 turned out to be even more successful - while retaining the anti-submarine capabilities of the base series, it additionally received powerful anti-ship weapons. The only weak point of the Project 1151 BOD is the lack of long-range air defense systems, which does not allow ships to fight aircraft - the main carriers of anti-ship weapons.

The history of the creation of the ships of project 1155

Rapid development submarine fleet already at the end of the 60s, the leadership of the Soviet Navy forced them to think about the creation of a new generation of anti-submarine ships with a greater range of detection and destruction of the enemy. In addition, it was necessary to strengthen the protection of the BOD from missile weapons and increase the power of artillery weapons. In the early 1970s, the Northern Design Bureau received an assignment to develop a project for a new anti-submarine ship. Work on it began in 1972.

Initially, the designers wanted to take project 1135 as a basis, which would make it possible to build a new BOD on ready-made stocks. However, the military demanded to equip the ship with a new generation sonar system and place anti-submarine helicopters on the deck, so the restrictions imposed by the small size of 1135 had to be abandoned. The new SJSC "Polynom" in its characteristics significantly exceeded the complexes of the previous generation "Titan-2" and "Titan-2T", but at the same time it weighed almost 800 tons and had a length of 30 meters. It is not surprising that the project eventually overcame the milestone of 7 thousand tons of full displacement.

Project 1155 large anti-submarine ship "Vice-Admiral Kulakov"

The shape of the aft contours of the ship was dictated by the need to accommodate two helicopters and a landing deck for them. From the artillery armament, the BOD received the AK-100 and AK-630 installations, and as the main air defense system, the Kinzhal multi-channel air defense system.

It was decided to equip the ship with a gas turbine power plant, which differed in comparison with the steam turbine in a larger specific capacity at a relatively small size.

In July 1977, the lead ship of the project, the Udaloy, was laid down on the stocks of the Yantar plant. Literally a few months later in Leningrad at the plant. Zhdanov, work began on the second ship of the series - the BOD "Vice-Admiral Kulakov". "Udaloy" was accepted into the KSF at the end of 1980, and twelve months later "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" went north after him.

In total, 12 ships of Project 1155 were built, they became part of the Pacific and Northern Fleets. The last ship in the series was the Admiral Panteleev, which was laid down in 1988 and launched in 1990. At the moment, four ships of this series have already been decommissioned and disposed of (including the Udaloy), and eight more continue to carry out combat service.

At present, the Northern Fleet includes: Vice-Admiral Kulakov, Admiral Levchenko, the large anti-submarine ship Severomorsk and the Admiral Kharlamov BOD. And the latter is now in reserve. The following Project 1155 BODs are assigned to the Pacific Fleet: Admiral Tributs, Admiral Panteleev, Marshal Shaposhnikov and the ship Admiral Vinogradov. At the moment, "Marshal Shaposhnikov" is under repair, which began in 2016.

Improved project 1155.1 "Frigate"

In the late 80s, the modernization of project 1155 began. The improved version received the designation 1155.1. The developers set themselves the task of creating a ship with a greater degree of versatility, which would more harmoniously combine anti-submarine, anti-ship and anti-aircraft functions.

In the upgraded version, two 100-mm artillery mounts were replaced by one 130-mm twin one, and the ship also received the Vodopad anti-submarine system, which made it possible to place eight Moskit anti-ship missiles. In addition, the AK-630M anti-aircraft guns were replaced with the Kortik complex (ZRAK), which seriously strengthened the anti-aircraft capabilities of the BOD. Also, the ships of the modernized project received a new, even more advanced sonar system.

Thanks to all of the above improvements, the anti-submarine ship has practically turned into a universal destroyer, which is capable of solving a wide range of combat missions.

Project 1155.1 large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko"

It was originally planned to build ten ships of project 1155.1, the first of them - "Admiral Chabanenko" - was laid down in 1990. The following year, construction of the second ship of the series began, and a pre-order was made for two more ships. However, soon the USSR ordered to live long, and all these plans remained unfulfilled. Only the lead ship, the Admiral Chabanenko, was able to complete the construction, the second BOD of this project was dismantled on the slipway.

In general, project 1155.1 turned out to be very successful. It can be called a further development of the concept missile cruisers project 1134, which, in addition to powerful anti-submarine weapons, also had anti-ship missiles on board. Its only weak point can be called the absence of a long-range air defense system on board.

Currently, the BOD "Admiral Chabanenko" is part of the Northern Fleet.

Description of the design and its main features

The hull of the ship of the project is steel with an elongated forecastle (2/3 of the length), a significant collapse of the frames in the bow and a double bottom along its entire length. The torpedo-shaped antenna radome of the hydroacoustic complex is located in the bow. The ships of this project are equipped with a rolling damping system, which reduces it by a factor of three.

The body is divided into compartments by fireproof partitions; non-combustible materials are used in the interior decoration. The ships of this project have a foam extinguishing system.

There are three groups of superstructures in the aft and amidships of the ship, in the design of which aluminum and magnesium alloys are widely used. Hangars for two Ka-27 helicopters are located in the aft superstructure.

It should also be added that the designers paid great attention to the habitability of the ship, taking into account its use in various climatic conditions. Officers are accommodated in comfortable single and double cabins, midshipmen - in rooms for two and four people, and sailors occupy cockpits with a capacity of 12-14 people. On board there are special rooms for sports, recreation, an infirmary for the sick or wounded.

The main power plant (MPP) consists of two M9 gas turbine units. Each of them includes a marching (9 thousand hp) and an afterburner (22 thousand hp) engine. This design allows efficient use of fuel. Another important advantage of the gas turbine power plant is the ability to quickly reach maximum speed - 10-15 minutes. In a steam turbine plant, this process can take more than an hour.

Four gas turbine generators with a capacity of 1250 kW each are used to supply ship systems.

The basis of the anti-submarine armament of the ships of this project is the Polynom sonar system, which in terms of its characteristics is several times superior to the SAC of the previous generation. He is able to detect an enemy submarine at a distance of 40-50 km. In addition to submarines, the Polynomial can detect torpedoes and anchor mines. You can also add that the project 1155 BOD is the smallest of all equipped with this complex. A towed antenna is located in the stern of the ship.

Armament: artillery, rocket, anti-submarine

The anti-submarine armament of the Project 1155 ships includes:

Missile system URK-5 "Rastrub-B". With it, you can hit not only enemy submarines, but also his surface ships. The launchers of the complex are located under the navigation bridge of the ship;
Two 533 mm torpedo tubes. They are located on a rotating platform with an electric drive;
Two rocket launchers RBU-6000, each of which has 12 barrels with a caliber of 213 mm. They are located in the stern of the ship.

Artillery armament includes:

Two 100mm AK-100 automatic cannons. They are designed to destroy air, surface and coastal targets. The rate of fire of the AK-100 reaches 60 rounds per minute, and its firing range is 21.5 km. Cooling is carried out by outboard water;
Four six-barreled automatic settings AK-630. They are capable of hitting various targets, both surface and air. AK-630 is the ship's main air defense system at short distances. The rate of fire is 5000 rounds per minute, and the range of destruction is 5 thousand meters;
One 45 mm salute weapon 21-KM.

The air defense system of the ships of the series consists of two Kinzhal air defense systems. They are placed in below-deck containers on the stern and forecastle. Rockets launch vertically. The complex is capable of firing at four targets, on which up to 8 missiles are aimed at once to increase the probability of destruction.

Scheme of placement of weapons systems on BOD 1155

The composition of the radar equipment of the BOD project 1155 includes a three-coordinate radar "Fregat-MA". It is capable of detecting surface and air targets at a distance of 300 km. To detect low-flying targets, a two-coordinate Podkat radar with a detection range of 30 km is used. Also, the ships of the series are equipped with a target tracking radar for the Kinzhal complex, an artillery fire control radar and a missile fire control radar.

Modernization of the BOD project 1155

At present, a decision has been made on a large-scale modernization of Project 1155 ships. Its main focus will be to increase the anti-ship capabilities of the BOD.

The ships will receive new 130-mm artillery mounts, Redut air defense systems with vertical launchers and, most importantly, Kalibr cruise missiles. The possibility of arming the ships of the Onyx anti-ship missiles will also be considered. Work has already begun and is expected to be completed by 2022. The cost of upgrading one ship will be approximately 3 billion rubles. This is much cheaper than building new destroyers or anti-submarine ships.

After modernization, the ships will receive new features, they will become more versatile and will be able to remain in service for another ten or fifteen years.

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