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Project 159A 1978

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Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate Modification
ПЛК-4 [PLK-4], 5.1966- СКР-38 [SKR-38]   150 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 31.10.1958 1.4.1960 30.11.1961 stricken 4.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-5 [PLK-5], 5.1966- СКР-47 [SKR-47]   151 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 31.12.1958 1.7.1960 26.12.1961 stricken 10.1992 Project 159
ПЛК-14 [PLK-14], 5.1966- СКР-26 [SKR-26]   153 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 6.3.1959 1.6.1960 27.12.1961 stricken 6.1993 Project 159
ПЛК-17 [PLK-17], 5.1966- СКР-17 [SKR-17]   154 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 24.4.1959 5.8.1960 31.12.1961 test vessel OS-34 8.1982, stricken 9.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-9 [PLK-9], 5.1966- СКР-9 [SKR-9]   157 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 18.7.1959 14.10.1960 30.6.1962 stricken 4.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-22 [PLK-22], 5.1966- СКР-22 [SKR-22]   158 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 26.9.1959 25.1.1961 14.11.1962 stricken 6.1991 Project 159
ПЛК-25 [PLK-25], 5.1966- СКР-33 [SKR-33]   159 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 26.12.1959 7.4.1961 14.11.1962 stricken 8.1995 Project 159
ПЛК-27 [PLK-27], 5.1966- СКР-27 [SKR-27]   162 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 8.4.1960 29.5.1961 31.12.1962 stricken 7.1992 Project 159
ПЛК-30 [PLK-30], 5.1966- СКР-30 [SKR-30]   163 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 15.6.1960 24.6.1961 31.12.1962 test vessel OS-333 3.1978, stricken 9.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-34 [PLK-34], 5.1966- СКР-34 [SKR-34]   165 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 27.7.1960 30.8.1961 4.10.1963 stricken 4.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-37 [PLK-37], 5.1966- СКР-40 [SKR-40]   166 820 Yd, Kaliningrad 28.10.1960 18.11.1961 30.6.1964 stricken 1.1994 Project 159
ПЛК-1 [PLK-1], 5.1966- СКР-1 [SKR-1]   601 Krasny Metallist, Zelenodolsk 31.8.1957 31.8.1959 30.12.1961 test vessel OS-332 3.1978, stricken 10.1986 Project 159
ПЛК-15 [PLK-15], 5.1966- СКР-18 [SKR-18]   28 Khabarovsk SYd 28.8.1959 27.6.1961 12.12.1962 stricken 5.1989 Project 159
ПЛК-41 [PLK-41], 5.1966- СКР-41 [SKR-41]   29 Khabarovsk SYd 27.2.1960 1.7.1962 21.3.1963 stricken 6.1987 Project 159
ПЛК-11 [PLK-11], 5.1966- СКР-11 [SKR-11]   30 Khabarovsk SYd 20.12.1960 25.4.1963 14.12.1963 stricken 2.1991 Project 159
ПЛК-43 [PLK-43], 5.1966- СКР-43 [SKR-43]   31 Khabarovsk SYd 16.6.1961 28.8.1963 29.4.1964 stricken 5.1989 Project 159
ПЛК-3 [PLK-3], 5.1966- СКР-3 [SKR-3]   32 Khabarovsk SYd 10.1.1962 29.5.1964 26.12.1964 stricken 4.1990 Project 159
ПЛК-46 [PLK-46], 5.1966- СКР-46 [SKR-46]   33 Khabarovsk SYd 19.7.1963 24.4.1965 30.9.1965 stricken 5.1989 Project 159
ПЛК-23 [PLK-23], 5.1966- СКР-23 [SKR-23]   34 Khabarovsk SYd 23.12.1963 20.8.1965 30.12.1965 stricken 5.1989 Project 159
СКР-29 [SKR-29] (ex-ПЛК-29 [PLK-29])   186 Yantar, Kaliningrad 10.12.1964 27.3.1966 30.12.1966 stricken 6.1991 Project 159A
СКР-16 [SKR-16], 4.1991- Бакинец [Bakinets]   187 Yantar, Kaliningrad 4.12.1964 21.7.1966 25.7.1967 to Azerbaijan 9.1992 (Bakılı) Project 159A
СКР-103 [SKR-103]   188 Yantar, Kaliningrad 27.3.1966 15.12.1966 29.9.1967 stricken 6.1991 Project 159A
СКР-106 [SKR-106]   189 Yantar, Kaliningrad 26.7.1966 26.3.1967 30.11.1967 stricken 6.1993 Project 159A
СКР-110 [SKR-110]   190 Yantar, Kaliningrad 20.12.1966 7.5.1967 30.12.1967 test vessel OS-226 4.1991, stricken 7.1994 Project 159A
СКР-112 [SKR-112]   191 Yantar, Kaliningrad 26.4.1967 15.8.1967 30.5.1968 mutiny 21.7.1992, escaped to Ukraine (СКР-112 [SKR-112]) Project 159A
СКР-115 [SKR-115]   192 Yantar, Kaliningrad 20.8.1966 4.11.1967 27.8.1968 to Ethiopia 3.1984 (F1617) Project 159A
СКР-98 [SKR-98]   196 Yantar, Kaliningrad 8.12.1967 4.1.1969 30.9.1969 stricken 1.1991 Project 159A
СКР-94 [SKR-94], 10.1972- Краснодарский комсомолец [Krasnodarskiy Komsomolets]   197 Yantar, Kaliningrad 25.3.1968 22.10.1969 30.12.1969 to Ethiopia 7.1983 (ዘራዕ ደረስ [Zerai Deres]) Project 159A
СКР-87 [SKR-87], 5.1990- Комсомолец Дагестана [Komsomolets Dagestana]   198 Yantar, Kaliningrad 6.6.1968 5.11.1968 14.8.1969 stricken 7.1992 Project 159A
СКР-120 [SKR-120]   199 Yantar, Kaliningrad 19.6.1969 7.4.1970 29.9.1970 stricken 6.1991 Project 159A
СКР-123 [SKR-123]   211 Yantar, Kaliningrad 23.10.1969 5.6.1970 30.11.1970 stricken 10.1992 Project 159A
СКР-126 [SKR-126]   212 Yantar, Kaliningrad 29.1.1970 22.9.1970 30.12.1970 stricken 7.1992 Project 159A
СКР-78 [SKR-78] (ex-ПЛК-59 [PLK-59])   35 Khabarovsk SYd 29.10.1964 29.4.1966 31.12.1966 stricken 4.1990 Project 159A
СКР-21 [SKR-21] (ex-ПЛК-21 [PLK-21]), 3.1979- Орловский комсомолец [Orlovskiy Komsomolets]   36 Khabarovsk SYd 29.12.1964 30.6.1966 31.12.1966 stricken 2.1991 Project 159A
СКР-36 [SKR-36]   37 Khabarovsk SYd 31.8.1965 27.4.1967 30.9.1967 stricken 5.1989 Project 159A
СКР-92 [SKR-92]   38 Khabarovsk SYd 28.3.1966 31.7.1967 30.12.1967 stricken 6.1991 Project 159A
СКР-88 [SKR-88]   41 Khabarovsk SYd autumn 1966 --- --- cancelled 8.1967 Project 159A
СКР-130 [SKR-130]   44 Khabarovsk SYd 11.9.1969 5.9.1970 30.9.1970 to Vietnam 12.1983 (HQ15) Project 159A
СКР-133 [SKR-133]   45 Khabarovsk SYd 22.12.1969 5.9.1970 31.12.1970 stricken 2.1994 Project 159A
СКР-138 [SKR-138]   46 Khabarovsk SYd 14.4.1970 15.5.1971 30.9.1971 stricken 2.1994 Project 159A
СКР-141 [SKR-141]   47 Khabarovsk SYd 30.4.1970 7.8.1971 31.12.1971 to Vietnam 12.1983 (HQ13) Project 159A
СКР-128 [SKR-128]   48 Khabarovsk SYd 3.3.1971 3.6.1972 30.9.1972 stricken 6.1991 Project 159A
СКР-135 [SKR-135]   49 Khabarovsk SYd 15.8.1971 12.8.1972 26.12.1972 to Vietnam 12.1984 (HQ17) Project 159A
СКР-100 [SKR-100]   193 Yantar, Kaliningrad 28.8.1967 14.3.1968 30.11.1968 to India 5.1972 (अर्नला [Arnala]) Project 159AE
СКР-104 [SKR-104]   194 Yantar, Kaliningrad 4.10.1967 23.4.1968 25.12.1968 to India 5.1972 (अमिनि [Amini]) Project 159AE
СКР-108 [SKR-108]   195 Yantar, Kaliningrad 18.11.1967 24.6.1968 31.12.1968 to India 9.1972 (अंजदिप [Anjadip]) Project 159AE
СКР-95 [SKR-95]   39 Khabarovsk SYd 10.3.1967 15.5.1968 27.9.1968 to Syria 3.1969 (الحراسة [Al Hirasa]) Project 159AE
СКР-82 [SKR-82]   96 Khabarovsk SYd 22.1.1975 28.4.1976 14.5.1977 to Vietnam 12.1978 (HQ09) Project 159AE
СКР-96 [SKR-96]   97 Khabarovsk SYd 27.6.1975 25.4.1976 29.6.1978 to Vietnam 12.1978 (HQ11) Project 159AE


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

pr. 159: 910

pr. 159A: 970

pr. 159AE: 1000
Displacement normal, t

pr. 159: 1050

pr. 159A: 1110

pr. 159AE: 1140
Length, m

pr. 159: 81.8

pr. 159A, 159AE: 82.3
Breadth, m

9.20
Draught, m

pr. 159: 2.77 mean 5.82 max

pr. 159A: 2.89 mean 5.92 max

pr. 159AE: 2.93 mean 5.96 max
No of shafts

3
Machinery

pr. 159: CODAG, 2 M-2 gas turbines + 1 47B-16 diesel

pr. 159A: CODAG, 2 M-2B gas turbines + 1 61B diesel

pr. 159AE: CODAG, 2 M-2BE gas turbines + 1 61B-2 diesel
Power, h. p.

pr. 159, 159A: 36000 (30000+6000)

pr. 159AE: 29400 (24000+5400)
Max speed, kts

pr. 159, 159A: 32

pr. 159AE: 29
Fuel, t

oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

pr. 159, 159A: 2000(14)

pr. 159AE: 1800(14)
Armament

pr. 159: 2 x 2 -76/59 AK-726, 1 x 5 - 400 TT, 4 x 16 RBU-2500 Smerch ASWRL, 1 DCR, 22 mines

pr. 159A: 2 x 2 - 76/59 AK-726, 2 x 5 - 400 TT, 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, 1 DCR, 22 mines

pr. 159AE: 2 x 2 - 76/59 AK-726, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, 1 DCR, 22 mines
Electronic equipment

pr. 159: Fut-N, Fut-B, Don radars, MG-312 Titan, MG-311 Vychegda sonars, Bizan'-4B ECM suite

pr. 159A: MR-302 Rubka, Fut-B, Don radars, MG-312 Titan, MG-311 Vychegda sonars, Bizan'-4B ECM suite

pr. 159AE: Fut-N, Fut-B, Don radars, MG-312IE Titan, MG-311 Vychegda sonars, Bizan'-4B ECM suite
Complement

pr. 159: 98

pr. 159A, 159AE: 106


Standard scale images


<i>PLK-14 </i>1962
PLK-14 1962
<i>SKR-106 </i>1991
SKR-106 1991
<i>SKR-38 </i>1987
SKR-38 1987
<i>SKR-38 </i>1979
SKR-38 1979
<i>SKR-29 </i>1979
SKR-29 1979
<i>SKR-47 </i>1979
SKR-47 1979
<i>SKR-34 </i>1979
SKR-34 1979


Graphics


Project 159A 1978
Project 159A 1978


Project history

Designation changed from small ASW ship (PLK) to guard ship (SKR) 19.5.1966.

These were the first Soviet warships specially designated as ASW units. Like Project 61, they were developed under the 1956 directive. The first large Soviet gas turbine combatant, Project 159 was powered by a pair of M-2s plus a diesel. Project 35 was a similar hull in which a pair of jet engines in raised spaces exhausting directly aft rather than geared to propeller shafts.

Modernizations

1964, PLK-5; 1968, SKR-30; 1974, SKR-46; 1977, SKR-23; 1979, SKR-22; 1980, SKR-33; 1981, SKR-26, SKR-43; 1987, SKR-38 - under Project 159M: 1040/1180t, 82.3x9.20x3.01(6.04)m; - 2 x 16 RBU-2500 ASWRL, 1 DCR, Fut-N radar (on some); + MR-302 Rubka radar (on some instead of Fut-N), MG-325 Vega sonar (VDS), MI-110K wake detector (on some)

1966, SKR-40 - under Project 159AB: - 1 x 2 - 76/59, 2 x 16 RBU-2500 ASWRL; + MG-325 Vega sonar (VDS)

1970, SKR-23, SKR-46, SKR-33: - 1 x 5 - 400 TT

1970s, some Project 159A: - 1 x 5 - 400 TT; + MG-325 Vega sonar (VDS)

1976, SKR-34 - under Project 159AV: - 1 x 2 - 76/59, 1 x 5 - 400 TT, 2 x 16 RBU-2500 ASWRL; + MNK-300 Kayra non-acoustic submarine detecting system

1978, SKR-98: + MG-345 Bronza sonar

Naval service

As test vessels OS-332 was used for test of Vikhr' ASuM, OS-333 used for tests of non-acoustic submarine detectors, OS-34 tested Avrora-N sonar.