Soviet Cold War Destroyers
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 20 August 2026
- ISBN 9781472874894
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 25x25x25 mm
- Weight 454 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Illustrated with over 400 photos and a set of colour profiles and plans. 700
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Short description:
Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of previously unseen photos, this is the first history of the destroyers of the Cold War Soviet Navy, the heart of its surface fleet.
MoreLong description:
Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of previously unseen photos, this is the first history of the destroyers of the Cold War Soviet Navy, the heart of its surface fleet.
With 11 classes and hundreds of units built, and with roles varying from nuclear strikes on NATO shipping to anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare, the destroyers of the Soviet Union were among the most numerous and important assets to the surface fleet. After Soviet shipbuilding overcame its severe postwar problems, the traditional destroyers of the early Cold War were replaced over the decades by increasingly capable guided-missile ships. However unlike their NATO counterparts, the details of these warships remain practically unknown in the West.
In this book, Jan Radziemski, a naval historian and authority on the Soviet Navy, presents the first history in English on the fleet's Cold War destroyers, concisely assessing each class's development and construction, its roles, technology, weaponry, sensors and seakeeping. He also draws upon his extensive photo collection to present more than 400 superb photos, illustrating all the classes and subclasses from Project 30 to the final Sovremennyj-class.
Complete with data tables on the destroyer classes, the individual ships, and the capabilities of weaponry, this is the essential guide to the Soviet fleet's Cold War stalwarts.
Table of Contents:
FOREWORD
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. Project 30K Destroyers
CHAPTER II. Project 30bis Destroyers
CHAPTER III. Project 31 Destroyers
CHAPTER IV. Project 41 Destroyer (NATO codename 'Tallinn')
CHAPTER V. Project 42 Destroyers (NATO codename 'Kola')
CHAPTER VI. Project 56 Destroyers (NATO codename 'Kotlin')
- Project 56PLO Modification
- Project 56K/A Modification
CHAPTER VII. Project 56M Destroyers (NATO codename 'Kildin')
- Modernization according to Project 56U (NATO codename 'Kildin-Mod')
CHAPTER VIII. Project 57bis Guided Missile Destroyers (NATO codename 'Krupny')
- Modernization according to Project 57A (NATO codename 'Kanin')
CHAPTER IX. Project 61 Guided Missile Destroyers (NATO codename 'Kashin')
- Modification 61M
- Modification 61E and 01090
CHAPTER X. Project 956 'Sarych' (Sovremennyj-class destroyers)
CHAPTER XI. Project 11551 'Fregat' Destroyers (NATO codename: 'Udaloj II')
CHAPTER XII. Benchmarks
APPENDICES: DATA TABLES
SOVIET DESTROYER DESIGNERS (1946-1992)
DESIGN BUREAUS
SSZ SHIPYARDS
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
