Russian Ships to Syria

 

Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance base, under a 1971 agreement with Syria, which is still staffed by Russian naval personnel. The base was established during the Cold War to support the Soviet Navy's fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. During the 1970s, similar support points were located in Egypt and Latakia, Syria. In 1977, the Egyptian support bases at Alexandria and Mersa Matruh were evacuated and the ships and property were transferred to Tartus, where the naval support base was transformed into the 229th Naval and Estuary Vessel Support Division. Seven years later, the Tartus support point was upgraded to the 720th Logistics Support Point.

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and its Mediterranean fleet, the 5th Mediterranean Squadron which was composed of ships from the North Sea Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, ceased its existence. Since then, there have been occasional expeditions by Russian Navy vessels and submarines to the Mediterranean Sea. The naval logistics support base in Syria is now part of the Black Sea Fleet. It consists of three floating docks of which one is operational, a floating workshop, storage facilities, barracks and other facilities.
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Admiral Chabanenko " - Udaloy II Class Destroyer

Project # 1155.1 Fregat II
NATO Reporting name :
Udaloy II Class (guided missile) Destroyer
DDG “Адмирал Чабаненко: Admiral Chabanenko”
(Hull# 650 )

2nd division of anti-submarine ships (Severomorsk)
Subordinate to Kolskaya (Kola Peninsula) Flotilla of diverse forces

Laid down 28.02.1989,
launched 16.06.1994,
commissioned 28.01.1999

Following Udaloy's commissioning, designers began developing an upgrade package in 1982 to provide more balanced capabilities. The Project 1155.1 Fregat II Class Large ASW Ships (NATO CodenameUdaloy II), Russia's only multipurpose destroyer, is intended to be the Russian counterpart to the American Arleigh Burke class ships.

The Udaloy-II is modified by the replacement of the SS-N-14 by the SS-N-22, reflecting a change in emphasis from ASW to anti-shipping, however, her standoff ASW capability is retained by firing SS-N-15missiles from the torpedo tubes. Other changes include an improved self defense capability with the addition of the gun/SAM CIWS systems. Similar to Udaloy externally, it was a new configuration with the Moskit antiship missiles, a twin 130 mm gun, the Udav antitorpedo system and several anti-aircraft systems.

Powered by a modern gas turbine engine, it was equipped with more capable sonars, an integrated air defense fire control system, and a number of digital electronic systems based on state-of-the-art circuitry. The original MGK-355 Polinom integrated sonar system (with NATO reporting names Horse Jaw and Horse Tail respectively for the hull mounted and towed portions) on Udaloy-I ships is replaced by its successor, a newly designed Zvezda M-2 sonar system that has a range in excess of 100 km in the 2nd convergence zone. The Zvezda sonar system is considered by its designers to be the equivalent of American AN/SQS-53 in terms of overall performance, but it is much bulkier and heavier than its American counterpart: the length of the hull mounted portion is near 30 meters. The torpedo approaching warning function of Polinom sonar system is retained and further improved by its successor Zvezda sonar system.

In 2006 the Northern Fleet's Project 1155 Udaloy I-class destroyer Admiral Kharlamov was reported to have been laid-up for a planned overhaul and upgrade programme. In 2008 Admiral Chabanenko became the first Russian warship to transit the Panama Canal since World War II. In April 2010 Severnaya Verf shipyard announced that the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov, which had been undergoing an overhaul since 1990, will rejoin Russia's Northern Fleet soon.

Displacement: 3,800 tons standard
4,250-4,400 tons full load 
Speed (kts): 31
Dimensions (m): 129.6 meters long 
15.6 meters beam
8.1 meters draft 
Machinery/Engine: 4 GTurbine x 58'000 hp; 2 shafts driving fixed pitch props., 4 gas-turbine engines, each providing 58,000 horsepower 
2 shafts driving fixed-pitch propellers 
5 diesel generators, 3 generating 600 kW each, 
2 generating 800 kW each 
3'000 n.m/18 kts; edurance: 30 days 
Man./Crew: 210
Armament: 6 Vodopad NK ASW
Uran AShip system (Kh-35 cruise missiles)
4 SA Klinok (R: 15km;) 
AK-100 DP (100 mm, 20km) 
2 RBU-6000 ASW RL (R: 6000 m, 48 rockets) 
Helicopter KA-27 
Electronics: Radio communication system 
Combat control information system 
Navigation system 
Antiship missile fire-control system 
Air Defence missile fire-control system 
Air and ground target detection radar 
100 mm gun mount fire-control radar 
Underkeel active/passive sonar 
ECM station 
Antitorpedo protection system 
Torpedo and RBU fire-control system 
Air and ground target detection radar

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