Leningrad

Intro Leningrad-class destroyer Leningrad in Leningrad, the city which the lead ship is named after, June 1944 History Soviet Union Name Leningrad (Russian: Ленингра́д) Namesake Leningrad Ordered 1st Five-Year Plan Builder Shipyard 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad Yard number 450 Laid down 5 November 1932 Launched 17 November 1933 Commissioned 5 December 1936 Out of service 18 April 1958 Renamed As TsL-75, 18 April 1958 As PKZ-16, 15 September 1960 As SM-5, 10 August 1962 Reclassified As a destroyer, 12 January 1949 As a target ship, 18 April 1958 As an accommodation ship, 15 September 1960 As a target ship, 10 August 1962 Fate Sunk after being used as target ship, May 1963 General characteristics (as built) Class and type Leningrad-class destroyer Displacement 2,150 long tons (2,180 t) (standard) 2,582 long tons (2,623 t) (full load) Length 127.5 m (418 ft 4 in) (o/a) Beam 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) Draft 4.06 m (13 ft 4 in) Installed power 3 three-drum boilers 66,000 shp (49,000 kW) Propulsion 3 shafts; 3 geared steam turbines Speed 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) Range 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) Complement 250 (311 wartime) Sensors and processing systems Arktur hydrophones Armament 5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 2 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns 2 × single 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 68–115 mines 52 depth charges