On June 27, local time, the destroyer "Resolute", the flagship of the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet, ended its multi-year maintenance work and left the Kronstadt Naval Shipyard to return to the Baltic Fleet .
The "Fortitude" destroyer with hull number 610 belongs to the 956 "Modern" class. The ship was launched in 1991 and entered service at the end of 1992. However, the ship was born at the wrong time. It was just launched and the Soviet Union disintegrated. The new Russian Navy did not have so much funds to support naval construction and training. Therefore, the ship was in a state of sluggishness for a long time after entering service. During the ship's 30-year service life, the ship's sailing rate was very low. The ship actually sailed at sea for only 2 years, and its range was just over 70,000 nautical miles.
Entering the 21st century, the "Modern" class destroyers born in the late 1970s have fallen behind because they have not been upgraded and maintained. Therefore, the "Resolute", the flagship of the Baltic Fleet, mainly supports the Baltic Fleet with its more than 7,000 tons. Despite its appearance, the ship's actual combat effectiveness is no longer comparable to the 20381/0385 frigate with a displacement of only 2,000 tons.
Judging from the photos, after many years of modifications, the "Fortitude" has been replaced with a new layer of paint. The ship's weapons and equipment and radar electronic equipment have not changed, so the ship is only undergoing maintenance. , did not carry out any modern modifications, but simply removed rust and painted them. Russia also struggled for several years. This is in sharp contrast to the improvements of several "Dreadnought" class large anti-submarine ships of the Russian Navy (a typical example is " Shaposhnikov", the ship added a 16-unit 3S14 vertical launch system and replaced it with "Uranus" anti-ship missiles).
The "modern" class destroyers, which were born in the late 1970s, are mainly used as firepower supplements for the Soviet Navy's heavy missile ships (1144, 1164). This class of ships is not actually responsible for the task of " aircraft carrier killer ". It is more about attacking other surface ships in the enemy aircraft carrier battle group . At the same time, the Soviet Navy planned to use the "Modern" class with the "Dreadnought" class. The "Modern" class had strong anti-ship capabilities and regional air defense capabilities (at that time), and the "Dreadnought" class had strong anti-submarine capabilities, but only some air defense capabilities. . However, the fate of the Cold War "Modern" class and the "Dauntless" class were very different.
It was planned to build 28 "Modern" class destroyers. By the time of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, 17 "Modern" class destroyers had been completed. However, due to insufficient funds in the Russian Navy, most of the "Modern" class destroyers were left in service for a long time without maintenance. Soon it was retired in a hurry, and the destroyers of this class were either dismantled (the picture below is the "Mowgli" of the Northern Fleet), or they lay in the port, unattended for a long time.
Currently, in addition to the "Resolute" that has completed maintenance this time, the Russian Navy has only one "Modern" class destroyer left, the Northern Fleet's "Ushakov" in active service (pictured below), and The Pacific Fleet The last "Modern" class "Quick" was decommissioned on December 3 last year.
There are still 8 ships of the "Dreadnought" class in service in the Russian Navy, because its gas turbine is better maintainable than the steam turbine . Most of the ships of this class are in good condition. For example, last week in the Russian Pacific Fleet's high seas During the training, there was a "Panteleyev" (picture 1 below). Recently, the Pacific Fleet's "Shaposhnikov", which has already completed its modernization and modification, is visiting Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, together with the Project 20385 frigate "Thunder" and the "Dubna" class supply tanker (Figure 2 below) ,3).
However, the "Modern" class and the "Dreadnought" class will eventually age and be retired due to their foundation in the 1980s.As the only "shield ship" of the Russian Navy, the 2350 frigate only served two ships and was "difficult to produce". It continued to build batches of 20381/20385 frigates with smaller tonnage but more balanced air defense, anti-ship, anti-submarine capabilities. It is the most reasonable choice to expand the size of the Russian Navy fleet.
The cutting-edge Type 20381 frigate is the Russian military’s warship with the highest operational rate at present
