ww2 soviet DDs

Gnevny class Destroyer (1936)

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Soviet Fleet Destroyer, Project 7: The Gnevny class, after the lead ship (“angry”) was a group of 29 fleet destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s, some authors also calling them the Gremyashchiy class. Official designation was Project 7. Arguably the most important, main class of destroyers numerically of USSR in World … Read more

Kiev class Destroyer Leader

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Soviet Navy Lead Destroyer, Project 1/48: Kiev, Yerevan, Petrozavods, Ochakov, Perekop, Stalinabad, Ashkhaba, Alma-Ata The Kiev class, officially Project 48, were designed in 1939 in order to provide the Soviet Navy with a small class of destroyer leaders after the cancellation of the Tashkent-class, juged way too expensive. Only three were started, one cancelled and … Read more