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Thank you for the comments! let's hope that the legendary ship will make it out!

Good evening, guys! Could anybody tell what happened to INS "Rajput" after decomissioning? Is there any chance it will be preserved as a museum? Thank you in advance for sharing info!

Much obliged!

Thank you for the prompt and informative reply! And another question if I could: as far as I remember. INS Mumbai D62 did not have two AK-630 swapped for Barak-1 (contrary to other two ships). Did any changes in close-defense AAA or SAMs take place? Or we just need to wait for photos of the...

Good evening. guys! Do you have any understanding if INS Mysore D60 is already undergoing a refit like it was done to D61&62? The latest photo of D60 that I saw, was of early 2022 with "old" weapons. Thank you in advance

Good evening! Here's the photosof soon-to-be Ranvijay back at the end of 1987. Final trials in vicinity of Nikolaev (nowdays Ukraine) where it was built.

Dear Nilgiri! Much obliged for your help!

Dear Nilgiri, Spasibo for your reply. Frankly, I tend to agree that early Kashin-2 were equipped with Vychegda/Vega rather than Platina. Platina was set for production in 1975 and knowing Soviet habit of exporting of downgraded stuff, I suspect that in 1980 (Rajput induction) it was not a time...

Good day, dear friends, Could you kindly help me with one issue? Currently I am writing an article about "Rajput" class destroyers. My questions is about the initial sonar's type on board of destroyers. All Russians sources say that the ships were given modern (by that time) "Platina" MGK-335...

At Russian forum I was gracefully given the rarest photo of RI Sandjaja 203. Dear Indonesian comrades! ;)Will be grateful for any info or photos of the following destroyers in Indonesian service: RI Sultan Iskandar Muda 304 - delivered in 1962 RI Diponegoro 306 - delivered in 1964 RI Brawidjaja...

Thank you for your help and photos. I wil be happy to get more information and images. In return, I would like to post a photo of the officers of RI Siliwangi 201 and RI Singamangaradja 202 together with the Soviet officers and civilians which was made while ships' visit in Vladivostok back in...

Dear friends. I am wrting a book about old Soviet destroyers and i will have a separate chapter about 30-bis Skory class destroyers in Indonesia service. Here in Russia we have rather limited information about 8 destroyers delivered within the period of 1959-1965. I have already got valuable...