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KARA (DDG) class

Country of Origin: Russia


 1 KARA-class GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (DDG)

 Name          Launch            Commissioned       Status
 OCHAKOV       April 30, 1971    Nov. 4, 1973       Stricken
 KERCH         July 21, 1972     Dec. 25, 1974      Reserve

This class is officially typed as BPK bol'shoy protivolodochnyy korbal' (large anti-submarine ship). Seven ships of this class were built. OCHAKOV suffered a shipyard fire at Sevmorzavod Shipyard, Sevastapol, on Feb. 9, 1993, while undergoing an overhaul...

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