On BOD "Kerch" the black sea fleet launched naval flag

Black sea fleet lost the penultimate ship of the 1st rank. February 15 this year on the big anti-submarine ship "Kerch" project 1134B launched naval flag, the ship transferred to the category military equipment of the defense Ministry.
BPK "Kerch" was the third in a series of seven ships of the project 1134B (code "Berkut-B" NATO codification — Kara class), built at a shipyard named after 61 Communards in Nikolaev. The main purpose of the action in the composition of the search and attack groups to search and destroy nuclear missile submarines in remote areas of the ocean.

Laid 30 April 1971, launched on 21 July 1972. Inaugurated on 25th December 1974. Served in the black sea fleet, from 1994 to 1997, was the flagship of the fleet.

Full Displacement 8565 tons, standard 6700 tons. Length 173,4 m, width of 18.5 metres, the draft of 5.74 meters. A maximum speed of 32 knots. The cruising range of 5,200 miles at 20 knots. Autonomy 30 days reserves of fuel and water, 45 days in reserves. The crew of 429 (51 officer; 63 warrant officers).

Powerplant: gas turbine, 92000 HP, 2 screws

Armament: 2 x 4 PU PLRK "Snowstorm", 2 PU SAM "Storm", 2 PU SAM "OSA-M", 2 x 2 76-mm gun mount AK-726 4 x 6 30-mm gun mount AK-630, 2 x 5 533 mm torpedo tubes PTA-53, 2 x 12 RBU-6000, 2 x 6 RBU-1000, 1 Ka-25ПЛ.

In 2014, the ship stood on planned repair, but broke out in November 2014, the BOD of the fire caused too much damage to the ship. The Commission of the Navy, which conducted the survey ship, was the ship to recover and dispose of. In 2015, BPK "Kerch" was brought out of fighting structure of fleet and began to remove weapons.
"Kerch" was the last BOD in the black sea fleet now in the black sea fleet has only one ship of 1 rank - order of Nakhimov GRKR "Moscow", terms of service, which extended until 2030.