Gremyaschi

Gremyashchiy as depicted on a 1982 postage stamp.
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Gremyashchiy
Builder:	Plant 140, Zhdanov (Leningrad)
Laid down:	23 July 1936
Launched:	12 August 1937
Commissioned:	28 August 1939
Decommissioned:	1958
General characteristics
Class and type:	Gnevny-class destroyer
Displacement:	1939: 1,612 tonnes (1,587 long tons; 1,777 short tons) (standard) 2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons; 2,442 short tons) (full load) 1943: 1,820 tonnes (1,790 long tons; 2,010 short tons) (standard) 2,350 tonnes (2,310 long tons; 2,590 short tons) (full load)
Length:	112.8 m (370 ft 1 in)
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	2-shaft GTZA-24 geared steam turbines 4 watertube boilers
Speed:	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Endurance:	770 nmi (1,430 km) at full speed 1,670 nmi (3,090 km) at reduced speed
Complement:	246
Sensors and processing systems:	Arktur hydrophone
Armament:	4 × 1 - 130 mm (5.1 in) B-13 guns 2 × 1 - 76.2 mm (3.00 in) 34-K AA guns 2 × 1 - 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K AA guns 2 × 1 - 12.7 mm (0.50 in) DK or DShK machine guns 3 × 2 - 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 60-95 mines 25 depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Winter War Eastern Front

Gremyashchiy (Russian: Гремящий; "thunderous") was a Gnevny-class destroyer in service within the Soviet Navy launched on 12 March 1937 at the Zhdanov Yard in Leningrad. Construction began on 23 July 1936, and the destroyer began operations within the Baltic Fleet on 28 August 1939, while later being transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet in 1941.

During the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland, Gremyashchiy was assigned to performing patrol duties and escorting transport ships, and did not participate in any battles.

Following the entry of the Soviet Union into World War II, she was moved to Vaenga by order of the commander of the fleet, and began her first patrols on 24 June 1941, escorting the transport ships Mossovet and Tsiolkovskiy from Murmansk to Titovka. On 22 August 1941, alongside destroyers Uritsky, Kuibyshev and Gromkiy, Gremyashchiy protected the damaged depot ship Maria Ulyanova after she was hit by a torpedo attack from a German submarine. At the same time, Gremyashchiy repelled a German air attack, shooting down one aircraft in the process.

During the evening of 24 and 25 November 1941, she fired eighty-nine 130 mm (5 in) shells at the Norwegian port of Vardø, alongside destroyer Gromkiy and the British cruiser HMS Kenya. From 24 to 28 January 1942, she participated in escorting Convoy QP 6, and was held for repairs for the 15 days following 5 February 1942. On 21 February 1942, she shelled enemy positions from on the Kola Peninsula near the Barents Sea. Later in March, she took part in escorting convoys QP 8 and PQ 12. While escorting Convoy QP 9 on 22 March 1942, a severe storm damaged the upper deck, boiler casing and drinking water pipeline of the ship.