Russian destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov (BPK 543)

Marshal Shaposhnikov (BPK 543) at sea
History
Russia
Name:	Marshal Shaposhnikov
Namesake:	Boris Shaposhnikov
Launched:	1985
Identification:	BPK 543
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Udaloy-class destroyer
Displacement:	6,200 t (6,102 long tons) standard 7,900 t (7,775 long tons) full load
Length:	163 m (535 ft)
Beam:	19.3 m (63 ft)
Draught:	7.8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 89,000 kW (120,000 hp)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range:	10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	300
Armament:	2 × 4 SS-N-14 anti submarine missiles 8 × vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface to air missiles 2 × 1 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 4 × 30 mm Gatling guns 2 × Altair CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS 2 × 4 553 mm (21.8 in) torpedo tubes, Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo 2 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and hangar

Marshal Shaposhnikov is an Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy laid down in 1985. The vessel serves in the Russian Pacific Fleet. Her namesake is Boris Shaposhnikov.

On 6 April 2003, Marshal Shoposhnikov left port, along with Admiral Panteleyev and the tanker Vladir Koechitsky, to start a deployment to the Indian Ocean, where exercises with the Indian Navy were planned for May 2003. A number of Black Sea Fleet ships, plus, possibly, cruise missile submarines, joined the deployment.

On 6 May 2010, Russian Naval Infantry deployed from Marshal Shaposhnikov rescued the hijacked tanker MV Moscow University. The entire crew escaped unharmed.Moscow University had been hijacked by Somali pirates on 5 May 2010 off Socotra Island. The commandos from Marshal Shaposhnikov detained 10 pirates and killed one during the release of the tanker.

In November 2014, Marshal Shaposhnikov was part of a four-ship deployment to international waters off Australia. The deployment was believed to be linked to the 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit and growing tensions between the two nations.