Tashkent-class destroyer
Tashkent
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Tashkent class (Project 20) |
| Builders: | OTO, Livorno (Italy), Mart Yard Nikolayev |
| Operators: |
 Soviet Navy
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| Built: | 1937-1941 |
| In service: | 1939-1942 |
| Planned: | 1 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2893 tons standard, 3200 tons full load |
| Length: | 139.7 m (458 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: | 130,000 shp (97,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 Yarrow type boilers |
| Speed: | 43.5 knots (80.6 km/h; 50.1 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 250 |
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The Tashkent class (Project 20) was a group of destroyer leaders, designed in Italy and built for the Soviet Navy just before World War II. Only one ship was completed.
The first ship, Tashkent, was ordered under the second Five Year Plan, from the Italian OTO company of Livorno in 1935. She was considerably larger and more capable than the home built Leningrad-class destroyer leaders. Three more ships were initially planned to be built in the Soviet Union, but these plans were abandoned due to differences in manufacturing technology between Italian and Soviet shipyards. Instead, the Soviets developed a different smaller leader design Project 48 (Kiev class), merging features of classes Leningrad (project 38), Tashkent (project 20) and newly-designed Ognevoy (project 30). Ten ships were to be built, of which four were started. The start of World War II meant that none were completed. The ships of the class were named after cities in the Soviet Union.
The hull was riveted with a raised forecastle and 15 compartments. The hull strength was not up to requirements in Tashkent and was increased for the Project 48 ships. A streamlined enclosed bridge was fitted.
Machinery comprised two Parsons type turbines which were housed in two separate compartments with alternating boiler rooms in a unit system layout. The power created came out to 130,000 hp (97,000 kW) and the maximum revolutions were 350 rpm.
Armament comprised three twin 130 mm (5 in) B-2LM turrets which were splinterproof and weatherproof but were for surface fire only. Initially 45 mm (1.8 in) anti-aircraft (AA) guns were planned but replaced by automatic 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns. Later two 76 mm (3 in) AA guns were fitted. Torpedo armament comprised three triple 533 mm (21 in) tubes. Fire control comprised a single director on top of the bridge and an Italian made basic fire control computer, and a further range finder aft.
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