Kashin-class Destroyer

The Kashin-class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61. As of 2016, one ship is in service with the Russian Navy, and five modified ships are in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput-class destroyers.

In the Soviet Union they were officially classified as "guard ships" (storozhevoi korabl – SKR), then "large ASW ships" (BPK) or "large missile ships" (BRK), but in the rest of world they are commonly regarded as missile destroyers due to their size and armament. They were the first Soviet purpose-built anti-air warfare ships and the first to carry an ASW helicopter.

Unit Run

Project 61

• SVK Komsomolets Ukrainy
• SVK/RFK Soobrazitelny
• SVK Provorny
• SVK/RFK Obraztsovy
• SVK Odarenny
• SVK Otvazhny - Sunk after a fire on 30 August 1974 caused by a misfiring missile, with 24 fatalities
• SVK/RFK Steregushchy
• SVK/RFK Krasny Kavkaz
• SVK Reshitelny
• SVK/RFK Strogiy - The hull was sold to India, but on the way the ship sank near Singapore in 1995.
• SVK/RFK Smetlivy
• SVK/RFK Krasny Krym
• SVK/RFK Sposobny
• SVK/RFK Skory

Project 61MP

• SVK Ognevoy
• SVK Slavny
• SVK/RFK Stroyny
• SVK Smely - sold to Poland, renamed ORP Warszawa
• SVK/RFK Sderzhanny