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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "New Power"]].
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was a Fidonisy-class destroyer built for Imperial Russian Navy. The Fidonisy-class was improvement of previous Derzky-class destroyers. Kerch was laid down on 29th October 1915 and comissioned on 27<sup>th</sup> June 1917. After the Russian revolution, she joined the Bolsheviks and conducted several shore bombardments along the Crimea. On 29<sup>th</sup> April 1918, she sailed to Novorossiysk to avoid capture by advancing German forces. On 18<sup>th</sup> June, she scuttled Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship Svobodnaya Rossiya and Kerch´s sister, Fidonisy to avoid being handed over to Germans as a result of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Kerch herself was then scuttled for same reason off the harbour entrance at Tuapse. In 1929 the Soviets tried to refloat her, but the wreck broke apart. In 1932 they raised her engine room and used them as source of energy in the Tuapse power plant.
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Kerch was introduced in [[Update "New Power"]] as a GE premium. As a destroyer from the Imperial era, Kerch is very similar to the reserve [[Frunze]], mainly differing in its secondary weapons, where it has a somewhat more usable secondary battery but far worse torpedoes.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
=== Survivability and armour ===
 
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As with other destroyers, the Kerch is barely armored. Several drawbacks from its primitive design including unprotected main and secondary guns as well as uncovered engines hampered its protection. Thus relies on its relatively small size and crew count to survive.
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As with other destroyers, Kerch is barely armoured. It mainly relies on its relatively small size and crew count to survive.
  
 
=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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The mobility of the destroyer Kerch is not that good compared to its contemporaries, but it's quite manoeuvrable.
  
 
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Mobility of the Kerch is not that good compared to its comtemporaries, but at least it's quite manuverable.
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=== Modifications and economy ===
 
=== Modifications and economy ===
 
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{{main|Pattern 1911 (102 mm)}}
 
{{main|Pattern 1911 (102 mm)}}
  
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The Kerch has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. These guns have decent firepower and fire rate but are far from the best brawling weapons. The greatest advantage of these guns is the high accuracy which they have. As such, the Kerch should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire.
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Kerch has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. These guns have decent firepower and fire rate but are far from the best brawling weapons. The greatest advantage of these guns is the high accuracy which they have. As such, Kerch should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire.
  
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The main problem with the Kerch, however, is the fact that it doesn't use the basic HEF shell like other destroyers. Instead, it utilizes a unique fragmentation shell as its main ammunition. While it is quite effective against any destoryer it might face due to more fragmentation damage. It cannot set the enemy on fire (thus near useless against any destroyers that utilizes anti-fragmentation armor), as well as cannot hull break any PT boats (its greatest threats) it hits due to the shell over-penetrates and deal little to no damage at all.
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Kerch also has the option of loading a unique shrapnel shell. While it is quite effective against any destroyer it might face due to increased fragmentation damage, it cannot set the enemy on fire (thus near useless against any destroyers that utilise anti-fragmentation armour), as well as cannot hull break any lightly-armoured PT boats (its greatest threats) it hits due to the shell over-penetrating and dealing little to no damage at all.
  
 
Another point worth mentioning is the fact that the arrangement of the guns is not exactly the best, with a single gun at the front and the 3 others all at the back. This means that you can only use a single gun against a target directly in front of you.
 
Another point worth mentioning is the fact that the arrangement of the guns is not exactly the best, with a single gun at the front and the 3 others all at the back. This means that you can only use a single gun against a target directly in front of you.
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=== Secondary armament ===
 
=== Secondary armament ===
 
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{{main|2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)}}
 
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The main difference between the Kerch and the Frunze is that it's using two 40mm Pom-Pom autocannons instead of a terrible 76mm and 45mm as secondary armaments. Despite only featured two single mounts at the aft and stern, these guns is quite reliable for AA defense due to wide coverage, and it's able to fending off PT boats at close distance.
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The biggest difference between Kerch and the Frunze is that it's using two 40 mm Pom-Pom autocannons instead of a manually loaded 76 mm and 45 mm as secondary armaments. Despite only featured two single mounts at the aft and stern, these guns are quite reliable for AA defence due to wide coverage, and it's able to fend off PT boats at close distance.
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* '''40 mm HE:''' {{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
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* '''40 mm AP:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEF|High-explosive fragmentation}}
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=== Anti-aircraft armament ===
 
=== Anti-aircraft armament ===
 
{{Specs-Fleet-AA}}
 
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"Anti-air" armaments of the Kerch consisted of two severely outdated 7.92 mm machine guns that is pretty much useless except for spooking inbound aircraft to dodge a relatively harmless shots and get into the range of your Pom-Pom guns.
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Anti-air armaments of Kerch consisted of two severely outdated 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns that are pretty much useless except for spooking inbound aircraft to dodge relatively harmless shots.
  
 
=== Additional armament ===
 
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{{main|Pattern 1910 (450 mm)}}
 
{{main|Pattern 1910 (450 mm)}}
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Although the Kerch has three more torpedo tubes than the Frunze, it's utilizing an incredibly weak torpedoes with only 100 kg of warhead (less than half of Frunze's). Thus requiring more than one hit to destroy enemy ships. Other than that, its range is also awfully short at only 3 kilometers, thus it cannot attack enemy over longer distances.
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Although Kerch has three more torpedo tubes than the Frunze, it utilizes incredibly weak torpedoes with only 100 kg of explosive (less than half of Frunze's). This means it often requires more than one hit to destroy enemy ships. Other than that, its range is also awfully short at only 3 km, so it cannot attack enemy ships other than at near point blank range. Interestingly it also has two spare torpedoes, a rarity in Russian vessels.
  
 
== Usage in battles ==
 
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=== Pros and cons ===
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
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* Main cannons are very accurate
 
* Main cannons are very accurate
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* Relatively high crew count for reserve ship
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* Quite fast and easy to control
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* Easy to control and manoeuvrable
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* Small superstructure allows it to take lesser crew loss when being hit by small-calibre guns
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* Small superstructure makes it harder to hit
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* Two Pom-Pom autocannons is useful for fending off aircrafts and PT boats
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* Pom-Pom autocannons are useful for fending off aircraft and boats
  
 
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* Non-existent armour protection
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* Gun crew is unprotected, even small-calibre machine guns can take them out
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* Cannons are mostly unprotected, even small-calibre machine guns can easily take them out
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* No access to usual HEF shells, instead using a fragmentation shell that cannot set the enemy ship on fire and is useless against PT boats
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* No access to contact-fuse HE shells, instead has a shrapnel shell that cannot set ships on fire
 
* Horrible torpedoes with tiny warhead and short range
 
* Horrible torpedoes with tiny warhead and short range
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* AA armament is essentially useless
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* AA machine guns are mostly useless
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* Slow reserve destroyer
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
 
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Kerch was a Fidonisy-class destroyer laid down in 1915 for the Imperial Russian Navy. The class was the third series of the Novik-type ships. Kerch was only completed in 1917 and commissioned in the Black Sea Fleet, but took little part in the First World War, as only months later the Russian Civil War broke out. Kerch joined the Bolsheviks, and supported them in their attempt to control Crimea by bombarding White Russian forces. As the invading Germans advanced into Ukraine, Kerch retreated to Novorossiysk and was later scuttled to prevent it from being turned to the Germans after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In 1929, the Soviet Navy attempted to raise the ship, but it broke apart and only the midship was salvaged, with its engines used in a power station at Tuapse.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 4 November 2024

Rank VI USA | Premium | Golden Eagles
A-10A Thunderbolt (Early)
This page is about the premium Russian destroyer Kerch. For the Soviet light cruiser, see Kerch (cruiser).
Kerch
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Kerch
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Description

The Fidonisy-class, Kerch, 1917 was a Fidonisy-class destroyer built for Imperial Russian Navy. The Fidonisy-class was improvement of previous Derzky-class destroyers. Kerch was laid down on 29th October 1915 and comissioned on 27th June 1917. After the Russian revolution, she joined the Bolsheviks and conducted several shore bombardments along the Crimea. On 29th April 1918, she sailed to Novorossiysk to avoid capture by advancing German forces. On 18th June, she scuttled Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship Svobodnaya Rossiya and Kerch´s sister, Fidonisy to avoid being handed over to Germans as a result of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Kerch herself was then scuttled for same reason off the harbour entrance at Tuapse. In 1929 the Soviets tried to refloat her, but the wreck broke apart. In 1932 they raised her engine room and used them as source of energy in the Tuapse power plant.

Kerch was introduced in Update "New Power" as a GE premium. As a destroyer from the Imperial era, Kerch is very similar to the reserve Frunze, mainly differing in its secondary weapons, where it has a somewhat more usable secondary battery but far worse torpedoes.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back
Main fire tower38 / 0 / 0 mm
Hull16 mm (steel)
Superstructure4 mm (steel)
Number of section7
Displacement1 700 t
Crew168 people

As with other destroyers, Kerch is barely armoured. It mainly relies on its relatively small size and crew count to survive.

Mobility

Speedforward / back
AB72 / 26 km/h
RB59 / 22 km/h

The mobility of the destroyer Kerch is not that good compared to its contemporaries, but it's quite manoeuvrable.

Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode Upgrade Status Maximum Speed (km/h) Turn Time (s) Turn Radius (m)
Forward Reverse
AB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded 72 26
RB/SB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded 59 22

Modifications and economy

Repair cost
AB309 Sl icon.png
RB358 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications5 160 Rp icon.png
520 Sl icon.png
Crew training150 Sl icon.png
Experts1 000 Sl icon.png
Aces20 Ge icon.png
Research Aces145 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
Talisman.png 2 × 40 / 60 / 50 % Sl icon.png
Talisman.png 2 × 75 / 75 / 75 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Seakeeping Unsinkability Firepower
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Dry-Docking
Research:
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Cost:
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50 Ge icon.png
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Rudder Replacement
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Propeller Replacement
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Engine Maintenance
Research:
960 Rp icon.png
Cost:
95 Sl icon.png
110 Ge icon.png
Mods ship damage control crew.png
Damage Control Division
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Fire Division
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Smokescreen
Research:
330 Rp icon.png
Cost:
35 Sl icon.png
40 Ge icon.png
Mods ship anti fragmentation protection.png
Shrapnel Protection
Research:
450 Rp icon.png
Cost:
45 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods ship venting.png
Ventilation
Research:
450 Rp icon.png
Cost:
45 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods new ship pumps.png
New Pumps
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Ammo Wetting
Research:
960 Rp icon.png
Cost:
95 Sl icon.png
110 Ge icon.png
Mods new aa caliber turrets.png
Anti-Air Armament Targeting
Research:
450 Rp icon.png
Cost:
45 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods ammo.png
40mm_qf_mkxv_he_ammo_pack
Research:
450 Rp icon.png
Cost:
45 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods new aux caliber turrets.png
Auxiliary Armament Targeting
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40mm_qf_mkxv_ap_ammo_pack
Research:
330 Rp icon.png
Cost:
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40 Ge icon.png
Mods shrapnel tank.png
102mm_ussr_navy_shrapnel_ammo_pack
Research:
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Primary Armament Targeting
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Improved Rangefinder

Armament

Primary armament

4 х Turret102 mm/60 Pattern 1911 naval gun
Ammunition160 rounds
Vertical guidance-10° / 30°
Main article: Pattern 1911 (102 mm)

Kerch has 4 x 102 mm cannons as the main weapon. These guns have decent firepower and fire rate but are far from the best brawling weapons. The greatest advantage of these guns is the high accuracy which they have. As such, Kerch should be played as a sniper destroyer more so than a close-range brawler. The accuracy of these guns at long range far surpasses the other equivalent destroyers of other nations and can be used to shell enemies from far range with impunity from more inaccurate enemy fire.

Kerch also has the option of loading a unique shrapnel shell. While it is quite effective against any destroyer it might face due to increased fragmentation damage, it cannot set the enemy on fire (thus near useless against any destroyers that utilise anti-fragmentation armour), as well as cannot hull break any lightly-armoured PT boats (its greatest threats) it hits due to the shell over-penetrating and dealing little to no damage at all.

Another point worth mentioning is the fact that the arrangement of the guns is not exactly the best, with a single gun at the front and the 3 others all at the back. This means that you can only use a single gun against a target directly in front of you.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
1,000 m 2,500 m 5,000 m 7,500 m 10,000 m 15,000 m
102 mm HE HE 51 42 29 26 26 26
102 mm shrapnel Shrapnel 5 5 5 5 5 5
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(s) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
102 mm HE HE 823 17.5 0.035 5 2,100 79° 80° 81°
102 mm shrapnel Shrapnel 768 17.7 0 0.1 218 62° 69° 73°

Secondary armament

2 х Turret40 mm 2pdr QF Mk.IIc automatic cannon
Ammunition2240 rounds
Belt capacity56 rounds
Fire rate200 shots/min
Main article: 2pdr QF Mk.IIc (40 mm)

The biggest difference between Kerch and the Frunze is that it's using two 40 mm Pom-Pom autocannons instead of a manually loaded 76 mm and 45 mm as secondary armaments. Despite only featured two single mounts at the aft and stern, these guns are quite reliable for AA defence due to wide coverage, and it's able to fend off PT boats at close distance.

  • Universal: HEF · AP-T · HEF · AP-T
  • 40 mm HE: HEF · HEF · HEF · AP-T
  • 40 mm AP: AP-T · AP-T · AP-T · HEF

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
HEF 3 3 3 3 3 3
AP-T 60 57 48 39 32 26
Shell details
Ammunition Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
HEF 701 0.82 0 0.1 71 79° 80° 81°
AP-T 701 0.91 - - - 47° 60° 65°

Anti-aircraft armament

2 х Turret7.62 mm Maxim machine gun
Ammunition1500 rounds
Belt capacity1000 rounds
Fire rate600 shots/min
Main article: Maxim (7.62 mm)

Anti-air armaments of Kerch consisted of two severely outdated 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns that are pretty much useless except for spooking inbound aircraft to dodge relatively harmless shots.

Additional armament

Setup 114 x 450 mm wet-heater torpedo pattern 1910
Main article: Pattern 1910 (450 mm)

Although Kerch has three more torpedo tubes than the Frunze, it utilizes incredibly weak torpedoes with only 100 kg of explosive (less than half of Frunze's). This means it often requires more than one hit to destroy enemy ships. Other than that, its range is also awfully short at only 3 km, so it cannot attack enemy ships other than at near point blank range. Interestingly it also has two spare torpedoes, a rarity in Russian vessels.

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Main cannons are very accurate
  • Good crew count for reserve ship, can soak up a little more damage than some other reserves
  • Easy to control and manoeuvrable
  • Small superstructure makes it harder to hit
  • Pom-Pom autocannons are useful for fending off aircraft and boats

Cons:

  • Cannons are mostly unprotected, even small-calibre machine guns can easily take them out
  • No access to contact-fuse HE shells, instead has a shrapnel shell that cannot set ships on fire
  • Horrible torpedoes with tiny warhead and short range
  • AA machine guns are mostly useless
  • Slow reserve destroyer

History

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Kerch was a Fidonisy-class destroyer laid down in 1915 for the Imperial Russian Navy. The class was the third series of the Novik-type ships. Kerch was only completed in 1917 and commissioned in the Black Sea Fleet, but took little part in the First World War, as only months later the Russian Civil War broke out. Kerch joined the Bolsheviks, and supported them in their attempt to control Crimea by bombarding White Russian forces. As the invading Germans advanced into Ukraine, Kerch retreated to Novorossiysk and was later scuttled to prevent it from being turned to the Germans after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In 1929, the Soviet Navy attempted to raise the ship, but it broke apart and only the midship was salvaged, with its engines used in a power station at Tuapse.

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See also

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Black Sea Shipyard (Черноморский судостроительный завод)
Destroyers 
Derzkiy-class  Frunze
Fidonisy-class  Kerch
Project 1  Moskva
Light Cruisers 
Project 26  Voroshilov
Project 68A  Mikhail Kutuzov

USSR destroyers
  Imperial Russia
Derzky-class  Frunze
Fidonisy-class  Kerch
  Soviet Union
Pr. 1  Leningrad · Moskva
Pr. 45  Opytny
Pr. 7  Besposhchadny · Ryany
Pr. 7U  Soobrazitelny · Stroyny
Pr. 20  Tashkent
Pr. 30  Ognevoy
Pr. 30-bis  Smelyi · Bezuprechny
Pr. 41  Neustrashimy
Pr. 56  Spokoinyy · Blagorodnyy · Bravy
Trophies  Romania
Regele Ferdinand-class  Letuchiy

USSR premium ships
Motor torpedo boats  G-5 (ShVAK) · Pr.123K (A-10bis)
Motor gun boats  TKA-412 · Pr.183 BM-21 · Ya-5M
Motor torpedo gun boats  MPK Pr.12412P
Armoured gun boats  MBK-161 early · MBK pr.186 (MK 85) · Pr.1124 MLRS · Pr.1204
Sub-chasers  MPK Pr.122bis
Frigates  Rosomacha
Destroyers  Kerch · Ryany · Leningrad · Stroyny · Smelyi · Neustrashimy · Blagorodnyy
Light cruisers  Murmansk · Kerch · Zheleznyakov
Battleships  Marat

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