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Anti-submarine ship Kerch. Large anti-submarine ship "Kerch": description, history and interesting facts

At the end of last year, there was one less warship in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. On November 4, at about 5 o'clock in the morning, a fire occurred in the engine room of the Large anti-submarine ship "Kerch". After this sad incident, the issue of decommissioning the Kerch began to be discussed, because its age was quite advanced. It was also assumed that it would be scrapped, again citing the inexpediency of expensive repairs and modernization of the outdated Large Anti-Submarine Ship. There were also rumors that it could be converted into a military “maritime” museum, because the Kerch was one of the last Cold War ships in the fleet. But what will really happen to him and what will be his fate?

The Chairman of the Russian Veterans Party in the city of Sevastopol shared his vision of the further course of events with the INFORMER correspondent Sergey Binali.


“In June of this year, representatives of our party sent an official letter to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Two proposals came from us: the safety of the Kerch BOD; the creation of a museum on the territory of the 30th coastal armored turret battery.

Today we have a huge number of land-based museums, but no above-water ones. Because the legendary Sevastopol is a city of Russian sailors and military glory, we proposed to preserve, and not “cut up” Kerch for scrap metal. After all, it is important to protect your history, and creating a museum of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the ship is, in our opinion, the best solution.

Unfortunately, if you ask Sevastopol residents on the street today about their knowledge of the exploits of five Black Sea residents during World War II, it is unlikely that anyone will be able to immediately name even the names of these heroes. And in Sevastopol, the streets are named after these young guys who had special ranks of privates." , - the party leader began the conversation.

According to Sergei Anatolyevich, the reaction of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation to their appeal was immediate. Later he was invited to a live video conference with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov.


“We discussed with him the issue of creating a museum at Kerch. Later we received a response from the Russian Ministry of Defense with a final decision.


In addition, I met with those who previously served on this Large Anti-Submarine Ship. We also discussed the issue with the director of the National Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol, Alexander Rudometov. I believe that through joint efforts we will, in my opinion, prepare many interesting proposals regarding this surface museum. The most important thing for us is the support of the Government of Sevastopol and the residents themselves" , - noted Binali.

When watching the video, you can find some “secrets” about the future museum ship.

BOD "Kerch"

BOD "Kerch"(order No. 2003). Shipyard named after 61 Kommunara (Nikolaev): 4.1971; 7.1972; 12.1974

Part of the Black Sea Fleet. From 10 to 14.08.1984 and from 11 to 15.08.1989, the ship visited the port of Varna (Bulgaria) on a friendly visit, and from 28.06 to 2.07.1989. - port of Istanbul (Türkiye). From 03.1984 to 07.1988, the shipyard "Sev-morzavod" (Sevastopol) underwent medium repairs and modernization.
From March 21, 1991 to 1998, Kerch was the flagship ship of the Black Sea Fleet.

Photos taken from the book by Apalkov Yu.V. "Ships of the USSR Navy" Volume 3 part 1


"Kerch"

The Kerch BOD was included in the ships of the USSR Navy on December 25, 1969 and was named in honor of the hero city of Kerch. The laying of the hull took place on April 30, 1971 (serial number S-2003), and on July 21, 1972, the ship’s launching ceremony took place. The naval flag was raised on December 25, 1974 and this day was declared a general ship holiday, on the same day the BOD was included in the 70th BrKK ZODiPK KChF. After completing course tasks and entering the permanent readiness forces, on January 5, 1976, the ship entered its first base station in the Mediterranean Sea. BOD designated the Soviet military presence in the eastern Mediterranean during Israel's aggression against Lebanon. On July 24, 1976, the ship returned to Sevastopol. The next BS in the Mediterranean Sea took place from December 1, 1977 to June 28, 1978 and from May 3 to October 15, 1979. In 1978, the Kerch BOD was awarded the USSR Navy Civil Code prize for missile training, and in 1979 it was awarded the USSR Ministry of Defense pennant “For Courage and Military Valor.” In 1980, the ship was awarded the Challenge Red Banner of the Military Council of the KChF. On October 16, 1981, Deputy USSR Ministry of Defense Marshal of the Soviet Union K.S. Moskalenko aboard the Kerch entered the combat training ground in the Sevastopol region. From September 10 to October 6, 1982, the ship took part in the Shield-82 exercises, and from September 3 to 20, 1983, in the KChF exercises in the Kerch Strait area under the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy. From March 12 to 21, 1984, the Kerch BOD took part in the Soyuz-84 exercises, and from August 9 to 1, 1984, made an official visit to the port of Varna of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. After the visit, the ship took on board ammunition, fuel and food for its next combat service. But a day before the departure, one of the midshipmen turned the main mechanisms without checking the presence of oil, as a result of which the ship’s power plant was disabled. Instead of the Kerch, the Nikolaev BOD was urgently prepared and sent to the BS within 24 hours. Since the application for passage of the Turkish straits indicated the side number of the Kerch - 707, the same number was put on board the ship leaving for the BS. The Kerch BOD was delivered to Sevmorzavod for repair and modernization. During the work, the gas turbine units were replaced, new URK-5 "Rastrub" and UZRK "Storm-N" were installed, and the latest "Podberezovik" radar was installed instead of the "Voskhod" radar. The ship was also equipped with the Tsunami-BM space communications complex of the Cyclone-B system. 45mm salute guns were installed. During repairs and modernization at Sevmorzavod in 1988, a fire broke out in the officer’s canteen due to a refrigerator fire. The fire was discovered late - after 25 minutes, but the AMG alloy superstructure did not have time to catch fire. The line of defense was organized correctly and the ship was defended. There were no casualties. In 1989, at Kerch, there was a case of an anti-aircraft missile falling from the guides of the Shtor UZRK launcher.
From June 23 to July 2, 1989, the ship made an official visit to the port of Istanbul (Turkey), and from August 11 to 15, 1989, an official visit to Varna (NRB). Before the collapse of the USSR, "Kerch" managed to complete one more BS - from May 25 to October 25, 1991. The next BS took place under the Naval flag of a no longer existing country - from February 4 to 16, 1992. While on the BS "Kerch" there was flagship of the Mediterranean squadron and participated in joint exercises with ships of the US 6th Fleet. On March 1, 1993, while mooring, the ship received severe damage to the stern, crashing into the concrete wall of the 14th berth. The repair took two weeks. The last BS of the Kerch BPK in the 20th century took place on June 16 - July 10, 1993, and during this voyage contact with US nuclear-powered ships was recorded twice (06/21 and 06/23). At the end of 1993, the BOD won the Prize of the Russian Navy Civil Code for missile training. Another (seventeen-day) trip of the ship to the Mediterranean Sea without solving the problems of detecting foreign submarines took place in 1994 to support the visit of Russian President B.N. Yeltsin to Greece. The Kerch BOD made its next visit to Varna from August 18 to August 22, 1996. In November 1998, the ship flew the flag of the Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Rear Admiral A.V. Kovshar (formerly the commander of Kerch) made an official visit to France (Cannes) and Italy (Messina). In 2005, the ship underwent ongoing repairs at the Novorossiysk Shipyard, during which one of the turbogenerators was replaced, the runout of the left shaft line was eliminated (it was 6 mm), a number of hull works were performed, the bottom-outboard fittings were repaired, etc. From 1991 to 2005, at the Kerch BOD, no funds were allocated for the maintenance of the prototype Podberezovik RAS. Some solid-state transmitting modules required routine maintenance and replacement. Only in 2006, this work was carried out in Sevastopol by the FSUE 13 Shipyard of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Defense Ministry. In 2006, the BOD was docked in Sevastopol at Sevmorzavod. The MR-700 Podberezovik RAS was also repaired there. Over more than thirty years of service during anti-submarine search operations, the total time of maintaining contact with foreign nuclear submarines was 8 hours and with diesel submarines - more than 40 hours. During its time as part of the permanent readiness forces, the ship traveled more than 180,000 miles. Currently, the ship is under the patronage of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, the administration of Belgorod, as well as the administration of the Krasnoarmeysky district of Volgograd.

Side numbers: 524 (1974), 529 (1975-76), 534 (1977), 703 (1978 and 1985), 715 (1979-80), 539 (1986), 708 ( 1987-89), 717 (1989), 711 (1990), 713 (2000).

Notable ship commanders:

Captain 2nd Rank Gusev Yuri Germanovich
captain 2nd rank V.V. Grishanov (1978-1979)
captain 2nd rank Nyagu V.P. (1981)
captain 2nd rank A.V. Kovshar (05.1982 - 1984)
captain 2nd rank Evgeny Vasilievich Orlov (1984-1986)
Acting - Captain 3rd Rank K. Klepikov (1986)
captain 2nd rank G. N. Shevchenko (1986-1987)
captain 1st rank A.I. Pavlov (1987-1989)
Captain 1st Rank Avramenko (04.1993)
Captain 1st Rank Alexander Evgenievich Demidenko
captain 1st rank Sergei Borisovich Zinchenko (1997)
Captain 1st Rank Zubkov V.Ya.
Captain 1st Rank Evgeniy Georgievich Krylov
captain 1st rank Oleg Valerievich Ignasyuk (2003-2006)
captain 1st rank Oleg Ivanovich Peshkurov (from the end of December 2006 to 2012)
captain 1st rank Bakalov A.?
Captain 1st Rank Skokov Viktor?

The material is taken from the book by Mashensky S.N. "The Magnificent Seven. Wings of the Golden Eagles."
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The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Kerch" will be converted into a museum. The Ministry of Defense does not undertake to predict the exact opening date of the museum. Presumably not earlier than summer 2018. The department does not yet know where exactly the ship will be located in Sevastopol - most likely, at one of the sites of the future Patriot park. At the same time, Kerch will remain on the balance sheet of the Ministry of Defense. Many issues need to be resolved: financing, safety of navigation and the ship itself. In addition, it takes time to prepare Kerch as a museum.

The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" is a very complex object that requires complex technological operation, even when it stands in the form of a museum at the quay wall, - Oleg Vasenin, an assistant at the department of released movable property of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, told the media. - Our goal is that the BOD "Kerch" "became a museum in Sevastopol. And it will be achieved. By decision of the Minister of Defense, work began on the creation of two branches of the Patriot Park in the Southern Military District - in Sevastopol and Kerch. It is planned to place samples of military equipment, including warships, in these branches. The plans for Sevastopol indicate that the large anti-submarine ship “Kerch” will be installed here, and it is not the only one.
Oleg Vasenin clarified: the anti-submarine ship will remain on the balance sheet of the ministry. At the same time, the representative of the defense department could not yet name the start date for the work of the Patriot branches, saying that “the work on the organization is just beginning, the coordination of various issues with municipalities lies ahead.” The exact location of the Kerch parking lot has not been determined. Nevertheless, experts are confident that the museum will attract many tourists.
“The cruiser-museum “Mikhail Kutuzov” in non-tourist Novorossiysk is visited by 100 thousand people every year,” said in turn ONF expert, tourism advisor to the Sevastopol Development Corporation JSC Alexander Zheleznyak. -For Sevastopol, the future museum can become a real symbol, a center of attraction for everyone who comes to the hero city. In addition, two modern military-patriotic parks of culture and recreation will appear in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol.
By the way, recently the idea was voiced about the redeployment of “Mikhail Kutuzov” from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol. But Novorossiysk residents categorically spoke out against this: over the long period of stay in this city, the ship became a landmark of the city. And a number of experts ask quite reasonable questions: “Is it even fair to raise this issue in relation to the residents of Novorossiysk? And how is this technically possible?”
According to RIA Novosti, the museum in Sevastopol will open no earlier than 2018, most likely closer to the summer, the beginning of the holiday season. The creation of a museum on the basis of the Kerch BOD is still a protocol of intent. There is such an initiative, but it will definitely not be implemented this year. Many issues need to be resolved: financing, safety of navigation and the ship itself. In addition, it takes time to prepare Kerch as a museum.

Legendary BOD

The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" was laid down in 1971 in Nikolaev and named after the hero city. Seven "bukars" - including the "Kerch" of Project 1134B - became the pinnacle of the evolution of Soviet anti-submarine ships in the far sea zone. In fact, these are the most powerful missile cruisers with enormous ammunition, gas turbine power plants and hypertrophied anti-submarine weapons. Their total displacement reached 9,000 tons, and their high seaworthiness and significant fuel reserves made it possible to cross the Atlantic Ocean diagonally.
In addition to unique combat capabilities, the “ship family” was distinguished by good living conditions on board. The crew had a very tolerable level of comfort for the Union, which is especially important in conditions of long-term service in difficult climatic zones.
The ship's launching ceremony took place in July 1972. The Soviet Naval flag was raised on the ship on December 25, 1974; The date of raising the flag was declared a ship-wide holiday. On the same day, the ship was included in the 70th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the 30th division of anti-submarine ships of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet. In January 1976, the BOD entered its first combat service in the Mediterranean Sea. During Israel's war against Lebanon, the ship demonstrated the USSR's military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, after which the ship returned from combat service to Sevastopol.
The Kerch BOD was awarded the Challenge Red Banner and took part in large-scale exercises. In 1984, due to a midshipman’s mistake, the ship’s main power plant failed, and the Kerch was docked at Sevmorzavod for mid-term repairs and modernization. During modernization in 1988, a refrigerator in the officer's buffet caught fire. The fire was discovered only 25 minutes later, but the superstructure did not have time to catch fire, and they managed to defend the ship and avoid casualties. After repairs in 1989, the ship made an official visit to the port of Istanbul, and from August 11 to 15, an official visit to Varna.
During the voyage, the ship came into contact with US nuclear submarines twice. In 2005, the Kerch BOD underwent ongoing repairs at the Novorossiysk shipyard. During the repair, one of the turbogenerators was replaced, a number of hull works were performed, the bottom-outboard fittings were repaired, and the 6-mm runout of the left shaft line was eliminated.
In 2006, the first maintenance of the Podberezovik radar since 1991 was carried out at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “13th Ship Repair Plant of the Black Sea Fleet of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation”. In June 2011, the Kerch BOD carried out two-week tracking of the US Navy missile cruiser Monterrey in the Black Sea.
In the spring of 2014, a decision was made to restore the ship’s technical readiness in order to replace the missile cruiser Moskva while the latter was being repaired as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. In November of the same year, a fire occurred on the ship again, as a result of which the premises in the area of ​​the aft engine room burned out. In particular, the command quarters and a number of mechanisms were damaged. Personnel negligence was cited as a possible cause of the fire. According to information from firefighters who took part in extinguishing the fire, extinguishing the fire took about a day. In addition, the military did not immediately call the fire service, trying to extinguish the ship on their own. The fire area was 500 square meters.
In August 2015, the BOD was withdrawn from the Black Sea Fleet. It was decided to create a military museum there.

There is nowhere to put “Kerch”

Also in 2015, the Kerch media wrote that the option of opening a museum on a ship in Kerch was considered, but the city administration abandoned this idea due to the size of the BOD. Officials explained that the ship cannot be used as a city museum, since the BOD with a draft of 6 meters and a length of 173 “simply has nowhere to put it, it will not fit on any city embankment.” At the same time, the authorities of Kerch addressed an official letter to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, with a request to allocate to the city some of the decommissioned military equipment for use as a cultural heritage site. In the letter they mentioned that Kerch is the only hero city on the territory of the former Soviet Union that still does not have its own museum of military glory.
At the same time, information about the dismantling of the ship was received. Fortunately, it didn't happen. Based on the results of the “Action Forum. Crimea" in October 2016, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the executive authorities of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea were instructed to organize the transfer of military equipment, including ships intended for disposal, for the organization of museums. "Kerch" was transferred to the reserve as a training ship for crews and the floating headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet.
It is quite possible that the fate of Kerch will finally become clear by the summer of 2018.

Anna Brygina.

The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" is the third in a series of seven ships of Project 1134B (design code "Berkut-B", according to NATO codification - Kara class), which were built at the Shipyard named after 61 Kommunard in the city of Nikolaev, Ukraine. Before the advent of large Project 1155 anti-submarine ships, they were the most powerful surface anti-submarine ships in the fleet.

Purpose of the Project 1134B BOD: Action as part of search and strike groups to search for and destroy nuclear missile submarines in remote areas of the ocean.

As of 2011, six of the seven ships of the project, which became part of the USSR Navy in the period from 1971 to 1979, were excluded from the Russian Navy and sold for dismantling for metal. Only the Kerch BOD remained in service with the Black Sea Fleet.

The Kerch BOD was laid down on April 30, 1971, under construction number 2003. It was launched on July 21, 1972. Commissioned on December 25, 1974. On the same day, the Soviet naval flag was raised on the ship, and was also included in the 70th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the 30th division of anti-submarine ships of the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet. The home port is Sevastopol. Since 1999 it has tail number 713.

Main characteristics: Full displacement 8565 tons, standard displacement 6700 tons. Length 173.4 meters, beam 18.5 meters, draft 5.74 meters. Full speed 32 knots. Cruising range 5200 miles at 20 knots. Autonomy of 30 days for fuel and water reserves, 45 days for provisions reserves. Crew 429 people (51 officers; 63 midshipmen).

Powerplant: gas turbine, 92,000 hp, 2 propellers

Armament: 2 x 4 launchers of the anti-aircraft missile system "Metel", 2 launchers of the air defense missile system "Storm", 2 launchers of the air defense missile system "Osa-M", 2 x 2 76-mm gun mounts AK-726, 4 x 6 30-mm gun mounts AK-630, 2 x 5 533-mm torpedo tubes PTA-53, 2 x 12 RBU-6000, 2 x 6 RBU-1000, 1 Ka-25PL helicopter.

The ship is patronized by the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, the Administration of Belgorod, and the Administration of the Krasnoarmeysky District of Volgograd.

On January 5, 1976, he entered his first combat service in the Mediterranean Sea, which lasted for 6 months under the command of Captain 2nd Rank Yu.G. Gusev. Repeatedly participated in various ocean and naval exercises and combat services in the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1978, the ship was awarded the prize of the USSR Navy Civil Code for missile training, and the following year it was awarded the pennant of the USSR Ministry of Defense “For Courage and Military Valor.”

In 1980, “Kerch” was awarded the challenge Red Banner of the Military Council of the KChF.

On October 16, 1981, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union K. S. Moskalenko, went on board the ship to the combat training range in the Sevastopol region.

From September 3 to September 20, 1983, he participated in naval exercises in the Kerch Strait area under the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Navy.

From August 1 to August 9, 1984, he was on an official visit in the Bulgarian port of Varna. After completing the visit and taking on board ammunition, fuel and food, the ship was supposed to go to sea for the next combat service, but a day before the departure, one of the midshipmen, without checking the presence of oil, turned the main mechanisms, causing the main power plant of the ship to fail and instead of the “Kerch”, the BOD “Nikolaev” had to be sent to combat service (the tail number of the “Kerch” - 707 - was put on board the "Nikolaev", since it was the one that was indicated in the application for passage of the Turkish straits), and the BOD "Kerch" was docked at Sevmorzavod for medium repairs and modernization.

During the repair and modernization of the ship, the gas turbine units were replaced, new complexes of the URK-5 "Rastrub" anti-aircraft missile system and the "Storm-N" air defense missile system were installed, the "Tsunami-BM" space communications complex of the "Cyclone-B" system and 45-mm salute guns were installed; The Voskhod radar has been replaced by the Podberezovik radar.

During modernization in 1988, a refrigerator in the officer's buffet caught fire. The fire was discovered only 25 minutes later, but the superstructure did not have time to catch fire and they managed to defend the ship and avoid casualties. After repairs, from June 23 to July 2, 1989, the ship paid an official visit to the port of Istanbul, and from August 11 to 15, an official visit to Varna.

From February 4 to February 16, 1992, the ship entered regular combat service under the Naval flag of a non-existent country, and, as the flagship of the 5th OPEC, participated in joint exercises with ships of the US 6th Fleet.

While mooring on March 1, 1993, it crashed into the concrete wall of the 14th berth of the Sevastopol naval base and received very serious damage to the stern, which required two weeks of repairs to eliminate.

From June 16 to July 10, 1993, the Kerch BOD was in its last combat service in the 20th century. During the voyage, contact with US nuclear submarines was recorded twice (June 21 and 23). At the end of 1993, the ship won the Russian Navy Civil Code Prize for missile training.

In 1994, “Kerch” went on a seventeen-day voyage to the Mediterranean Sea to support the visit of Russian President B.N. Yeltsin to Greece. The task of detecting foreign submarines during the voyage was not solved.

After the PLC “Moskva” was withdrawn from the fleet from April 27, 1994 until it entered service after repair of the main missile cruiser “Moskva” on June 12, 1997, it was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.

In November 1998, the Kerch, under the flag of the Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Rear Admiral A.V. Kovshar (former commander of the ship), paid official visits to Cannes (France) and Messina (Italy).

In 2005, it underwent ongoing repairs at the Novorossiysk shipyard. During the repair, one of the turbogenerators was replaced, a number of hull works were performed, the bottom-outboard fittings were repaired, and the 6-mm runout of the left shaft line was eliminated.

In 2006, the first maintenance of the Podberezovik radar since 1991 was carried out at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise 13 Ship Repair Plant of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Defense Ministry. In the same year, the ship was docked at Sevmorzavod, where the MR-700 Podberezovik radar was repaired.

In June 2011, the Kerch BOD carried out two-week tracking of the US Navy missile cruiser Monterrey in the Black Sea.

From June 2014 to November 2015, it will undergo a planned refurbishment, after which it will replace the GRKR as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet during its modernization.

According to a message dated July 4, 2014, defect detection is being completed (however, on July 27, 2014, he took part in the parade on Navy Day).

During repairs, a fire occurred on the Kerch BOD. According to the preliminary version in the cockpit. An investigation into the circumstances of the incident is currently underway. Also, the Russian Navy commission is considering the possibility of dismantling the ship, since the damage from the fire is too great.

On May 17, 2015, a large anti-submarine ship held a concert of spiritual and patriotic songs.

According to a message dated February 18, 2016, the ship is in a floating museum. This initiative was put forward by members of the Sevastopol branch of the Russian Veterans Party, who propose not to scrap the ship.

The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" was laid down on 04/30/1971 at the 61 Communards plant in Nikolaev (serial number 2003) and on 05/25/1971 was included in the lists of Navy ships. Launched on July 21, 1972, entered service on December 25, 1974, and included in the KChF on January 23, 1975.

Displacement: 8565 tons.

Dimensions: length - 173.4 m, width - 18.5 m, draft - 5.74 m.

Maximum travel speed: 32 knots

Cruising range: 5200 miles at 20 knots.

Powerplant: gas turbine, 92,000 hp, 2 screws

Armament: 2x4 launchers of the anti-aircraft missile system "Metel", 2 launchers of the air defense missile system "Storm", 2 launchers of the air defense missile system "Osa-M", 2x2 76-mm gun mounts AK-726, 4x6 30-mm gun mounts of the AK-630, 2x5 533-mm torpedo tubes PTA -53, 2x12 RBU-6000, 2x6 RBU-1000, 1 Ka-25PL helicopter.

Crew: 380 people.

Ship history:

Large anti-submarine ship pr. 1134B

Various versions of shipbuilding programs in the mid-60s of the twentieth century were supposed to build 32 BOD Project 1134 (1134A) for the Soviet Navy. However, already at the beginning of their construction, it was clear that in order to carry out the planned program, it was necessary to connect at least one more plant to its implementation (in addition to the A.A. Zhdanov Shipyard, which built ships of this project), which could be the plant mm. 61 Kommunara in Nikolaev, since the construction of the BOD Project 61 was completed there and capacity was gradually freed up for the construction of new ships.

Positive experience in developing gas turbine units on ships pr.61, as well as the potential capabilities of their manufacturer - the South Turbine Plant (YuTZ) in Nikolaev, officially called NPO "Zarya" - on the one hand, and at the same time the overload of the main manufacturer of steam engines turbines for surface ships - the Kirov plant in Leningrad - on the other hand, almost unambiguously suggested or dictated the decision to adjust the “mother” Project 1134. for another energy sector - gas turbine.

The tactical and technical assignment for the project, numbered "1134B", was issued to the Northern Design Bureau in 1964, when they were working on the further development of the Project 61 ships. V.F. was appointed chief designer of the project. Anikiev, and the main observer of the Navy is Captain 2nd Rank O.T. Sofronov.

The introduction of a gas turbine unit onto the Project 1134B ship instead of a boiler-turbine unit caused an increase in the main dimensions and volumes. Hence the strengthening of the armament of Project 1134B (compared to the original Project 1134A), and changes in its architecture, and an increase in its displacement.

On Project 1134B, a conveyor system for storing and supplying missiles could be used, as a result of which their ammunition load amounted to 96 units. The increased dimensions of the ship made it possible to place, in addition to the installed weapons, two more Osa-M self-defense anti-aircraft missile systems; 76-mm AK-726 artillery mounts were also installed on it.

In total, 7 ships were built according to Project 1134B, 4 of which served in the Black Sea Fleet

The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" was laid down on 04/30/1971 at the 61 Communards plant in Nikolaev (serial number 2003) and on 05/25/1971 was included in the lists of Navy ships. Launched on July 21, 1972, entered service on December 25, 1974, and included in the KChF on January 23, 1975.

In 1976, for 6 months he performed combat service tasks in the Mediterranean Sea, commander - Captain 2nd Rank Yu.G. Gusev. Repeatedly participated in various ocean and naval exercises and combat services in the Mediterranean Sea.

10.08 - 14.08.1984 - paid visits to Varna (Bulgaria);

06.28 - 07.02.1989 - to Istanbul (Türkiye);

11.08 - 15.08.1989 - to Varna (Bulgaria).

At the end of the 80s, its radar weapons were modernized (installation of a new radar).

After the PLC "Moskva" was withdrawn from the fleet from 04/27/1994 and until the GRKR "Moskva" entered service after repair on 06/12/1997, it was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.

In November 1998, under the flag of the Deputy Commander of the Fleet for Armaments and Weapons Operation, Rear Admiral A. Kovshar, made an official visit to Cannes (France) and Messina (Italy).

Currently it is part of the 30th division of surface ships of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship is patronized by: South-Eastern district of Moscow, Belgorod, Volgograd.