Soviet destroyer Komsomolets Ukrainy

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Komsomolets Ukrainy was the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers of the Soviet Navy. Built at the 61 Kommunar Shipyard in Nikolaev (Mykolaiv), it was laid down in 1959, launched in 1960, and commissioned in 1962. The ship was named after the Komsomol of Ukraine and carried pennant numbers 703, 713, and 716. It was home-ported in Sevastopol.

Key facts
- Displacement: about 3,400 tons (4,390 tons full load)
- Length: 144 m; width: 15.8 m; draft: 4.6 m
- Propulsion: 2 gas-turbine engines, 2 shafts, very high power; top speed around 38 knots
- Armament: 2 × twin 76 mm guns; 2 × twin SA-N-1 Goa surface-to-air missile launchers (32 missiles); 1 × 533 mm torpedo battery; 2 × 12-round RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets; 2 × 6-round RBU-1000 launchers; 1 helicopter (Ka-27)
- Range: about 3,500 nautical miles at 18 knots

Service highlights
- 1967: Took part in combat missions to support Egypt during the Arab-Israeli conflict as part of the Soviet Navy’s 5th Squadron.
- 1974: Assisted after an explosion at the Otvazhny shipyard and helped with the investigation.
- 1977–1979: Major overhaul at Nikolaev.
- 1981–1982 and 1983–1984: Mediterranean cruises with port visits, including Split and Tartus; served as a radar picket in the Lebanese conflict.
- 1985–1986: Participated in Granit-85 and Shield-82 exercises; visits to Sozopol, Burgas, Piraeus, and Yugoslavia.
- 1987–1989: Additional Mediterranean cruises with visits to Tunisia, Algeria, and Istanbul; conducted air-defense missions in Tripoli in 1988.

Fate
- Decommissioned on 24 June 1991; dismantled and sold for scrap
- Scrapped in Inkerman in 1995