Soviet destroyer Volevoy (1951)

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Volevoy (Волевой) was a Skory-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy that later served in the Indonesian Navy as RI Siliwangi (201).

Built at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Volevoy was laid down on 1 March 1951, launched on 11 September 1951, and commissioned on 29 December 1951. She served with the Soviet Pacific Fleet until she was decommissioned on 17 February 1959 and sold to Indonesia. In Indonesian service she was renamed RI Siliwangi (201) and commissioned in 1959. She was retired from Indonesian service in 1971 and sold for scrap to a Taiwanese company in 1973.

Specifications
- Class and type: Skory-class destroyer
- Displacement: 2,316 long tons standard, 3,066 long tons full load
- Length/beam/draft: 120.5 m (395 ft 4 in) / 12.0 m (39 ft 4 in) / 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
- Propulsion: 3 boilers, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp
- Speed and range: 36.5 knots; 4,080 nautical miles at 16 knots
- Complement: 286
- Sensors (selected): Gyus-1, Ryf-1, Redan-2, Vympel-2 radars; Tamir-5h sonar
- Armament (as built): 2 × dual 130 mm guns; 1 × dual 85 mm guns; 7 × single 37 mm guns; 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; 60 × mines; 52 × depth charges
- Armament (modernized): 2 × dual 130 mm guns; 2 × quint RBU-2500 anti-submarine rockets; 1 × dual 85 mm guns; 7 × single 57 mm guns; 1 × quint 533 mm torpedo tubes; 60 × mines or 52 × depth charges

Volevoy’s career spanned Soviet service and a later Indonesian tenure, ending in retirement from active duty and eventual scrapping.