Admiral Vinogradov was laid down in the former Soviet Union in February 1986 and was launched in June 1987. The ship was commissioned and joined the
Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1988. In August 1990, she was one of three Soviet warships to visit
San Diego, California. After the fall of the Soviet regime in 1991 the destroyer joined the new
Russian Navy.
Admiral Vinogradov was deployed to the
Persian Gulf alongside UK and
NATO ships to enforce
United Nations (UN) resolutions on Iraq in September 1992 along with the Russian tanker . On 17 November 2010, the ship left
Vladivostok to
Gulf of Aden to participate in the UN anti-piracy mission of the
Horn of Africa. The ship was seen shadowing several US naval vessels during the
RIMPAC 2016 naval exercise near Hawaii. In September 2016 the destroyer participated in the joint Russian-Chinese exercise in the South China Sea. On 7 June 2019,
Admiral Vinogradov came close to colliding with . Each side blamed the other for the near collision. Russian sources stated that the incident occurred in the southeast of the
East China Sea while US sources named the location as in the
Philippine Sea. The Russian military also claimed to have sent a protest to the US Navy. However, according to retired US Navy captain Carl Schuster, the Russian ship's wake shows that it "didn't adhere to either the rules of the road or the incidents at sea agreement."
United States Seventh Fleet spokesman Commander Clayton Doss said the Russian destroyer came within of USS
Chancellorsville, "putting the safety of her crew and ship at risk." As of 2020,
Admiral Vinogradov entered refit to upgrade to the standard of her
sister ship, . She had been expected to return to service in 2024–2025, though her status was unclear as of 2026. ==Gallery==