Udaloy was
laid down on 23 July 1977, and
launched on 5 February 1980 by
Yantar Shipyard in
Kaliningrad. She was
commissioned on 31 December 1980. She joined the
Northern Fleet on January 24, 1981. Enlisted in the 10th brigade of anti-submarine ships of the 7th operational squadron based at
Severomorsk. Since October 26, 1983, he has been in the Atlantic Ocean. Together with
Admiral Isakov,
Otchayannyy and
Genrikh Hasanov escorted the
Novorossiysk to the latitude of
Gibraltar. March 26–30, 1984, an official visit to the
island of Cuba in
Havana,
Cienfuegos, then completed the tasks of combat service in the
Mediterranean Sea. In the period from October 24, 1988, to January 19, 1990, it underwent a major overhaul in
Kronstadt. In December 1991, together with the
Vigilant in the
Strait of Gibraltar, he met and began to escort the
Admiral Kuznetsov to Severomorsk. During the voyage, he established and maintained contact with 4 foreign submarines. Due to a shortage of conscripts at the beginning of 1993, he was transferred to the 2nd category reserve. On August 16, 1997, he was removed from the Navy. In 2002, after partial dismantling, he sank in the
Kola Bay near the village of
Belokamenka. In March 2006, it was raised from the bottom by LLC Gidrotekhservice and disposed of. == References ==