Zorky underway in 1967
History
Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Zorky (Зоркий)
Namesake	Vigilant in Russian
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	17 April 1959
Launched	30 April 1960
Commissioned	30 September 1961
Decommissioned	30 June 1993
Homeport	Kaliningrad
Identification	See Pennant numbers
Fate	Scrapped, 1995
General characteristics
Class and type	Kanin-class destroyer
Displacement	as built: 3,500 long tons (3,556 t) standard 4,192 long tons (4,259 t) full load as modernised: 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) standard 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length	126.1 m (414 ft)
Beam	12.7 m (42 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Installed power	72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shaft geared steam turbines 4 × boilers
Speed	as built 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	320
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: Angara/Head Net air-search radar Zalp-Shch missile director Neptun surface-search radar Sonar: Pegas-2, replaced by Titan-2
Armament	as built: 2 × SS-N-1 launchers (12 Missiles) 4 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) Torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-2500 anti submarine rocket launchers as modernised: 1 × twin SA-N-1 SAM launcher (32 Missiles) 2 × quad 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × twin 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 3 × RBU-6000 anti submarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Zorky was the third ship of the Kanin-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy.^[1]

The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 14 October 1959 and commissioned into the Northern Fleet on 23 December 1960.^[2]

On October 14, 1961, the ship entered the Baltic Fleet of the Soviet Navy. In 1966, she won the prize of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for missile training (as part of the IBM). May 19, 1966 reclassified into a large rocket ship (BRK).^[3]

In the period from May 29, 1969, to December 31, 1971, she was modernized and rebuilt according to the Project 57-A. On October 27, 1971, it was reclassified as a large anti-submarine ship (BOD).^[3]

Between December 1972 and February 1973, the ship made a trip to Cuba.

From 12 to 17 November 1974, she paid a visit to Oslo (Norway). In the period from 12 to 17 April 1979, the ship visited Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). In the period from February 10, 1984, to February 17, 1987, she underwent a major overhaul at the shipyard No. 35 in Murmansk.^[3]

On June 1, 1992, the large anti-submarine ship was reclassified into a patrol ship. On June 30, 1993, she was decommissioned by the Russian Navy in connection with delivery to ARVI for disarmament, dismantling and sale. On December 31, the ship's crew was disbanded. On July 18, 1995, the ship's hull was sold to an American firm for cutting into metal in United States.^[3]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zorkiy (ship, 1961).

• Project 57 Krupnyy Project 57A Kanin, Federation of American Scientists, 7 September 2000, retrieved 26 December 2014
• "Kanin Class Destroyers – Complete Ship List". Russian-ships.info. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
• Gallery of the ship. Navsource. Retrieved 11 August 2021