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Leningrad (destroyer leader)

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Introduction

• 1 Construction
• 2 Combat use
  • 2.1 Winter War
  • 2.2 Between the wars
  • 2.3 The Great Patriotic War
    • 2.3.1 Defense of Tallinn
    • 2.3.2 Tallinn crossing
    • 2.3.3 Defense of Kronstadt
    • 2.3.4 Defense of Hanko
    • 2.3.5 Leningrad blockade
    • 2.3.6 Deblockade of Leningrad and subsequent battles
  • 2.4 Post-war service

Introduction

"Leningrad"- the leader of destroyers of project 1, built for the Navy of the USSR. He took part in battles as part of the Baltic Fleet during the Soviet-Finnish War and the Great Patriotic War.

1. Construction

The ship was laid down on November 5, 1932 at the A. A. Zhdanov Shipyard. Received serial number 450, built at plant number 190. Launched on November 18, 1933, although it was not yet completed (it was completed until 1938). It became part of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet on December 5, 1936.

In view of the actual completion of construction at sea, on July 31, 1939, it was first put under overhaul to replace the tubes at boiler No. 2.

2. Combat use

2.1. winter war

With the outbreak of the Soviet-Finnish war in November 1939, Leningrad was included in the group of ships of the Baltic Fleet squadron. From December 10, 1939 to January 2, 1940, he made two trips to the sea to shell batteries on the islands of Tiurinsari and Saarenpä, but did not complete the task and received serious damage to the hull. Went for repairs after the end of the war.

2.2. Between wars

Upon completion of the repair on May 31, 1941, the ship entered sea trials, however, during the first exit, the boiler tubes were damaged, which led to an extraordinary repair. In total, since the end Finnish war and before the start of the Great Patriotic War, "Leningrad" stood up 9 times in the dock for riveting the sprawling sheets of the underwater part of the hull, changing boilers and corroded propellers.

2.3. The Great Patriotic War

2.3.1. Defense of Tallinn

On June 22, 1941, the leader of the "Leningrad", which was part of the 4th division of the OLS, stationed in Tallinn, was attacked by the forces of the German and Finnish fleets. From June 23 to July 3, 1941, he laid mines on the Hanko-Osmussar line. The ship put up about 400 mines. In July, a temporary system of degaussing devices was installed on the ship.

Since August 22, it has been included in the defense system of Tallinn as an artillery support force. On August 23, he destroyed some of the reserves of Army Group North. On August 24, he destroyed the crossing in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bCape Yygisu across the Keila-Yygi River, as well as 20 enemy tanks.

2.3.2. Tallinn crossing

On August 28, he took part in the Tallinn crossing, covering the cruiser Kirov. He was supposed to take the place of the sunken Yakov Sverdlov, but ignored the order of the commander. During the transition, he destroyed the Wehrmacht battery from Cape Yuminda.

On August 29, he accompanied the damaged leader "Minsk". During the escort, he destroyed several mines, and arrived at Kronstadt in the evening.

2.3.3. Defense of Kronstadt

In the first days of September, the leader was involved in laying mines in the rear minefield, where he set up more than 80 mines in 18 minefields. On September 17, it was included in the city's defense system. Since September 19, attacked by German aircraft. On September 21, he was transferred to the Western group of ships supporting units of the 8th and 42nd armies.

September 22 "Leningrad" during the counter-battery firing received damage to the hull, mechanisms and some devices from the explosion of a German shell. He was transferred to Kanonersky Island, but on October 12, during artillery fire on the enemy, he received dangerous damage from two shells: the first pierced the hull and flooded fuel and water tanks, fragments of the second caused a fire on the deck. October 14 "Leningrad" was put in for repairs at the wall of the plant number 196.

2.3.4. Defense of Hanko

The garrison from the Hanko Peninsula was to be evacuated in the near future. November 2 "Leningrad" was included in the second detachment. From November 9, the detachment tried to break through to Hanko, but bad weather prevented them from reaching the peninsula. On November 11, the detachment again went to the peninsula. Due to a strong storm, the swept lane narrowed to 60 m, which nullified all measures of anti-mine support for the ships following the minesweepers.

To the north of Cape Yuminda (65 miles to Hanko), the ships entered the minefield, and mines began to explode in the trawls. Two mines that exploded in the left paravane at a distance of 10 and 5 m from the Leningrad side seriously damaged the ship: the left turbine, log and gyrocompass failed, cracks appeared in the hull plating, incoming water flooded seven oil tanks. The leader anchored to repair damage in the engine room.

Communication with the ship was, however, lost. The commander of the "Leningrad" decided to return to Gogland on his own, but the "Zhdanov" accompanying him sank at 5 o'clock in the morning. Minesweeper T-211 led the damaged ship to Gogland. By the middle of the day on November 12, the detachment again concentrated at Gogland, on the raid of the Northern Village. Here, 100 tons of fuel oil were handed over to the leader, and on the same day the Leningrad and the destroyer Stoykiy received permission to leave for Kronstadt.

2.3.5. Leningrad blockade

On November 25, "Leningrad" was put in for repairs, during which, by a special decision of the Military Council of the KBF on January 8, 1942, it was ordered to mount a standard LFTI degaussing system on the "Leningrad" before February 25, 1942. The renovation took all winter. In May 1942, "Leningrad", included in the artillery defense system of the city, fired at enemy positions. On May 14, as a result of another enemy fire raid on the city, the leader again received serious damage and was again put in for repairs.

2.3.6. Deblockade of Leningrad and subsequent battles

In 1943, the ship took part in delivering massive artillery strikes against enemy resistance centers in the offensive zone of the 55th Army. In January 1944, the artillery of the leader, who occupied a firing position on the Malaya Nevka near the Stroiteley Bridge, helped lift the blockade. On June 10, the ship participated in a powerful shelling of enemy positions operating in the offensive zone of the 21st Army of the Leningrad Front. Until the end of the war, the leader of "Leningrad" did not go to sea further than Kronstadt due to the mine danger.

2.4. Post-war service

After the war, the leader was reclassified several times. January 12, 1949 became a destroyer. From December 19, 1951 to November 25, 1954, it underwent a major overhaul and modernization. On April 18, 1958, it was withdrawn from the combat strength of the KBF and converted into the target ship TsL-75. On October 13, 1959, it was included in the Northern Fleet, on September 15, 1960 it was disarmed and turned into a floating barracks PKZ-16. Finally, on August 10, 1962, she was converted into the target ship SM-5.

In May 1963, during the development of a new missile ship complex, it was sunk by a P-35 cruise missile of the Grozny cruiser in the White Sea near the Solovetsky Islands.

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The silhouettes of the enemy ships were the first to be noticed from the bridge of the "Baku" leader. Before the German convoy, which was abeam the Norwegian city of Vardø, there were about 70 cable ones. The leader and the destroyer Razumny, following him in the wake, sharply increased their speed. When a little more than 26 cables remained before the enemy, they opened fire from their 130-mm cannons. At the same time, "Baku" fired a four-torpedo volley (the second apparatus, unfortunately, did not fire due to a torpedo operator's mistake).

A minute later, the Germans also answered - first the attacked ships, then the coastal batteries. Enemy shells began to explode dangerously close to the Soviet ships, and six minutes after the opening of fire, they put up a smoke screen and turned back. Our sailors believed they were fighting a destroyer-guarded transport convoy, patrol ship and a minesweeper (such data was provided by air reconnaissance that discovered the enemy), although in reality the German detachment consisted of the Skagerrak mine layer, two minesweepers and two auxiliary anti-submarine ships. The torpedoes fired by the leader of "Baku" missed the target, and the information contained in the report of the commander of the Soviet detachment about the sinking of one transport was subsequently not confirmed.

This fleeting sea ​​battle on the night of January 21, 1943, it is notable for the fact that it was the only example in the entire history of the Soviet fleet of using destroyers for their intended purpose - an enemy torpedo-artillery attack. More our ships did not have a chance to use torpedo weapons in battle. Thus, the task for which the destroyers of the Red Fleet were created in the first place turned out to be erroneous. However, this is not surprising: usually the real course of the war does not go at all as it is presented in advance by staff theorists and strategists ...

The experience of the First World War testified that the destroyer had become the most versatile artillery and torpedo ship in the fleet. And Russian sailors were among the first to be convinced of this. The famous "newcomers" successfully operated in the Baltic and the Black Sea, actually replacing light cruisers. Therefore, it is quite natural that in the list of priorities for the future Red Fleet Special attention was given to large destroyers, or, according to the new classification, leaders. With the creation of just such a ship, the revival of domestic military shipbuilding began after a long break caused by civil war and ruin.

According to the terms of reference developed by the headquarters of the RKKF back in 1925, the promising leader was rather an armorless light cruiser. It was supposed to have a displacement of about 4000 tons, a speed of 40 knots and, in addition to two three-tube torpedo tubes, carry four 183-mm (!) Guns and even a catapult with a seaplane. Later, when compiling the shipbuilding program of 1929, these characteristics changed to more realistic ones: displacement - 2250 tons, armament - five 130-mm guns and two four-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes. True, the requirement to be on board the aircraft has been preserved. As a matter of fact, from that moment the history of a new generation of domestic - now Soviet - destroyers began.

The leaders of project 1, which were given the names "Leningrad", "Moscow" and "Kharkov", were developed in the Leningrad design office under the general supervision of V.A. Nikitin. They were created without any prototype, literally "from scratch" and had a number of original features. So, they had an unconventional three-shaft steam turbine installation and peculiar contours of the aft hull. Based on the requirement for very high speed (40.5 knots), Soviet designers proposed and tested on the model an unusual theoretical drawing with sharp stern formations, as well as streamlined propeller shaft fillets without supporting brackets - the so-called "pants". The artillery armament also looked very impressive. Nominally, it corresponded to the French leader "Jaguar", however, if the last 130-mm guns had a barrel length of 40 calibers, then our ships had 50 calibers. For the first time in the Soviet Navy, fire control was carried out using a central firing machine. Since there was no experience in creating such systems in the USSR, three sets of such devices, together with command and rangefinder posts (KDP), were bought in Italy from the Galileo company.

All three project 1 leaders were laid on the stocks of factories in Leningrad and Nikolaev in the autumn of 1932. Their construction progressed from with great difficulty- affected by the weakness of the industrial base and the lack of skilled workers. A serious problem was fraught with the fact that almost all weapons and many systems by the time the drawings of the ships themselves were developed existed only on paper, and when they were finally embodied in metal, their weight and size characteristics significantly exceeded the design ones. Construction overload has grown steadily; to compensate for it, in particular, it was necessary to abandon the seaplane.

Formally, the acceptance act on the transfer of the head "Leningrad" to the fleet was signed on December 5, 1936, but in fact all three leaders entered service only in the second half of 1938. The completion of the ships afloat and the elimination of numerous shortcomings took twice as long as it was planned.

On sea trials, the leaders showed excellent results: "Leningrad" on one of the runs reached a speed of 43 knots, "Moscow" - 43.57 knots. It was the undoubted success of Soviet shipbuilders. At the same time, numerous shortcomings of the ships were revealed (which is quite natural): strong vibration, insufficient hull strength, poor seaworthiness. The sharp contours of the stern, although they reduced the resistance to movement, but at high speed caused a significant trim on the stern: because of this, it was necessary to take water ballast into the bow compartments. Therefore, they decided to build the next three leaders of the Minsk type according to a revised project, which was assigned the number 38.

"Minsk" as a whole repeated "Leningrad", but differed in the presence of a transom and more familiar contours of the stern. The "pants" were abandoned in favor of conventional propeller shafts with brackets. All this, of course, affected the driving performance (the best result in the tests of the lead leader was 40.5 knots), but it made it possible to eliminate the stern trim on the move, as well as to simplify the hull construction technology. "Minsk", which joined the Baltic Fleet in 1938, received the KDP of the Italian company "Galileo", and the "Baku" and "Tbilisi" built in Komsomolsk-on-Amur were equipped with fire control devices exclusively of domestic production.

The creation of leaders like "Leningrad" was an important step in the development of Soviet shipbuilding. The main task - to design and build ships that are not inferior to the best foreign representatives of this class in terms of armament and speed - was completed, and completed "from scratch", without significant assistance from abroad. However, it seemed unrealistic to start the mass construction of such ships: the three-shaft power plant was too complex and expensive, and the hull design was low-tech. And the size of the leader for the closed theaters of the Baltic and Black Seas looked redundant. Therefore, when the government of the USSR set a course for the creation of the "Big Fleet", the project of a destroyer suitable for large-scale construction had to be developed anew. Moreover, the use of foreign experience was strongly welcomed here, for which a number of leading specialists were sent to foreign shipyards.

In 1932, a delegation of Soviet shipbuilders visited Italy. There, her attention was attracted by the destroyers Folgore and the Maestrale under construction (Model Designer No. 6 for 2001). It was the latter that they decided to take as the prototype of the "seven" - the serial destroyer of project 7 (of the "Wrathful" type). The Italian company "Ansaldo" willingly accepted the offer of cooperation. She provided all the necessary drawings and allowed Soviet designers to study the technology of building ships at their factories. True, the artillery on the prototype seemed rather weak to our sailors, and it was decided to replace the twin 120-mm guns with 130-mm 50-caliber guns (the same B-13 model as on the leaders) in single mounts. Looking ahead, we note that the desire inherent in our shipbuilders to "shove" the most powerful weapons into the project very often became the root cause of many subsequent problems.

The development of the technical design of the destroyer was completed by the end of 1934, and it was planned to hand over the entire series of ships (53 units) to the fleet in record time - no later than 1938. At the same time, the real, very modest possibilities of industry were ignored by the country's leadership, and the emphasis was only on Stakhanov's methods and the effectiveness of the penalty system - up to the trial of all those responsible for being behind schedule ... Well, for greater importance, the series of destroyers themselves began to be called "Stalinist".

262. Destroyer "Wrathful" (project 7), USSR, 1938

It was built at the plant named after A. Zhdanov in Leningrad. The standard displacement is 1657 tons, the total displacement is 2039 tons. The length is 112.5 m, the width is 10.2 m, the draft is 3.8 m. The power of the twin-shaft steam turbine plant is 48,000 hp (design), speed 38 knots. Armament: four 130-mm guns, two 76-mm and two 45-mm anti-aircraft guns, two 12.7-mm machine guns, two triple-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes. A total of 28 units were built in 1938-1942; another ship ("Resolute") was lost while being towed from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Vladivostok before the official commissioning.

263. The leader of the destroyers "Leningrad" (project 1), USSR, 1936

It was built at the plant named after A. Zhdanov in Leningrad. Normal displacement 2282 tons, total 2693 tons. Maximum length 127.5 m, width 11.7 m, draft 4.18 m. Power of the three-shaft steam turbine plant 66,000 hp, speed 43 knots. Armament: five 130-mm guns, two 76-mm and two 45-mm anti-aircraft guns, four 12.7-mm machine guns, two four-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes. In total, six units were built in 1936-1940, including three according to the improved project 38 (Minsk type).

264.Storozhevoy destroyer (project 7U), USSR, 1940

It was built at the plant named after A. Zhdanov in Leningrad. Displacement standard 1686 tons, total 2246 tons. Maximum length 112.5 m, width 10.2 m, draft 3.8 m. Power of the twin-shaft steam turbine plant 54,000 hp. (design), speed 38 knots. Armament: four 130-mm guns, two 76-mm and three 45-mm anti-aircraft guns, four 12.7-mm machine guns, two triple-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes. A total of 18 units were built in 1940-1945.

At first, the stipulated deadlines were more or less met. At the end of 1935, it was possible to lay the lead "Angry" and five more "sevens", and in the next - all the rest. However, it soon became clear that it would not be possible to quickly solve all the problems that had arisen. Allied enterprises delayed the supply of materials, equipment and mechanisms, and the shipyards themselves turned out to be unprepared for the planned pace of construction - even the round-the-clock work of the workshops did not save the situation. Design flaws provoked protracted battles between shipbuilders and designers, and each of the conflicting parties tried to shift the blame on the other ... As a result, only seven destroyers were launched by the end of 1936: three in Leningrad and four in Nikolaev.

But a fatal role in the fate of the "sevens" was played by an incident in May 1937 off the coast of Spain. The English destroyer Hunter, which was acting as a neutral observer of the fighting of the Republicans and Francoists on the roadstead of the port of Almeria, touched a drifting mine. From the explosion, his power plant of a linear scheme instantly broke down (when all the boiler rooms are located first, and after them - the turbine ones). Although the ship remained afloat and was later repaired, the linear layout of the engine and boiler plant began to be criticized. The possibility of a complete loss of speed from a single hit by a torpedo, bomb or large projectile forced shipbuilders in many countries to reconsider their views on ensuring the survivability of warships. The echelon arrangement of boilers and turbines looked preferable, when the main mechanisms were divided into two independent groups.

This discussion did not go unnoticed in the Soviet Union either. At a meeting in Moscow, held three months after the incident with the Hunter, Stalin was dissatisfied with the use of a linear layout of engine and boiler rooms on the destroyers of the "Stalin" series. The result was not long in coming (recall, it was 1937): the project of the ship was declared "wrecking", and the designers involved in its development were immediately arrested. The construction of destroyers, deployed with such difficulty at six factories, was suspended.

On an emergency basis - in just a month - the G7 project was reconfigured under the echelon scheme of the power plant and approved under the designation 7U ("improved"). The designers managed to “shove” the fourth steam boiler into the already cramped building; the ship, respectively, became two-pipe. The bow superstructure was moved 1.5 m forward, the armament remained the same (although the torpedo tubes were replaced with more advanced ones). The power of the turbines and the survivability of the power industry increased somewhat, but at the same time, seaworthiness worsened and the cruising range decreased. In general, the “seven-U” did not have any special advantages over its predecessor, but the decisions signed personally by Stalin were not discussed at that time.

At the same time, in the conditions of the impending war, the delay in the implementation of the shipbuilding program looked extremely dangerous. Therefore, after a series of meetings, most of the destroyers - 29 units - nevertheless decided to complete the construction according to the original project. Another 18 hulls, which were at the stage that made it possible to reconfigure the power plant, were relaid according to the 7U project (the Baltic Watchtower became the lead ship). The remaining six, which had a low degree of readiness, were dismantled on stocks.

Thus, instead of 53 destroyers of the “Stalinist” series, by January 1, 1939, only seven were delivered to the fleet. The full program, even in an abbreviated form, could not be completed even by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War: On June 22, 1941, 22 "sevens" and nine "sevens-U" were in service. Another 15 ships were completed already in wartime.

The war years became a severe test for the Soviet destroyers of the first generation. They fought the enemy in all four fleets and suffered heavy losses. If we do not take into account the Pacific ships (their participation in the war against Japan was symbolic), then out of 36 destroyers of projects 7 and 7U, 18 were killed - exactly half. And out of the five warring leaders of the "Leningrad" type - three, including both from the Black Sea. The main opponents of the Soviet fleet were aviation and mines. But they practically did not have a chance to go on the attack against enemy ships. During the entire war, our destroyers and leaders fired torpedoes only twice: in January 1943 in the North (as discussed above) and in December 1942 on the Black Sea, when Boikiy and Merciless in continuous fog mistook coastal rocks for enemy transports... According to the latest data, of the destroyers of the "Stalinist" series, only one ship, the "Reasonable", can claim a real combat victory. It was he who, together with the destroyer Zhivuchy transferred by the British, on December 8, 1944, pursued the German submarine I-387, which after that did not get in touch and did not return to the base.

However, it is purely mechanically impossible to compare one's own losses with the damage inflicted on the enemy. The Black Sea, and even the Baltic destroyers simply did not have a worthy enemy at sea, and the tasks that they had to perform were not envisaged by any pre-war plans. As for the torpedo ships of our fleet themselves, they were not so bad. They had powerful artillery weapons, perfect fire control devices and had, in general, good survivability. Many of their shortcomings - weak anti-aircraft armament, insufficient hull strength, low stability, short cruising range - were inherent in almost the majority of their foreign peers. By design and concept, Soviet destroyers were conditionally in the middle of the "scale" of their class, indisputably second only to the American ones. And if it were not for the critical situation that developed in our maritime theaters at the very beginning of the war, they would certainly have been able to realize their potential much more successfully.

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A series of leaders of destroyers of the "Project 1" type consisted of 3 units - "Leningrad", "Moscow" and "Kharkov". "Leningrad" was built at the Leningrad Shipbuilding Plant No. 190 and commissioned by the Baltic Fleet in 1936. "Moskva" and "Kharkov" were built at the Nikolaev Shipyard No. 198 and in 1938 included in the Black Sea Fleet. The destroyers Moskva and Kharkiv were lost in 1941 and 1943. respectively. "Leningrad" was flooded in 1958 after being shot as a target. Performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 2 thousand tons, total displacement - 2.6 thousand tons; length - 122 m, width - 11.7 m; draft - 4.2 m; speed - 40 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 3 steam boilers; power - 66 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 613 tons of oil; cruising range - 2.1 thousand miles; crew - 250 people. Armament: 5 × 1 - 130 mm guns; 2x1 - 76-mm anti-aircraft guns; 6x1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns; 4-6x1 - 12.7 mm machine guns; 2x4 - 533-mm torpedo tubes; 2 airborne bombers; 76 min; 12 depth charges.

A series of leaders of destroyers of the "Project 38" type consisted of 3 units - "Minsk", "Baku" and "Tbilisi". The destroyer "Minsk" was built at the Leningrad Shipyard No. 190 and commissioned by the Baltic Fleet in 1938. The destroyer "Baku" was laid down at the plant No. 199 of Komsomolsk-on-Amur as "Kyiv". In 1938, it was renamed "Sergo Ordzhonikidze" and accepted into service with the Pacific Fleet, and in 1940 it received the name "Baku". The destroyer Tbilisi (Tiflis) was built at plant number 199 and commissioned by the Pacific Fleet in 1940. Minsk was sunk in 1958 as a target, Baku was decommissioned in 1963, and Tbilisi in 1964 d. Performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.9 thousand tons, total displacement - 2.5 - 2.7 thousand tons; length - 122 m, width - 11.7 m; draft - 4.1 m; speed - 40 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 3 steam boilers; power - 66 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 621 tons of oil; cruising range - 2.1 thousand miles; crew - 250 - 310 people. Armament: 5 × 1 - 130 mm guns; 3x1 - 76-mm anti-aircraft guns; 4-8x1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns; 4-6x1 - 12.7 mm machine guns; 2x4 - 533-mm torpedo tubes; 2 airborne bombers; 76 min; 36 depth charges.

The ship was built at the Italian shipyard "OTO" by order of the USSR and enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet in 1939. The destroyer died in 1942. The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement -2.8 thousand tons, total displacement - 4.2 thousand tons .; length - 133 m, width - 13.7 m; draft - 4.2 m; speed - 42.7 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 steam boilers; power - 110 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 1.1 thousand tons of oil; cruising range - 5 thousand miles; crew - 250 people. Armament: 3 × 2 - 130 mm guns; 1x2 - 76-mm anti-aircraft gun; 6x1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns; 6x1 - 12.7 mm machine guns; 3x3 - 533-mm torpedo tubes; 2 airborne bombers; 110 min.

The destroyer Novik was built at the Putilov Shipyard in St. Petersburg and commissioned by the Baltic Fleet in 1913. In 1926, the ship was renamed Yakov Sverdlov. In 1929, the destroyer was re-equipped. The ship was lost in 1941. The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement -1.7 thousand tons, total displacement - 1.9 thousand tons; length - 100.2 m, width - 9.5 m; draft - 3.5 m; speed - 32 knots; power plants - 3 steam turbine plants and 6 steam boilers; power - 36 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 410 tons of oil; cruising range - 1.8 thousand miles; crew - 170 people. Armament: 4 × 1 - 102 mm guns; 1x1 - 76-mm anti-aircraft gun; 1x1 - 45-mm anti-aircraft gun; 4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 3x3 - 450-mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 58 min; 8 depth charges.

From the first series of destroyers of the Novik type, 6 units took part in the war (Frunze (Fast), Volodarsky (Winner), Uritsky (Zabiyaka), Engels (Desna), Artem (Azard), "Stalin" (Samson).The destroyer "Frunze" was built at the Kherson plant of A. Vaddon and accepted into the Black Sea Fleet in 1915. The rest of the ships were built at the St. Petersburg Metal Plant and were introduced into the Baltic Fleet in 1915-1916. the ships underwent modernization in 1923-1927, the second in 1938-1941. The destroyers Frunze, Volodarsky, Engels and Artem were lost in 1941. Uritsky was decommissioned in 1951, and Stalin "flooded during testing of nuclear weapons in 1956. Performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.2 thousand tons, full - 1.7 thousand tons; length - 98 m, width - 9.8 m; draft - 3 - 3.4 m; speed - 31 - 35 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 - 5 steam boilers; power - 23 - 30 thousand hp; fuel supply - 350 - 390 tons of oil; cruising range – 1.6 – 1.8 thousand m il; crew - 150 - 180 people. Armament: 4 × 1 - 102 mm guns; 1-2x1 - 76-mm anti-aircraft gun; 2x1 - 45 mm or 2x1 - 37 mm or 2x1 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; 2-4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 3x3 - 457-mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 10 - 12 depth charges; 80 min.

From the second series of destroyers of the Novik type, 6 units Lenin (Captain Izylmetiev), Voikov (Lieutenant Ilyin), Karl Liebknecht (Captain Belli), Valerian Kuibyshev (Captain Kern), Karl Marx" (Izyaslav), "Kalinin" (Pryamislav). All ships served in the Baltic Fleet. The destroyer "Karl Marx" was built at the plant "Becker and K" and commissioned in 1917. The rest of the ships were built at the Putilov plant. "Lenin" and "Voykov" in operation since 1916, and "Valerian Kuibyshev", "Kalinin" and "Karl Liebknecht" from 1927-1928. The destroyers "Lenin", "Kalinin" and "Karl Marx" were lost in 1941, the rest were decommissioned in 1955-1956. Performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.4 thousand tons, total displacement - 1.6 thousand tons; length - 98 - 107 m, width - 9.3 - 9.5 m; draft - 3.2 - 4.1 m; speed - 31 - 35 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 steam boilers; power - 30.5 - 32.7 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 350 - 390 tons of oil; cruising range - 1.7 - 1.8 thousand miles; crew - 150 - 180 people. Armament: 4 × 1 - 102 mm guns; 1x1 - 76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun or 4x1 - 37 mm anti-aircraft guns or 2x1 - 45 mm and 2x1-mm anti-aircraft guns; 2-4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 3x3 - 457-mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 46 depth charges; 80 - 100 min.

From the third series of destroyers of the Novik type, 4 units took part in the war: Dzerzhinsky (Kaliakria), Nezamozhnik (Zante), Zheleznyakov (Corfu), Shaumyan (Levkas). The ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet at the Nikolaev plants "Russud" and "Naval". The destroyer Dzerzhinsky entered service in 1917, Nezamozhnik in 1923, and Zheleznyakov and Shaumyan in 1925. The destroyers Dzerzhinsky and Shaumyan were lost in 1942, Nezamozhnik was decommissioned in 1949, and "Zheleznyakov" - in 1953. The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.5 thousand tons, total displacement - 1.8 thousand tons; length - 93 m, width - 9 m; draft - 3.2 m; speed - 27.5 - 33 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 5 steam boilers; power - 22.5 - 29 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 410 tons of oil; cruising range - 1.5 - 2 thousand miles; crew - 140 - 170 people. Armament: 4 × 1 - 102 mm guns; 2x1 - 76.2 mm anti-aircraft guns or 2x1 - 45 mm and 5x1 - 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; 4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 4x3 - 457 mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 8 depth charges; 60 - 80 min.

A series of destroyers of the "Angry" type (Project 7) consisted of 28 units and was distributed among the fleets as follows: Northern Fleet - 5 units ("Terrible", "Loud", "Thundering", "Swift", "Crushing"), Baltic - 5 units ("Angry", "Threatening", "Proud", "Guarding", "Sharp-witted"), Black Sea - 6 units ("Cheerful", "Quick", "Courageous", "Merciless", "Flawless", "Vigilant"), Pacific - 12 units ("Quick", "Quick", "Striking", "Zealous", "Sharp", "Zealous", "Determined", "Zealous", "Furious", "Record", "Rare", "Reasonable"). The destroyers were built at shipyards No. 35, No. 189, No. 190, No. 198, No. 199, No. 200 and No. 202 and commissioned in 1938-1942. In 1941-1943. nine ships were lost. The destroyers "Sharp", "Record", "Zealous" and "Resolute" were transferred to China in 1955. The rest of the ships were decommissioned in 1953-1965. Performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.7 thousand tons, total displacement - 2 thousand tons; length - 112.5 m, width - 10.2 m; draft - 4 m; speed - 38 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 3 steam boilers; power - 54 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 535 tons of oil; cruising range - 2.7 thousand miles; crew - 200 people. Armament: 4 × 1 - 130 mm guns; 2x1 - 76.2 mm anti-aircraft guns or 2x1 - 45 mm anti-aircraft guns; or 4x1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns; 2x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 2x3 - 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 10 depth charges; 56 - 95 min.

A series of destroyers of the "Sentry" type (Project 7U) consisted of 18 units and was distributed among the fleets as follows: Baltic - 13 units ("Sentry", "Resistant", "Terrible", "Strong", "Brave", "Strict" , "Fast", "Fierce", "Stately", "Slender", "Glorious", "Severe", "Angry", Black Sea - 5 units ("Perfect", "Free", "Able", "Smart", "Savvy"). Destroyers were built at shipyards No. 189, No. 190, No. 198, No. 200 and put into operation in 1940-1942. In 1941-1943, nine ships died. The rest of the destroyers were decommissioned in 1958-1966 The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 2.3 thousand tons, total displacement - 2.5 thousand tons; length - 112.5 m, width - 10.2 m; draft - 4 m; speed - 38 knots. ; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 steam boilers; power - 54 - 60 thousand hp; fuel supply - 470 tons of oil; cruising range - 1.8 thousand miles; crew - 270 people. Armament: 4 ×1 - 130 mm guns; 2-3x1 - 76.2 mm anti-aircraft guns, 3x1 - 45 mm s anti-aircraft guns or 4-7x1 - 37-mm anti-aircraft guns; 4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 2x3 - 533 mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 10 depth charges; 56 - 95 min.

The destroyer was built at the Nikolaev Plant No. 200 and commissioned by the Black Sea Fleet in 1945. The ship was decommissioned in 1958. The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 2 thousand tons, total displacement - 2.8 thousand tons; length - 111 m, width - 11 m; draft - 4.3 m; speed - 37 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 steam boilers; power - 54 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 1.1 thousand tons of oil; cruising range - 3 thousand miles; crew - 276 people. Armament: 2 × 2 - 130 mm guns; 1x2 -76 mm anti-aircraft gun: 6x1 - 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; 4x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 2x4 - 533-mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 22 depth charges; 60 min.

The destroyer was built at the Leningrad Plant No. 190 and commissioned by the Baltic Fleet in 1941. Since 1944, the ship was mothballed, decommissioned in 1953. The performance characteristics of the ship: standard displacement - 1.6 thousand tons, total displacement - 2 thousand tons. t.; length - 113.5 m, width - 10.2 m; draft - 4 m; speed - 42 knots; power plants - 2 steam turbines and 4 steam boilers; power - 70 thousand hp; fuel reserve - 372 tons of oil; cruising range - 1.4 thousand miles; crew - 260 people. Armament: 3 × 1 - 130 mm guns; 4x1 - 45-mm anti-aircraft guns; 1x2 and 2x1 - 12.7 mm machine gun; 2x4 - 533-mm torpedo tubes; 2 bombers; 10 depth charges; 60 min.

LEADER OF THE LENINGRAD DESTROYERS

The leader of the destroyers "Leningrad" was one of the first large enough warships built in the Soviet Union after October revolution according to the plan of domestic shipbuilding. The laying of the ship took place on November 5, 1932 at the Leningrad Northern Shipyard (now the shipbuilding enterprise Severnaya Verf). This solemn event was attended by the Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, Sergei Mironovich Kirov. According to eyewitnesses, it was he who came up with the idea of ​​the name of the ship. Exactly one year later, in November 1933, he also gave permission to launch the destroyer. In the autumn of 1939, as part of a combat squadron, the leader of Leningrad carried out patrol service to ensure the security of maritime borders. Soviet Union in the Baltic.

On November 30, 1939, the war with Finland began. The ships of the Baltic Fleet were ordered to guard the northwestern maritime boundaries THE USSR. "Leningrad" under the command of Captain 3rd Rank Sergei Dmitrievich Soloukhin as part of the ships of the detachment special purpose went to the Gulf of Finland and took part in the combat operation for fire cover of the landing on the islands of Seskar and Lavaansaari. Naval artillery fire destroyed the enemy battery on the island of Seskar and the enemy's fortified positions, which contributed to the successful completion of the operation. On December 10, 1939, the leader of "Leningrad" was again assigned a combat mission - to reconnoiter the coast in the area of ​​​​the islands of Saarempä and Torsaari. During the shelling of batteries on the island of Torsaari, the Finns opened fire from two islands, the ship was taken "forked". There was a threat of destruction. The skillful and energetic actions of the ship's commander and crew members made it possible, using maneuvers and smoke screens, to get out of the shelling and withdraw the ship without damage. On December 13, 1939, the leader took part in fire support and cover for the landing on the Gogland and Tyuters islands. In March 1940, after the capture of the city of Viipuri (now Vyborg), the USSR and Finland signed a peace treaty. For successful fighting the ship's commander and crew members were awarded government awards. The entire year of 1940 was spent by the Red Banner Baltic Fleet in calm sailing across the Baltic, carrying out sentinel service, improving combat and political training.

On June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began. In the Baltic, one of the first tasks was the installation of defensive minefields at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland. The leader "Leningrad" also took part in this, commanded by Captain 2nd Rank G.M. Gorbachev. Further, every day, as part of a squadron of warships, "Leningrad" conducts combat patrols in the waters of the Baltic Sea.

In August 1941, the enemy sought to capture Tallinn, the largest port and strategic point of the USSR in the Baltic. The ships of the Baltic Fleet have been given the task of providing fire support to our forces. The enemy fiercely rushed to the capital of Estonia. The situation became more and more difficult every day, and the threat of a German breakthrough became more and more real. It was decided to form additional detachments from the Baltic sailors to defend the city. Volunteers left the leader of "Leningrad" in marines two squads of sailors headed by political commissar Kuzin. The courage and heroism with which the defenders of Tallinn fought will go down in history forever. However, the enemy turned out to be strong enough, a threatening situation developed for the capture of Leningrad by the Nazis. On August 26, 1941, the commander of the troops of the North-Western direction K.E. Voroshilov gives the order to evacuate the fleet and the garrison of Tallinn to Kronstadt. As it turned out, it was not possible to do this easily. The enemy, at the time when the heroic defense of Tallinn was going on, set up minefields in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Fleet had to pass enemy minefields along a narrow section of the Gulf of Finland 321 km, 250 of which were firmly controlled German Navy and aviation. The Baltic sailors made every effort to save the fleet and bring warships to Kronstadt. On August 29, 1941, the Leningrad leader, along with other ships of the squadron, arrived at the Kronstadt base without loss or significant damage.

At this time there were fierce battles for Leningrad. On September 8, 1941, the enemy captured Shlisselburg, thereby cutting off all land connections of the city with the rear and blocking the most important waterway - the Neva. Leningrad found itself in an enemy blockade, but the enemy still intended to capture the city. All forces were thrown to the defense. The leader "Leningrad", together with the destroyers "Glorious" and "Grozyashchiy", entered the combat position near Oranienbaum. With the fire of their naval artillery, they supported the soldiers of the 42nd Army, who defended the approaches to Oranienbaum. The situation in the defense sectors of Leningrad changed hourly. The enemy resolutely rushed into the city, using all the possibilities for this: ground troops , tank corps, aviation, long-range artillery, surface and submarine fleets. Under these conditions, the leader of "Leningrad" receives a new task from the command of the fleet - to urgently proceed with the installation of minefields in the waters of the Gulf of Finland. In October 1941, the leader's crew laid 18 minefields. By this time, it became clear: the assault on Leningrad by fascist troops had failed. Formations and units of the 42nd Army managed to gain a foothold in positions and prevented the enemy from entering the city. But the Hitlerite command does not change plans for the capture of Leningrad: instead of an assault, there is a siege and shelling with long-range artillery and aircraft. The ships of the Baltic Fleet, which were on a combat post in the Gulf of Finland, were in a difficult situation. In order to save them, the Military Council of the Fleet decides to transfer the basing of part of the ships to the Neva. The leader "Leningrad" was among these ships. Now, in order to carry out combat missions to support the firepower of the troops of the 42nd Army, holding the defense near Oranienbaum, it was necessary to leave the Neva for the Gulf of Finland and go to Oranienbaum, constantly repelling enemy air attacks with naval artillery fire. The active participation of the crew of the Leningrad leader in the fighting to hold positions on the so-called Oranienbaum bridgehead at the very beginning of the blockade was not without losses. The Red Navy sailors Khryashchev, Rodionov, Stupin, Gorsky V.I., Rukhlov P. Frolov, Gorelov, foreman A.F. Sysoev. Vasily Stepanovich Kuznetsov, foreman of the 2nd article, Komsomol member, especially distinguished himself, who at the cost of his life saved the ship and his comrades. On October 12, 1941, while in a firing position near the Gunnery Plant, the leader fired artillery at the enemy. Noticing the positions of the Soviet ship, the Nazis returned fire. One of the Nazi shells hit the ship, a powder charge caught fire, fragments of which severely wounded Sergeant Kuznetsov. Seeing that the resulting fire threatened to explode the ammunition and disable the artillery gun, bleeding, clutching the projectile to his chest, he crawled to the side and threw the projectile into the water. The comrades who ran up to Kuznetsov wanted to help him. Seriously wounded, Kuznetsov refused help, urging the sailors to save the ship. The fire was extinguished, the gun continued to fire at the enemy. Vasily Stepanovich Kuznetsov died. The foreman was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, and the gun, whose commander he was, was named after him, Vasily Stepanovich himself was forever included in the lists of the ship's crew members. Throughout the war, the order was kept on the ship, only in 1946 the delegation of the Baltic Red Navy, formed from the surviving comrades of Kuznetsov, went to his hometown Baku and presented the award to the family of the hero. In the Central Naval Museum there is an elevator for feeding shells from the gun of the foreman of the 2nd article Kuznetsov V.S. and a memorial plaque describing the feat of a Baltic sailor.

The history of the Great Patriotic War also included the heroic 163-day defense of the Hanko Peninsula, rented from Finland and blocking the approaches to Leningrad from the sea. At the beginning of 1940, a naval base Baltic Fleet, in the initial period of the war, found itself behind enemy lines. The garrison of the base fought courageously, pulling back significant forces of the Nazis. But the combat capabilities were unequal, and in November 1941, the command of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet decided to evacuate the garrison from Hanko. On November 8, 1941, the leader's crew received the task, along with other ships of the squadron, to take on board the surviving defenders of the base. On the evening of November 11, a detachment of ships left Kronstadt, but in a difficult meteorological situation (a strong wind was blowing, there was a high wave), mine protection was complicated. The leader of "Leningrad" was blown up twice by mines, was seriously injured, stopped moving and anchored. At dawn, the German battery, located on Cape Yumind, began shelling the ship. By order of the commander of the ship Gorbachev G.M. a smoke screen was put up. At this time, a minesweeper, sent from Kronstadt, arrived in time for the leader, took it in tow and brought the ship out of the fire. November 13, 1941 "Leningrad" arrived in Kronstadt and was docked for repairs.

In early November 1941, the fascist troops weakened the assault on the city, went over to the siege in order to strangle Leningrad with a blockade. The frontline position of the city left its mark on the actions personnel squadron ships. The leader was transferred to the dock of the Sudomekh plant for repairs. Under the conditions of the besieged city, the crew, together with the workers, worked to restore the mechanisms and military equipment of their ship. Simultaneously with the repair work on the ship, the leader's crew members took part in the construction of defensive structures, restored water supply, power lines, pipelines, sewers, dismantled wooden buildings on the outskirts for heating hospitals and children's institutions. Part of the personnel carried out patrol duty on the streets of the city, took part in cleaning and burying the corpses of Leningraders who died from hunger, cold, enemy shells.

In the spring of 1942, the repair of the mechanisms and military equipment of the ship was completed. The crew of the leader "Leningrad" was ready to continue active hostilities. But until the end of 1942 and throughout 1943, the ship stood in the city, and the crew continued to provide all possible assistance in the repair and restoration of the city economy. It was not possible to find out the reason for this situation from the crew members in personal conversations, and archival documents were marked "Secret" and could not be used in collecting materials about combat way Leader "Leningrad". But the sailors honestly served, carried out all the orders of the command, steadfastly endured all the hardships of life in the besieged city, contributing to the victory. When on January 27, 1944, the Leningrad sky was lit up by 24 volleys of victorious salute from 324 guns, announcing the complete lifting of the blockade of Leningrad, this was a victory for the leader of Leningrad. The homeland highly appreciated the Baltic sailors. 130 crew members were awarded orders, all crew members were awarded the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad".

In May 1945, volleys of victorious salutes died down. "Leningrad" served on protection and security in the waters of the Baltic. In 1964, he was expelled from the combat ships. Navy USSR, but the name of the ship was transferred to a new anti-submarine missile cruiser that served in the waters of the Black Sea.

It was laid down on November 5, 1932 at plant No. 190 (named after A. A. Zhdanov) in Leningrad (serial number 450). November 18, 1933 launched. Entered service on December 5, 1936 and became part of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. In fact, it was completed afloat until July 1938.
On July 31, 1939, it was put in for a major overhaul, because during the campaign at a speed of 18 knots, pipes began to burst near boiler No. 2. During the repair, 732 tubes were replaced on the leader - the old ones turned out to be defective and dishonestly mounted.
With the outbreak of the Soviet-Finnish war in November 1939, Leningrad was included in the group of ships of the Baltic Fleet squadron. From December 10, 1939 to January 2, 1940, the leader made two exits to the sea to shell batteries on the islands of Tiurinsari and Saarenpä. Due to poor visibility, he failed to complete the assigned tasks, but the hull of the ship operating in the ice of the Gulf of Finland received a serious deformation.

Some of the dents in the hull were 2 m high and 6 m wide, and the deflection arrow reached 50 cm. From strong compression, the seams of the outer skin and fuel tanks parted in many places. In this state, the leader was put in for repairs.

Upon completion of repairs on May 31, 1941, the ship entered sea trials. And in the very first exit, the tubes of the boilers began to burst again. I had to return to the factory again. In total, since the end of the Finnish War and until June 22, 1941, the Leningrad 9 times got into the dock to rivet the sprawling sheets of the underwater part of the hull, change boilers and propellers corroded by cavitation.
On the eve of the Great Patriotic War, the leader of "Leningrad" was part of the 4th division of the OLS, stationed in Tallinn, where he was caught by the outbreak of hostilities. From June 23 to July 3, 1941, he was involved in mine laying on the Hanko-Osmussar line. The ship put up about 400 mines.

In early July, a temporary system of degaussing devices was installed on the leader in Tallinn. At the next call of the ship to Kronstadt, the workers of the Marine Plant carried out an average repair of its main caliber guns.
All large ships, including the "Leningrad", from August 22 were included in the city's defense system as artillery support forces. The very next day, the guns of the leader, who was maneuvering at high speeds in the Tallinn roadstead and evading aircraft attacks, suppressed the fire of several batteries and dispersed enemy reserves in the breakthrough areas. On August 24, fire from the leader "Leningrad" and the cruiser "Kirov" destroyed the crossing in the area of ​​Cape Yygisu across the Keila-Yygi River, destroyed and damaged 20 enemy tanks.

When it became clear that Tallinn could not be held, an order was received from the commander of the fleet - on August 28, to begin the evacuation of troops and the transfer of fleet forces to Kronstadt. All ships were divided into several groups; the leader "Leningrad" was included in the first, to cover the cruiser "Kirov" from the stern.
The transition had to be made through multiple dense minefields. With the onset of darkness, when the destroyer Yakov Sverdlov was blown up by a mine and sank, coming from the port side of the Kirov, the fleet commander V.F. Tributs ordered the Leningrad to take the place of the deceased destroyer.
But when the leader tried to fulfill the order in the dark, his paravanes captured a mine each. A threatening situation has been created. Unable to maneuver in such a situation, the ship's commander ordered to cut off the paravanes and reversed the Leningrad out of the danger zone. At the time of setting up new paravanes, an enemy battery opened fire on the leader, who was standing idle, from Cape Yuminda. The Leningrad gunners immediately responded and silenced her.

At 21.40, Leningrad received a radio message that the Minsk leader had been blown up by a mine, and he went to help him. Early in the morning of August 29, the ship approached the damaged "Minsk", in which, as a result of a mine explosion, all navigational instruments failed. With dawn, both leaders continued to move - the head "Leningrad", in the wake of him "Minsk". On the way next to "Leningrad" they found three floating mines, which were shot with fire from 45-mm guns. We had to repeatedly repulse the attacks of enemy aircraft. But by the evening of August 29, "Leningrad" anchored on the Great Kronstadt roadstead.

In the first days of September, the leader was involved in laying mines at the Rear Mine Position, where he set up more than 80 mines in 18 minefields. On September 17, it was included in the city's defense system.

On September 19, massive air raids by enemy aircraft began on Kronstadt and ships stationed in the Sea Canal. September 21, taking advantage of cloudy weather, German pilots several large groups, totaling 180 aircraft, attacked Soviet ships. "Leningrad" avoided hits and replenished the Western group of ships stationed in the Trade Port, supporting units of the 8th and 42nd armies.
September 22 "Leningrad" during the counter-battery firing received damage to the hull, mechanisms and some devices from a close explosion of one of the shells of the German battery. The leader was transferred to Kanonersky Island. But on October 12, during artillery fire on the enemy, one of the enemy shells hit the leader, the other exploded at the side.

The first 203-mm projectile pierced the hull, flooded the fuel tank and the tank through the hole drinking water. From the fragments of another projectile on the deck, a powder charge, prepared for firing with the main caliber, caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished. October 14 "Leningrad" was put in for repairs at the wall of the plant number 196.

At the same time, it was decided to evacuate the garrison remaining on the Hanko Peninsula - tens of thousands of trained and fired soldiers, thousands of weapons and uniforms, hundreds of tons of ammunition, food. The evacuation, designed in several stages, began on October 23. On November 2, as soon as repairs were completed, Leningrad was included in the second detachment.
The first attempt to break through to Hanko on November 9 ended in vain - due to strong gusty winds, low clouds and high waves, the detachment had to return from the Rodsher lighthouse area to Gogland.

On November 11, at dusk, the detachment again went to Hanko. The minesweepers made their way with difficulty. The weather worsened even more: the side north wind intensified, the wave rose, visibility decreased. Because of the wind and waves, the minesweepers were unable to form a ledge and actually walked in the wake. The swept lane narrowed to 60 m. This almost nullified all measures of anti-mine support for the ships following the minesweepers.

To the north of Cape Yuminda, from where it was already 65 miles to Hanko, the ships entered the minefield - mines began to explode in the trawls. The ships ahead, ignoring the explosions, broke away from the leader and the Zhdanov transport. A mine exploded in the left paravanoguard "Leningrad", which went beyond the swept lane, at a distance of 10 m from the side. He did not receive significant damage and continued to move. However, after midnight, all in the same left paravane, 5 m from the side, another mine exploded. The left turbine failed, cracks appeared in the hull plating, incoming water flooded seven oil tanks; log and gyrocompass failed.

The ship was having difficulty pumping water. Precious fuel was lost through the holes. The ship could not move independently. The leader anchored to repair damage in the engine room. The transport "Zhdanov" and three small hunters remained with him.
Having received a radiogram from the leader, Moskalenko, who was on the destroyer already 55 miles from Hanko, ordered the entire detachment to lie down on the return course and go to the aid of the damaged ship. Two minesweepers, sent to provide assistance, lost their ladders from mine explosions. In addition, they lost their bearings and could not find a leader.

Having no messages from Moskalenko and not waiting for the detachment to approach, the Leningrad commander decided to return to Gogland on his own. He gave the command to weigh anchor, but since the leader lost his navigational instruments, he ordered the captain of the Zhdanov to lead. At 5 o'clock in the morning the transport hit a mine and sank 8 minutes later.

Realizing that now it is impossible to break through the minefield on their own, the Leningrad will again anchor. The minesweeper T-211, which soon approached, determined the place of Leningrad by the explosion, took the lead and led the damaged ship to Gogland. When following the ships in trawls, three mines exploded near the T-211 and one in the leader's paravane. By the middle of the day on November 12, the detachment again concentrated at Gogland, on the raid of the Northern Village. Here, 100 tons of fuel oil were handed over to the leader, and on the same day the Leningrad and the destroyer Stoykiy received permission to leave for Kronstadt.
On November 25, "Leningrad" was put in for repairs, during which a special decision of the Military Council of the KBF dated January 8, 1942 ordered the installation of a standard LFTI demagnetization system on the "Leningrad" before February 25, 1942.

In the harsh conditions of the blockade, the repair of the leader lasted all winter. And in May 1942, "Leningrad", included in the artillery defense system of the city, fired at enemy positions, occupying various firing points on the Neva. But on May 14, as a result of another enemy fire raid on the city, the leader again received serious damage and was again put in for repairs.
Throughout 1943, the ship took part in delivering massive artillery strikes against enemy resistance centers in the offensive zone of the 55th Army.

In January 1944, the artillery of the leader, who occupied a firing position on the Malaya Nevka near the Builders' Bridge, actively contributed to the lifting of the blockade. On June 10, the ship participated in a powerful shelling of enemy positions operating in the offensive zone of the 21st Army of the Leningrad Front. Until the end of the war, the leader of "Leningrad" did not go to sea further than Kronstadt due to the mine danger.
On January 12, 1949, she was reclassified as a destroyer, from December 19, 1951 to November 25, 1954 she was overhauled and modernized. On April 18, 1958, the KBF was decommissioned and converted into the target ship TsL-75. In 1959 he was transferred to the North and on October 13, 1959 he was included in the Federation Council. On September 15, 1960, it was disarmed and turned into a floating barracks PKZ-16, and on August 10, 1962 - into a target ship SM-5. In May 1963, during the development of a new missile ship complex, it was sunk by a P-35 cruise missile of the Grozny cruiser in the White Sea near the Solovetsky Islands.