RFS Marshal Ustinov
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The RFS Marshal Ustinov , Маршал Устинов, is a of the Russian Navy. The Russia
Russia
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n name for the ship type is Gvardeysky Raketnyy Kreyser (GRKR), meaning "Guards Missile Cruiser". She is named after Dmitriy Ustinov
Dmitriy Ustinov
Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.-Early life:Dimitry Feodorovich Ustinov was born in a working-class family in Samara. During the civil war, when hunger became intolerable, his sick father went to Samarkand, leaving Dimitry as head...
a former Soviet Minister of Defence.
The Marshal Ustinov is assigned to the 43rd Missile Ship Division of the Russian Northern Fleet, whose homeport and the Fleet HQ is in Severomorsk
Severomorsk
Severomorsk is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located about north of Murmansk along the Kola Bay. Population: This is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. Severomorsk has the largest drydock on the Kola Peninsula....
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History
Shipyard named after 61 Communards
Shipyard named after 61 Communards is a major shipyard located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Nikolaev North Shipyard but was also known as Soviet Shipyard No. 200.- History :...
, Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...
(Nikolayev) in 1978 as the second Slava class ship. She was launched in 1982 and commissioned in the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet four years later in 1986.
In 1994, then commissioned in the Russian Northern Fleet, the Marshal Ustinov was laid up somewhere in the Baltic
Baltic Sea
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awaiting extensive repairs. In December 1996, the People's Republic of China
People's Liberation Army Navy
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bought two Sovremenny class
Sovremenny class destroyer
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destroyers, and the income from this sale made it possible to pay for the $
United States dollar
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169 million repairs to the Ustinov.
In March 2011 it was reported that the Marshal Ustinov could be transferred to the Russian Pacific Fleet
Pacific Fleet
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The Marshal Ustinov has been known to carry two other hull number
Hull number
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s than her original (which was 070); 088 and 055.