Soviet destroyer Valerian Kuybyshev
Valerian Kuybyshev was an built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I under the name of Kapitan Kern. Launched in 1915, construction was suspended at the end of 1917. She was seized by the Bolsheviks during the October Revolution, but construction did not resume until 1924. The ship was renamed Rykov the following year. Completed in 1927 and serving in the Baltic Fleet, she was transferred to the Northern Flotilla six years later.
Design and description
The Leytenant Ilin-class ships were designed as an improved version of the. The ships normally displaced and at full load. They measured long overall with a beam of, and a draft of. The Leytenant Ilins were propelled by two Brown-Boveri-Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller using steam from four Normand-Vulcan boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of for an intended maximum speed of using forced draft. On Kapitan Izylmetevs sea trials, she only reached from. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at. Their crew numbered 150.The Leytenant Ilin-class ships were originally intended to have an armament of two single four-inch (102 mm) Pattern 1911 Obukhov guns and a dozen torpedo tubes in six double mounts. The Naval General Staff changed this to four triple mounts once they became available and then decided to exchange a torpedo mount for two more four-inch guns in August 1915 while the ships were still under construction. One of these guns was mounted on the forecastle and three on the stern, aft of the torpedo tubes. All of these guns were on the centerline and interfered with each other's movements. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by a [QF 1 pounder pom-pom|] anti-aircraft (AA) gun and a Lender AA gun, both in single mounts amidships. The Leytenant Ilins were completed with one triple torpedo mount between the forward funnels and two mounts aft of the rear funnel. The ships could carry 80 M1912 naval mines. They were also fitted with a Barr and Stroud rangefinder and two searchlights.