Ukrainian frigate Dnipropetrovsk explained

The Ukrainian frigate Dnipropetrovsk was the former Soviet frigate (guard ship) Bezzavetnyy of the (NATO codename: Krivak I) built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1970s.

Service history

Black Sea incident

See main article: 1988 Black Sea bumping incident. On 12 February 1988, under the command of Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Bogdashin, the ship intentionally^{[1] [2]} nudged the U.S. missile cruiser in Soviet territorial waters while Yorktown was claiming innocent passage.

Ukrainian service

In summer of 1997 during the division of the Black Sea fleet she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy, receiving the name of Dnipropetrovsk.

Fate

Dnipropetrovsk was decommissioned in 2002 and was scuttled in the Black Sea in the spring of 2005.

References

Bibliography

• Book: Gardiner. Robert. Chumbley. Stephen. Budzbon. Przemysław . Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 . 1995 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 1-55750-132-7.

External links

• Web site: Военно-морская операция в районе Фороса . Naval operations in the Foros region . V.P. . Zablotsky . Военно-морская коллекция . ru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324044424/http://navycollection.narod.ru/battles/Cold_war/foros/history.html . 2014-03-24.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1988: радянський фрегат атакує американський крейсер під Ялтою . 1988: A Soviet frigate attacks an American cruiser near Yalta . 12 February 2011 . . uk.
2. Web site: 1988 Soviet ramming USS Yorktown CG-48 in Black Sea . Gunnermatecg48 . 20 August 2008 . YouTube.