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The busiest ships in the Russian Navy are the Udaloy class destroyers.
These ships were designed and built for the Soviet Navy. They were intended to be primarily anti-submarine platforms, but have become all-purpose ships filling a variety of roles. They have participated in anti-piracy operations, fishing ground protection, and most recently war games with maritime partners.
A single follow-on vessel of the Udaloy II class was commissioned in 1995. Other ships of this class were planned, but never finished.
The first of the Udaloy’s will soon be going in for major overhaul, probably to modernize them and give them a more balanced role.
In 2008 Admiral Chabanenko became the first Russian warship to transit the Panama Canal since World War II.
| Admiral Chabanenko |
| Udaloy with missile hatchs open |
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