Russian destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov
Marshal Shaposhnikov is a of the Russian Navy laid down in 1985. The vessel serves in the Russian Pacific Fleet. Her namesake is marshal Boris Shaposhnikov.Operational history
On 6 April 2003, Marshal Shaposhnikov left port, along with Admiral Panteleyev and the tanker Vladir Koechitsky, to start a deployment to the Indian Ocean, where exercises with the Indian Navy were planned for May 2003. A number of Black Sea Fleet ships, plus, possibly, cruise missile submarines, joined the deployment.
On 6 May 2010, Russian Naval Infantry deployed from Marshal Shaposhnikov rescued the hijacked tanker. The entire crew escaped unharmed. Moscow University had been hijacked by Somali pirates on 5 May 2010 off Socotra Island. The commandos from Marshal Shaposhnikov detained 10 pirates and killed one during the release of the tanker.
In November 2014, Marshal Shaposhnikov was part of a four-ship deployment to international waters off Australia. The deployment was believed to be linked to the 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit and growing tensions between the two nations.
In 2017 the ship received upgrades to its weapon systems and sensors. The upgrade will include vertical launch systems for the Kalibr cruise missile, 3S-24 launchers of the Uran missile complex.
On 16 February 2018, the ship caught fire at Vladivostok. All 106 crew were evacuated.. On 10 July 2020 the Marshal Shaposhnikov started sea trials after receiving upgrades.
