Tashkent was a Soviet destroyer during World War II. The keel for this installation was laid in January 1937, it was launched in December of the same year, and it entered service in May 1939. The length of the ship was 139.7 meters, and the width - 13.7 meters. The full displacement reached about 4200 tons, and the maximum speed - about 42-43 knots. Deck armament at the time of launch consisted of: 6 130-mm guns, 2 76-mm anti-aircraft guns and 9 533-mm torpedo tubes. "Tashkent" was one of the built ships of the 20I project, which was designed as the so-called large destroyers. Powerful artillery armament of these units, which would reach a high maximum speed, was foreseen. Their main purpose was to fight the enemy's light surface units, as well as to act independently, for example, to build mine barriers. Tashkent was built at the Italian shipyard Odero-Terni-Orlando (OTO) in Livorno. After being put into service, the unit became part of the Black Sea Fleet. In 1939-1941, the ship was tested by the Soviet troops, and its crew underwent training and performed representative tasks. At the beginning of the German-Soviet war, the ship was in the Black Sea basin. The unit was used, among other things, to shell enemy ground positions, and primarily to support the defenders of Sevastopol in 1941-1942. In June 1942, as the last large surface ship, it broke through to the besieged fortress, and then about 2,300 refugees escaped from it. Despite air attacks and severe damage, he reached the base in Novorossiysk. The part was sunk shortly after this heroic feat, on July 2, 1942.
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