After the conquest of Sevastopol in July 1942, "Boyky" continued to provide fire support for Soviet troops and transported them to Tuapse and other ports threatened by the German advance southeast along the Black Sea coast. The ship provided a diversion during the landings near Novorossiysk in early 1943. After German aircraft sank three destroyers in October, Stalin forbade the use of large ships without his express permission and "Boyky"s wartime service was finished. After the war, she had a lengthy modernization and then became a test ship in 1956; the ship was sunk in 1962.