RF Admiral Ushakov

The Ushakov, as seen in-game

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## Background History

The Admiral Ushakov (Адмирал Ушаков), formerly called Besstrashny before being renamed in 2004, is a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Russian Navy. The ship was laid down during May 6, 1988; was launched during January 19, 1991; and was commissioned during December 30, 1993.

During the ship's entire naval career, it participated in several training exercises and also underwent repairs.

Recently, in 2018, the ship encountered serious propulsion problems and was marked to be scrapped. However, it was decided to repair the propulsion system instead, as well as replacing outdated electrical systems. The vessel returned to service in August of 2021 to the Russian Northern Fleet.

## Overview

The Admiral Ushakov is the first tier 3 ship that appears on the ships list. The ship has balanced weaponry, and can perform well under most battle conditions. This gives the ship a very player-friendly characteristic, and is prized by both experts and beginners alike.

This balanced armament also allows the ship to be up to par with the likes of the RF Lider and Shtorm, when equipped with the most powerful weapons. This makes the ship a very formidable opponent, especially at the command of experts.

## Tactics

### Playing as an Ushakov

At the start of the match, provide the team with reconaissance by deploying the ship's helicopter to detect enemy ships. Assessing and managing plans are significantly easier if the team is aware of the rival's positions.

As the match progresses, provide fire support to allies. The ship's high firepower allows it to deal heavy damage to even the most durable of ships, and its torpedo and grenade launchers can vaporize enemy submarines that draw close to the ship.

Be careful at traversing through labyrinths, however, as the ship's maneuvering ability is subpar; and its somewhat large dimensions make it easy for the ship to collide/run aground with an obstacle.

Also noteworthy is the ship's excellent air defense, with 6 mounts it has more air defense slots than some aircraft carriers. This allows you to be more aggresive when engaging the enemy.

Alternatively you can charge enemy lines and blow them out of the water. The ship's 2 cannons, 2 missiles, torpedo and 2 grenade launchers will deal a significant amount of damage to an enemy ship. That being said, avoid being in a crossfire at all times, as disengaging is quite difficult in this ship. A crossfire is when you are in an area where multiple ships can focus their fire onto you, quickly vaporizing your ship.

During offline tests i noticed that when multiple assault carriers send air squadrons to my Ushakov my health dropped like the spoon after you spill hot coffee onto your lap. So the air defense can still be easily overwhelmed, so try to avoid approaching multiple assault carriers if possible, if you have to approach them, use everything you have to destroy them as quickly as possible before their bombers nuke your ship.If you have it equipped, use S-500 Prometheus to destroy their bomber.

### Playing along an Ushakov

The ship has some characteristics that make it vulnerable, and therefore require assistance at certain intervals. Allied ships can help in alleviating the Ushakov's burden of being a favored target by surface units, by destroying any ships that would prove to be devastating against it (especially the Missouri).

### Playing against an Ushakov

As daunting as the ship may seem, it is not without its weaknesses. Players can attempt to sink the ship through waves of aircraft or by spamming missiles, although it will require a significant amount of resources to successfully sink the ship via the aforementioned tactics due to its heavy anti air defense.

Battleships, especially the Missouri, will be effective at eliminating the ship; since its large dimensions (for a destroyer) make it a vulnerable target to projectiles.

## Suggested Armaments Setup

The ship, with its flexible armaments setup, can be armed with various weapons that will furthermore improve the ship's performance. Below are some suggested weapons setup. But, bear in mind that these are just suggestions.

* Missile battery: RUM-139 Swarmer,S-500 Prometheus(for protection against drones and bombers), X-51 Waverider, Zircon(For players who have the hero status/title).
* Cannon: Koalitsiya-F, MONARC.
* Grenade launchers: RUR-5B ASROC.
* Torpedo: Mark-48 (fast and versatile torpedo), HUWS (effective at attacking all warship units at a close range).
* First anti air slot: Kashtan-M, Pantsir-ME, ANSEQ-3 (for players with the "hero" status), Sea RAM.
* Second anti air slot: Sea RAM, ANSEQ-3 (for players with the "hero" status).
* Helicopter: WZ-19 CAIC or SV-22 (effective at spotting enemy ships at the prelude of a match), Ka-58 Black Ghost (for anti-submarine defense).

## Advantages and Disadvantages

### Advantages

* Highly balanced ship, good for beginners.
* Excellent anti-air defense.
* Affordable price of 12,750,000.
* Has an extensive arsenal consisting of 2 missiles, 2 guns, a torpedo slot, and 2 grenade launchers.

### Disadvantages

* Only has a single missile slot that fires 2 bursts.
* Somewhat slower and less maneuverable compared to other surface warships of the same tier.
* Has a rather large silhoutte for a destroyer, making it easier for enemies to hit you with projectiles(especially from battleships)

## Trivia

* The ship used to fire only a single set of missiles, and the ship's durability was 175,500; but these were changed during the 0.45.8 update, released globally on September 21, 2021. The ship now has a durability of 221,000 and can now fire two sets of missiles on a single slot. This was, once more, increased to 227,000 in an update (presumably on February 28, 2022).
* The ship's in-game model is larger than the dimensions specified in-game. In real-life, the ship is shorter than the Udaloy-Class Destroyer
* The in-game description states that the ship's width is 16 meters, but the ship was designated to be 17.3 meters.The ship used to cost 7,500,000 dollars; but was increased to 12,750,000 on January 17, 2022.
* The word "Besstrashnyy" (Ushakov's former name) means fearless.

## Gallery

An enemy Dmitry Donskoi lifting an allied Ushakov.The Ushakov in game