She was then transferred to Sevastopol, being attacked twice by German aircraft on the way.

It was during her refit in the early half of 1941 which saw her receiving her intended main battery that Germany fired up Operation Barbarossa. Also, because she was painted of a distinctive blue-grey color by the Italians, she was nicknamed “Blue Cruiser”.ĭuring the first part of her life, she was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet in October 1940. As a temporary solution, she was fitted with older single 130 mm mounts. While it was meant to consist of six 130 mm guns in three twin turrets, the said turrets could not be ready in time. However, her proper main armament still needed to be installed. When it comes to Tashkent herself, she was laid down in January 1937, launched in December 1938, and “completed” in October 1939. However, only Tashkent would ever be constructed as the others proved to be too difficult to build for the existing Soviet shipyards at the time. The plan was to build the first unit of the new class of destroyer in an Italian dockyard and the others would be built in Soviet dockyards with technical assistance from the Italians. Due to the disappointing results of the previous Leningrad-class and the general degradation of Soviet expertise in shipbuilding, the USSR decided to get some help from Italy. Tashkent was the lead ship of a class of destroyer leader officially named Project 20. Is she worth it? Is she an interesting torpedo destroyer with her unique design? Here is my opinion. I am currently unable to tell when she will be available in the Premium shop or for doubloons in the Armory. With these tokens, you will be able to buy three different Tier VII premium ships: British battleship Hood, Italian cruiser Gorizia, and obviously, Soviet destroyer Tashkent ’39. During this event, you will be able to exchange resources for tokens, and by spending doubloons, the exchange rate will be improved.

Tashkent ’39 will be part of a special event called “Marine Stock Exchange”. Ladies and Gentlemen, a ship that has been asked for by a lot of history fans is soon going to be released.

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