The sea trials start in the Baltic Sea on January 18, web site Fontanka.ru writes.
The vessel was nearly ready in December 2009, but a fire on December 4, where one person was killed and another one severely injured, delayed the progress.
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After the accident, six officers were removed from service, while criminal charges were filed against the vessel’s executive officer, Fontanka.ru reports.
“Vitse-admiral Kulakov” was commissioned in 1982 and was on combat duty in the Northern Fleet until March 1991. It was first taken in for repair at a shipyard in Kronstadt, but moved to Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg in 2000.
According to Wikipedia, the Northern Fleet has two other Udaloy-class destroyers in service, while a third one is in reserve.
