Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko

Admiral Levchenko is a Russian anti-submarine warfare destroyer of the Udaloy-class destroyer. The ship was laid down in 1982 and was commissioned in the Soviet Navy in 1988. After the fall of the Soviet Union the ship continued to serve in the Russian Navy with the Northern Fleet. She was named after Admiral Gordey Levchenko.

History
In 2010 Admiral Levchenko was part of the Russian operations to combat piracy off the Somali coast.

By 2020, she was reported inactive due to an overhaul. The overhaul includes upgrading ship's fire-fighting systems, onboard electronics, new cooling units and shut-off valves. The ship should also receive Russia's newest Otvet anti-submarine missile system. She was expected to return to service in late 2022 but was reported active post-refit as of May 2022.

On 26 May 2022, the destroyer conducted exercises in the Barents Sea.

On 8 September 2022, Admiral Levchenko held exercises along the Northern Sea Route, along with the tank landing ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky, tanker Sergey Osipov and tug Pamir. On 10 October, the three ships returned to Severomorsk. On 10 June 2024 Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk claimed, but without producing any evidence, that Admiral Levchenko was on fire in the Barents Sea; Pletenchuk‘s claim, although not corroborated elsewhere, was repeated by various Ukrainian and Western news agencies.

On 14 July 2024, Admiral Levchenko, the Ivan Gren-class landing ship Ivan Gren, and the Victor III-class submarine Tambov left the Baltic Sea.