Admiral Spiridonov (Адмирал Спиридонов) was a Project 1155 Fregat Large Anti-Submarine Ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK), known in the west as an Udaloy-class destroyer.

While in service, the vessel operated in exercises in the Sea of Japan and made good will visits to a number of Soviet allies during the latter part of the Cold War in Africa and Asia.

The vessel was designated as a Large Anti-Submarine Ship (Большой Противолодочный Корабль, BPK), in accordance with its primary mission of countering submarines, and a destroyer by NATO.

[8] Between 21 August and 22 November 1985, the vessel sailed from Liepāja to Vladivostok to join the Pacific Fleet with Admiral Nakhimov, Frunze and Osmotritelnyy, visiting Luanda, Angola, Maputo, Mozambique, Aden, South Yemen and Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, along the way.

[9] On 16 June 1986, the vessel joined exercises in the Sea of Japan followed by a visit to Wonsan, North Korea, and then operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf between 1989 and 1991.