[7] However, problems with delivery of the main naval gun,[8] engine fire[9] and testing of the ship's Poliment-Redut air defence system delayed the commissioning date several times.

[14] On her maiden distant deployment, Admiral Gorshkov travelled some 35,000 nautical miles (65,000 km) in the Russian Navy's first global circumnavigation since Stepan Makarov's 1886–1889 voyage on the corvette Vityaz.

[15] Accompanied by medium sea tanker Kama, logistics support vessel Elbrus and large ocean tug Nikolay Chiker, Admiral Gorshkov visited Djibouti (Djibouti), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Qingdao (China), Vladivostok (Russia), Puerto Bolívar (Ecuador), Havana (Cuba), Praia (Cape Verde) and Kronstadt (Russia),[16] before returning to her homeport Severomorsk.

[22] On 24 March, the frigate entered the Barents Sea and launched an Onyx missile, being accompanied by icebreaker Ilya Muromets, supply ship Elbrus and tug MB-110,[23] while hydrographic vessels Romuald Muklevich,[24] Nikolay Skosyrev, Aleksandr Makorta and anti-saboteur ship Valeriy Fedyanin were also active in the Barents Sea at the same time.

[33] On 4 January 2023, Admiral Gorshkov re-entered service equipped with Zircon hypersonic missiles, and began a voyage that will pass through the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

[36] The exercise began on 18 February and involved Admiral Gorshkov together with the tanker Kama from the Russian Navy[37] along with the destroyer Huainan, the frigate Rizhao and the support ship Kekexilihu from the PLAN.

[38] Subsequently in March, Admiral Gorshkov and Kama engaged in joint exercises with the Chinese and Iranian navies in the Gulf of Oman.

The event was deemed significant and raised concerns in the West about Saudi objectives and due to the ship's hypersonic rocket artillery, and modern anti-submarine weapons.