 Although officially the Soviet Union was not involved in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, SDK 137 as part of the Soviet Mediterranean squadron was in the area along with a marine infantry detachment loaded.The ships enlisted starshina 1st stage P.Grinev downed one of the Israeli F-4 Phantom planes out the ship's artillery system AK-230 and was awarded for that the Order of Red Star.As a result of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet division between Russian Black Sea Fleet and Ukrainian Navy, in 1994 "SDK 137" was passed to Ukrainian Navy and was renamed to SKD Kirovohrad.