You ever wonder why she was called "The Blue Cruiser"?

Eboreg said:

You ever wonder why she was called "The Blue Cruiser"?

Because of the bluish protective color, the leader of "Tashkent" received the nickname "Blue Cruiser" among the civilian population of the Black Sea cities

ChernyLitvin said:

Because of the bluish protective color, the leader of "Tashkent" received the nickname "Blue Cruiser" among the civilian population of the Black Sea cities

I was referring more to the "Cruiser" part than the "Blue" part.

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Eboreg said:
I was referring more to the "Cruiser" part than the "Blue" part.

Tashkent was a giantess among Soviet DDs when she entered service in 1939.

Tashkent = 139.7m, 3200t
Leningrad class = 127.5m, 2623t
Gnevy class = 112.8m, 2039t
Yakov Sverdlov = 102.4m, 1597t
Fidonisy class = 95m, 1580t
Izyaslav class = 99.1m, 1440t
Orfey class = 98m, 1440t