Transferred to the Soviet Navy 16 July 1944, the destroyer was renamed Deyatelny (Russian Деятельный, "active"). She was sunk — probably by U-286 — on 16 January 1945, 40 mi (64 km) east of Cape Tereberski while escorting a convoy over the treacherous route from Kola Inlet to the White Sea.
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