The Admiral Chabanenko is a Russian anti-submarine destroyer. Completed for the Russian Navy in 1996, the Chabanenko arrived for duty with the northern fleet in March 1999.
December 3, 2008: The Russian Navy announced that the Admiral Chabanenko will sail through the Panama Canal. This will be the first time a Russian ship has sailed through the Canal since World War II. The exercise is a symbolic gesture of Moscow's military strengthBreitbart: Russian warship to cross Panama Canal (December 3, 2008)
