After a short destroyer-command course, Gorshkov was assigned to the new destroyer Rezky before the ship could have been operational. The date conflict is best resolved by treating him as the building or commissioning officer who watched the vessel take shape. He then became chief of staff and commander of the Pacific Fleet destroyer brigade. That post took him into the 1938 Battle of Lake Khasan and added staff, construction, and combat experience to his unusually compressed career.
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Destroyer construction and Lake Khasan broadened Gorshkov's preparation
A destroyer appointment that likely began as construction oversight led into brigade command and combat against Japan at Lake Khasan.