Following the completion of her refit, Baku reentered service on 17 April 1946.
For the next several years, she participated in training with the rest of the fleet during the two summer months, which included shallow-water torpedo firing.
The ship was laid up during the winter months, and portrayed the title Northern Fleet destroyer in the 1947 war film Story of the "Furious"  (Povest o 'Neistovom').
She participated in exercises in August of that year.
On 29 October 1948 the ship began a major refit at Shipyard No.
402 in Molotovsk, which was lengthened by the technical modernization conducted by the then-inexperienced shipyard workers.
While refitting, Baku was reclassified as a destroyer on 12 January 1949 and was assigned to the 178th Destroyer Brigade.

Upon completion of her more-than-five-year refit and testing, Baku was accepted for transfer to the Baltic Fleet in July 1954, but instead was transferred to the White Sea Flotilla to test new ships in the White and Barents Seas.
She was reclassified as an experimental vessel on 17 February 1956, then disarmed and converted into the target ship TsL-31 on 18 April 1958.
The latter period was brief, however, as she was again converted into the unpowered depot ship PB-32 on 31 May. After being converted into a barracks ship, PKZ-171, on 2 June 1959, Baku was struck on 30 July 1963 and subsequently scrapped in mid-1964.
Following the completion of her refit, Baku reentered service on 17 April 1946. For the next several years, she participated in training with the rest of the fleet during the two summer months, which included shallow-water torpedo firing. The ship was laid up during the winter months, and portrayed the title Northern Fleet destroyer in the 1947 war film Story of the "Furious"  (Povest o 'Neistovom'). She participated in exercises in August of that year. On 29 October 1948 the ship began a major refit at Shipyard No. 402 in Molotovsk, which was lengthened by the technical modernization conducted by the then-inexperienced shipyard workers. While refitting, Baku was reclassified as a destroyer on 12 January 1949 and was assigned to the 178th Destroyer Brigade.
Upon completion of her more-than-five-year refit and testing, Baku was accepted for transfer to the Baltic Fleet in July 1954, but instead was transferred to the White Sea Flotilla to test new ships in the White and Barents Seas. She was reclassified as an experimental vessel on 17 February 1956, then disarmed and converted into the target ship TsL-31 on 18 April 1958. The latter period was brief, however, as she was again converted into the unpowered depot ship PB-32 on 31 May. After being converted into a barracks ship, PKZ-171, on 2 June 1959, Baku was struck on 30 July 1963 and subsequently scrapped in mid-1964.
Soviet destroyer Baku