K-56 is the Soviet cruising diesel-electric submarine of the Great Patriotic War , the last, twelfth ship of the XIV series of the Cruising type .
| K-56 | |
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| Ship history | |
| Flag state |  the USSR |
| Port of registry | Kronstadt , Helsinki , Polar |
| Launching | December 29, 1940 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | December 30, 1956 |
| Current status | sunk near Novaya Zemlya |
| Main characteristics | |
| Type of ship | Cruising DPL |
| Project designation | XIV series, type "K - Cruising" |
| Speed (surface) | 22.5 knots |
| Speed (underwater) | 10.5 knots |
| Working depth | 80 m |
| Immersion depth | 100 m |
| Autonomy of swimming | 50 days 7 500 km at 10.3 knots , 293 km (160 miles) underwater at 2.9 knots |
| Crew | 67 people, including 10 officers |
| Cost | 18 million rubles |
| Dimensions | |
| Surface displacement | 1,490 t |
| Underwater displacement | 2 104 t |
| The length is the greatest (on design basis) | 97.65 m |
| The width of the body naib. | 7.4 m |
| Average draft (on design basis) | 4.4 m |
| Power point | |
| Diesel electric 2 diesel engines 9DKR , 2 × 4,200 hp diesel generator 38K8 , 800 hp 2 PG11 electric motors , 2 × 1 200 hp | |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 100 mm / 51 B-24PL 2 × 45 mm / 46 21-K 2 × 7.62 mm machine gun |
| Torpedo mine weapons | 6 bow 533 mm TA 4 feed 533 mm TA , 24 torpedoes |
Content
- 1 Construction History
- 2 Service History
- 2.1 Commanders
- 3 References
- 4 Literature
Construction History
K-56 was laid down on October 17, 1937 at the Baltic Shipyard No. 189 in Leningrad under serial number 290. Launching took place on December 29, 1940 , the boat was included in the 4th Baltic Fleet Submarine Brigade. On February 11, 1941, K-56 was included in the 13th division of the training submarine brigade of the Baltic Fleet. K-56 was intended for the Pacific Fleet, but because of the outbreak of World War II, it remained in the Baltic. November 29, 1942 the boat went into operation. Unlike the first six boats of the project, the K-56 did not have mine weapons.
Service History
In 1942-1944, K-56 carried out combat training; on May 1, 1944, the Naval flag was solemnly hoisted on a boat. Until the end of the war, the boat made three military campaigns with a total duration of 57 days, made 8 torpedo attacks, sank two vehicles (a total of 4,142 brt ). She destroyed the schooner with artillery (57 brt).
In August 1948, together with the rest of the Baltic Katyushas, she moved to the Northern Fleet around the Scandinavian Peninsula and arrived at Catherine’s harbor . It became part of the 1st division of the submarine brigade of the Northern Fleet, based on Polyarny . June 9, 1949 renamed B-9 . In April 1955, it was converted into Severodvinsk for testing nuclear weapons, on September 21, 1955 it was used during testing , and was located at a depth of 9 meters at a distance of about 1000 m from the center of an atomic torpedo explosion. After the tests were repaired, on December 30, 1956 it was withdrawn from the combat strength of the fleet and assigned to the experimental ones. September 24, 1957 sunk during nuclear weapons tests on Novaya Zemlya. On October 16 of the same year it was excluded from the lists of floating craft of the USSR Navy.
Commanders
- June 22, 1941 - May 1, 1942 - G.A. Goldberg
- May 1, 1942 - May 9, 1945 - I.P. Popov
- 1948 - N. G. Zinoviev
- 1952 - I.I. Zhuyko
- April - September 1955 - I. S. Lugansky
Links
Literature
- A.V. Platonov. Encyclopedia of Soviet submarines 1941-1945. - M .: AST , 2004 .-- S. 108-110, 128-129. - 592 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-024904-7 .