Dixon (ship)

Experimental vessel "Dikson" - an experimental vessel in the Black Sea Fleet .

Test vessel "Dixon"
Vostok-3
Service
USSR → Ukraine
Class and type of vessel	timber truck of the project 596P
Main characteristics
Displacement	9500 t.
Length	150 m
Width	18 m
Draft	6 m
Engines	in addition to the available engines, three turbojet units from the Tu-154 aircraft were installed at Dikson
Speed	12 knots
Autonomy of swimming	7350 miles
Crew	240 people

It was originally a civilian timber carrier Vostok-3 and belonged to the Baltic Shipping Company .

Laid down on 08/29/1962, launched on 07/06/1963 and entered into operation in December 1963.

In 1968, transferred to the Navy of the USSR. Converted into a search and rescue ship.

In the 1980s, an experimental laser gun was installed and tested on the Dixon.

The ship was expelled from the fleet in 1993 . During the division of the Black Sea Fleet, it was transferred to Ukraine.

In 1995, Ukraine sold a US ship at the price of scrap metal. In its holds there were 35-megawatt power generators (which made it possible to provide energy to a city with a population of 200 thousand people), special rotary mechanisms, large-capacity refrigeration units and much more equipment ^[1] .