Project SB-57 is a series of Soviet river monitors built in 1939-1941 at the Leninsky Forge Shipyard in Kiev . 3 ships were laid, but not one was completed.
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| Preceding type | SB-37 |
| Years of construction | 1939-1941 |
| Years in the ranks | not completed |
| Scheduled | 3 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 735 t (standard), 800 t (full) |
| Length | 71.7 m |
| Width | 11.3 m |
| Draft | 1.15 m |
| Reservation | board - 16 - 50 mm ; deck - 8 - 30 mm; cutting - 20 - 50 mm |
| Engines | 2 diesel engines 38-KR-8 |
| Power | 2 × 800 l. with. |
| Speed | 12 knots |
| Sailing range | 810 miles in full swing |
| Crew | 130 pax |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2x2 130-mm B-28 |
| Flak | 2x2 - 45 mm, 3x2 - 12.7 mm |
Project Representatives
- Vidlitsa (until September 25, 1940 - Shilka ), head. No. 156 - laid down in December 1939, launched in the spring of 1941, but in July 1941 was towed out to Zaporozhye and transferred to the 12th Army of the South-Western Front on August 18, 1941. On August 19, 1941, due to the impossibility of evacuation to the lower reaches of the Dnieper, by order of the army command, it was disarmed and flooded by the crew.
- Kakhovka (until September 25, 1940 - Argun ), head. No. 157 - laid down in December 1939, launched on September 18, 1941, and due to the impossibility of evacuation to the lower reaches of the Dnieper, on the orders of the command, it was flooded in the Rybalsky Zaton of the Dnieper in the Kiev region near the plant. After the occupation of Kiev, German experts tried to raise the ship several times, since it did not allow the shipyard to be used for its intended purpose. However, they did not succeed and on December 10, 1944, Kakhovka was raised by the RASO KDF, but due to the inexpediency of completion it was handed over to Glavvtorchermet for cutting.
- Volochaevsk No. 158 - laid down in December 1939, launched in the spring of 1941, but in July 1941 it was towed out to Zaporozhye and transferred to the 12th Army of the South-Western Front on August 18, 1941. On August 19, 1941, due to the impossibility of evacuation to the lower reaches of the Dnieper, by order of the army command, it was disarmed and towed for flooding in the middle of the river, but was thrown to the left bank by a powerful wave that arose after the explosion of the Dnieper hydroelectric dam, and on October 4, 1941 it was blown up by sappers of the 12th army going east.
Literature
- Platonov A.V. Soviet monitors, gunboats and armored boats. Part I. - St. Petersburg: "Galea Print", 2004. - 120 p.
- Chernikov I.I. Encyclopedia of monitors. Defenders of the river borders of Russia. - SPb. : Shipbuilding , 2007. - ISBN 978-5-7355-0706-2 .