S-56 on display in Vladivostok
History
Soviet Naval EnsignSoviet Union
NameS-56
Laid down24 November 1936
Launched25 December 1939
Commissioned20 October 1941
Decommissioned14 March 1955
FateStricken on 9 May 1975 and became a museum ship at Vladivostok (Korabelnaya embankment)
Statusmuseum-ship
General characteristics
Class and typeSoviet S-class submarine
Displacement
  • 840 long tons (853 t) surfaced
  • 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) submerged
Length77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesels 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) each
  • 2 × electric motors 550 hp (410 kW) each
  • 2 × shafts
Speed
  • 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Complement50 officers and men
Armament
  • 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes
  • 1 × 100 mm (4 in) gun
  • 1 × 45 mm (2 in) cannon

S-56 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. She was laid down by shipyard #194 in Leningrad on 24 November 1936, shipped in sections by rail to Vladivostok where it was reassembled by Dalzavod.[1] She was launched on 25 December 1939 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 in the Pacific Fleet. During World War II, the submarine was under the command of Captain Grigori Shchedrin and was moved from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern fleet across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the Panama Canal. After decommissioning, the submarine was turned into a museum ship.[2]

Service history

For her service, the submarine was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner and the Guards badge.[3]

Ships sunk by S-56[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
17 May 1943 Eurostadt Nazi Germany 1118 GRT tanker (torpedo)
17 July 1943 M-346 Nazi Germany 551 GRT minesweeper (torpedo)
19 July 1943 NKi-09/Alane Nazi Germany 466 GRT patrol vessel (torpedo)
31 January 1944 Heinrich Schulte Nazi Germany 5056 GRT freighter (torpedo)
Total:7,191 GRT

During the attack against Eurostadt, another torpedo hit and damaged the German freighter Wartheland (3676 GRT) but the ship was saved because the torpedo was a dud.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "МГК ПЛ "С-56"". 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "S-56 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  3. ↑ Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-08-03.


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