Soviet submarine S-56
 submarine on display in Vladivostok
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| History | |
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| Name | S-56 |
| Laid down | 24 November 1936 |
| Launched | 25 December 1939 |
| Commissioned | 20 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 14 March 1955 |
| Fate | Stricken on 9 May 1975 and became a museum ship at Vladivostok (Korabelnaya embankment). |
| Status | museum-ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Soviet S-class submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 840 long tons (853 t) surfaced 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) submerged |
| Length | 77.8 m (255 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × diesels 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) each 2 × electric motors 550 hp (410 kW) each 2 × shafts |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement | 50 officers and men |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 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. Her keel was laid down by Dalzavod in Vladivostok on 24 November 1936. She was launched on 25 December 1939 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 in the Pacific Fleet. During the WW2, the submarine was under the command of Captain Grigori Shchedrin and was moved from Pacific Fleet to Northern fleet across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the Panama Canal. After the service, the submarine was turned into a museum-ship.[1]
Service history
For her service, the submarine was awared with the Order_of_the_Red_Banner and the Guards_badge. [2]
| Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1943 | Eurostadt | 
|
1118 GRT | tanker (torpedo) |
| 31 January 1944 | Heinrich Schulte |
|
5056 GRT | freighter (torpedo) |
| Total: | 6,174 GRT | |||
S-56 also torpedoed and sunk the following military ships: German minesweeper M-346 and patrol ship NKi-09/Alane. 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 hit. [4]