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Russian rescue ship Kommuna
Kommuna is a submarine rescue ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel.
A catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed Kommuna on 31 December 1922. Prior to 1974, the ship focused on salvage and submarine tending and had no submarine rescue capabilities.
Kommuna served in the Russian Imperial, Soviet, and Russian Federation navies through the Russian Revolution, two World Wars, the Cold War, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The ship was the first Russian twin-hulled vessel, and was developed by order of the Naval General Staff. The German ship SMS Vulkan (1907) was used as the model.
The contract to build the ship was won by the Putilov company, who received Order No. 3559 from the General Directorate of Shipbuilding on 30 December 1911, and the contract for construction was signed on 5 May 1912. The ship was laid down in the Putilov works on 12 November 1912 under the supervision of naval architect N.V. Lesnikov.[unreliable source?] On 17 November 1913 the ship was launched under the name Volkhov, and was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy on 15 July 1915.
Volkhov was initially based at Reval where she served as a submarine tender, capable of carrying 10 spare torpedoes and 50 tons of fuel, as well as accommodation for 60 submariners. She serviced Russian submarines, and also British E and C-class submarines.
Volkhov made her first successful salvage of a submarine in the summer of 1917, raising the American Holland-class submarine AG 15, which had sunk off Åland. On 24 September 1917, Volkhov refloated the Bars-class submarine Edinorog from a depth of 13.5 metres (44 ft). From late 1917 Volkhov participated in the Russian Civil War, serving the submarines of the Russian Baltic Fleet.
On 31 December 1922 (just days after the founding of the USSR) she was renamed Kommuna in the Soviet Navy. Under her new name she continued in service in the Baltic, extinguishing a fire aboard the submarine Zmeya, and raising the despatch boat Kobchik, and the boat Krasnoarmeyets. In mid-1928 Kommuna raised the British submarine HMS L55, which had been sunk in the Gulf of Finland in June 1919, from a depth of 62 metres (203 ft), and which then served as the prototype for the Leninets class. Kommuna continued to serve as a salvage and repair ship, also raising a tug, a torpedo boat, and a crashed aircraft.
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Russian rescue ship Kommuna
Kommuna is a submarine rescue ship in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel.
A catamaran, she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915. She was renamed Kommuna on 31 December 1922. Prior to 1974, the ship focused on salvage and submarine tending and had no submarine rescue capabilities.
Kommuna served in the Russian Imperial, Soviet, and Russian Federation navies through the Russian Revolution, two World Wars, the Cold War, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The ship was the first Russian twin-hulled vessel, and was developed by order of the Naval General Staff. The German ship SMS Vulkan (1907) was used as the model.
The contract to build the ship was won by the Putilov company, who received Order No. 3559 from the General Directorate of Shipbuilding on 30 December 1911, and the contract for construction was signed on 5 May 1912. The ship was laid down in the Putilov works on 12 November 1912 under the supervision of naval architect N.V. Lesnikov.[unreliable source?] On 17 November 1913 the ship was launched under the name Volkhov, and was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy on 15 July 1915.
Volkhov was initially based at Reval where she served as a submarine tender, capable of carrying 10 spare torpedoes and 50 tons of fuel, as well as accommodation for 60 submariners. She serviced Russian submarines, and also British E and C-class submarines.
Volkhov made her first successful salvage of a submarine in the summer of 1917, raising the American Holland-class submarine AG 15, which had sunk off Åland. On 24 September 1917, Volkhov refloated the Bars-class submarine Edinorog from a depth of 13.5 metres (44 ft). From late 1917 Volkhov participated in the Russian Civil War, serving the submarines of the Russian Baltic Fleet.
On 31 December 1922 (just days after the founding of the USSR) she was renamed Kommuna in the Soviet Navy. Under her new name she continued in service in the Baltic, extinguishing a fire aboard the submarine Zmeya, and raising the despatch boat Kobchik, and the boat Krasnoarmeyets. In mid-1928 Kommuna raised the British submarine HMS L55, which had been sunk in the Gulf of Finland in June 1919, from a depth of 62 metres (203 ft), and which then served as the prototype for the Leninets class. Kommuna continued to serve as a salvage and repair ship, also raising a tug, a torpedo boat, and a crashed aircraft.
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