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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
RUSSIA / USSR
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
armed merchant cruisers of WWII
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Mikoyan
Ships
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Микоян [Mikoyan] (ex-А. Микоян [A. Mikoyan], ex-О. Ю. Шмидт [O. Yu. Shmidt]) | 1938 // 8.1941 | Nikolayev | 11000 | 106.6x23.1x9.2 | 15.5 | 9900 | 3 - 130/49, 4 - 76/52 | to mercantile service 11.1941 |
| В. Молотов [V. Molotov] | 24.4.1941 // 8.1941 | Leningrad | 11000 | 106.7x23.1x8.0 | 15.5 | 11400 | 3 - 130/49, 2 - 76/28 | to mercantile service 2.1944 |
Standard scale images
Mikoyan 1942 more than 1000 BRT
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Mikoyan
Project history
Arctic icebreakers of project 51. 28.6.1941 in propagation time of commissioning trials Mikoyan was mobilized, converted to AMC and 26.8.1941 was commissioned by Black Sea Fleet. V. Molotov was completed as AMC 8.8.1941, re-classified as armed icebreaker 19.10.1941.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
In November, 1941 A. Mikoyan was disarmed, then passed to North and was used on initial purpose with armament consisted from 3 76mm/50 Mk22 (US) guns and 8 single 20mm/70 Oerlikons. V. Molotov was transferred to mercantile service 2.2.1944 and served in Arctic till 1966.
