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RUSSIA / USSR
MINE WARFARE SHIPS
DON minelayer (1941 / 1944)
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Don 1945
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Дон [Don] (ex-Amiral Murgesku) | Santieri Galati, Galats, Romania | 8.1938 | 14.6.1939 | 5.1941 // 9.1944 | TS 4.1945, depot ship 1.1947 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 812 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | ~950 |
| Length, m | 76.9 |
| Breadth, m | 9.10 |
| Draught, m | 2.50 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Krupp-Germania diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 2200 |
| Max speed, kts | 16 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3400(13) |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 13.2/79, 135 mines, 2 DCT |
| Complement | 105 |
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Don 1945
Project history
Former Romanian minelayer Amiral Murgescu, 5.9.1944 captured by Soviet troops at Constanza and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as Don.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
2.4.1945 Don was converted to TS, 18.1.1947 to depot ship, 9.2.1948 to command ship; 7.5.1956 she was disarmed and converted to barrack ship PKZ-107, 4.1.1958 to repair vessel PM-76, since 8.6.1966 PMR-76. She was excluded from fleet list 27.5.1988, sold for scrap 4.7.1988.
