Allegiance Soviet Union Name Semyon Lobov Years of service 1932-1977 Battles and wars World War II | Commands held Northern Fleet Service/branch Soviet Navy Battles/wars World War II Rank Admiral of the fleet | |
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Born February 15, 1913
Smolnikovo, Russia ( 1913-02-15 ) Awards Order of Lenin - twice
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner - twice
Order of the Red Star - twice Died June 12, 1977, Moscow, Russia Similar People Otozo Yamada, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Puyi | ||
Semyon Mikhailovich Lobov (Russian Семён Михайлович Лобов) (15 February 1913 – 12 June 1977) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Soviet Navy.
Lobov was born in Smolnikovo, Volokolamsky District, Moscow Oblast and joined the Soviet Navy in 1932. In 1937 Lobov completed the Frunze Military Academy and served in the Soviet Pacific Fleet. Between 1938 and 1946 he commanded an escort ship and a destroyer. In 1945 he took part in the Soviet war against Japan.
In 1946 Lobov transferred to the Black Sea Fleet where he commanded the Kirov class cruiser Voroshilov. In 1951 he commanded the battleship Sevastopol. In 1954 Lobov transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet where he became a squadron commander and in 1964 he became Commander of the Northern Fleet.
In 1972 Lobov was deputy chief of staff of the Soviet Navy and became a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. He was also a deputy in the Supreme Soviet.
Lobov is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
The fourth, incomplete and uncommissioned, Slava class cruiser Admiral Lobov was named after him.