Name S-56 Commissioned 20 October 1941 Status museum-ship Launched 25 December 1939 | Laid down 24 November 1936 Decommissioned 14 March 1955 Construction started 24 November 1936 Length 78 m | |
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Fate Stricken on 9 May 1975 and became a museum ship at Vladivostok (Korabelnaya embankment) | ||
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 World War II, the submarine was under the command of Captain Grigori Shchedrin and was moved from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern fleet across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the Panama Canal. After decommissioning, the submarine was turned into a museum ship.
Service history
For her service, the submarine was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner and the Guards badge.
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.