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Soviet submarine ShCh 307

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Name
  
Shch-307

Commissioned
  
4 August 1935

Struck
  
8 April 1957

Launched
  
1 August 1934

Draft
  
3.78 m

Laid down
  
6 November 1933

Decommissioned
  
23 April 1948

Construction started
  
6 November 1933

Length
  
57 m

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Status
  
Conning tower preserved as memorial

Shch-307 was a Shchuka-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Baltiyskiy Zavod in Leningrad on 6 November 1933. She was launched on 1 August 1934 and commissioned on 4 August 1935 in the Baltic Fleet.

Service history

The submarine took part in the whole Baltic Sea campaigns (1939–45), surviving at the war. The most prominent action of the submarine was the sinking of the German submarine U-144 in 1941. After the war, she was turned into the floating charging station PZS-5, before being stricken: the conning tower was preserved as a memorial.

References

Soviet submarine ShCh-307 Wikipedia