Soviet submarine tender Dmitriy Galkin

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A port bow view of the Soviet Don class submarine depot ship DMITRI GILKIN (877) at anchor - DPLA - a7211db0308e66d326835aa2ce1c5e67.jpeg
Dmitriy Galkin on 1 June 1988
History
Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union (1950-1991).svgSoviet Union
Name
  • Dmitriy Galkin
  • (Дмитрий Галкин)
Namesake Dmitriy Galkin
Builder Black Sea Shipyard
Yard number618
Laid down28 April 1959
Launched31 March 1960
Commissioned25 December 1960
Decommissioned24 June 1991
Identification See Pennant numbers
Fate Scrapped [1]
General characteristics
Class and type Don-class submarine tender
Displacement
  • 2,316 tonnes (2,279 long tons) standard
  • 3,066 tonnes (3,018 long tons) full load
Length140 m (460 ft)
Beam17.7 m (58 ft)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion4 × diesel engines, 8,000 hp (6,000 kW)
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range21,000 km (11,000 nmi; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement300-450
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Hawk Screech
  • Slim Net
  • Rys-1
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × Watch dog ECM systems
  • Vee cone communication system
Armament
  • 4 × single 100 mm (4 in) guns
  • 4 × dual 57 mm (2.2 in) guns

Dmitriy Galkin was a Don-class submarine tender of the Soviet Navy. [2]

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Development and design

The project of the submarine tenders was developed in the central design bureau "Baltsudoproekt" under the leadership of the chief designer V. I. Mogilevich. The main observer from the Navy was Captain 1st Rank G.V. Zemlyanichenko. The construction of the lead ship was completed in Nikolaev at the Black Sea shipyard in 1958. In total, seven tenders of project 310 were built for the Soviet Navy in 1958-1963. [3]

Don-class submarine tenders had a total displacement of 7150 tons and 5030 tons while they're empty. Main dimensions: maximum length - 140 m, width - 17.67 m, draft - 5.6 m. Two-shaft diesel-electric main power plant with a capacity of 4000 hp. with. provided the ship with a full speed of 16 knots. The cruising range reached 3000 nautical miles (at a speed of 12.5 knots), autonomy - 40 days. The crew consisted of 350 people, including 28 officers. [3]

They could serve four submarines of Project 611 or Project 613. The equipment of the floating base was capable of providing navigational and emergency repair of the hull, mechanisms and weapons and storage of 42 533-mm torpedoes in a special room. A 100-ton crane was housed at the bow of the ship. [3]

The defensive armaments of the ships consisted of four single-barreled 100-mm artillery mounts B-34USMA and four 57-mm twin installations ZIF-31 with the Ryf control radar, the sonar station was not provided. After modernization, on two ships, instead of two aft 100-mm installations, a take-off and landing pad was equipped for basing one Ka-25 helicopter. On the last floating base of the series, the Osa-M air defense missile system was installed. [3]

Construction and career

The ship was built at Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv and was launched on 11 September 1951 and commissioned on 29 December 1951.

In 1986 while off Tripoli, Dmitry Galkin was set up as a command ship and was appointed the flagship of the group. The group included: an air defense post, headed by the Head of the Air Defense of the Flotilla, Captain 1st Rank A. N. Bulavchik, Chief of Communications of the Flotilla, Captain 1st Rank V. I. Sushko, Officer of the Political Department, Captain of the 2nd Rank V. E. Vergiles, two of the most trained operators, Warrant Officers E.M. Podpleta and Warrant Officers V. V. Grabovenko.

She was decommissioned on 24 June 1991 and later scrapped. [4]

Pennant numbers

DatePennant number [4] [5]
1960911
196711
1974938
1976900
1978933
1980940
939
1986909
1988877
1991871

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References

  1. ↑ "Дмитрий Галкин — Photo". fleetphoto.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Плавучие базы подводных лодок проектов 310, 310А". russianships.info. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 V.P., Kuzin; V.I., Nikolsky (1996). The USSR Navy 1945-1991. Historical Marine Society. p. 653.
  4. 1 2 "Дмитрий Галкин – 310, 310А design". fleetphoto.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Плавучие базы подводных лодок проектов 310, 310А". russianships.info. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
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