Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945
Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945 This third and final part of the series includes all the ships in naval service that were not frontline fighting vessels. Apart from the obvious fleet support…
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Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945
This third and final part of the series includes all the ships in naval service that were not frontline fighting vessels. Apart from the obvious fleet support types - oilers, tugs and depot ships--this volume also covers unsung heroes like the salvage fleet, highly significant in the 1930s for generating much-needed foreign currency and later essential to the war effort, allowing so many sunken Soviet warships to be returned to service.This book contains the first clear and comprehensive listing of ex-mercantile transport ships, their periods of service and ultimate fates. Despite auxiliary status, these were not insignificant ships--indeed the icebreakers were the largest vessels built by the USSR before the war and carried so much prestige that every leading member of the Soviet regime wanted their name on one.
Even harbor service craft are included, right down to the
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