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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Iosif Stalin |
| Builders | N.V. Nederlandsche Dok & Scheepsbouw Maats.,[1] Amsterdam |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | passenger ship |
| Displacement | 8,945 tons |
| Length | 135.60 m (444.9 feet)[2] |
| Beam | 18.30 m (60 feet) |
| Draught | 6.30 m (20.66 feet)[3] |
| Propulsion | 2x Stork steam engines; 12,800 hp |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Range | 8,950 nm |
| Complement | 161 + 437 passengers |
| Notes |
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The Iosif Stalin-class passenger ship was a two-ship class of large turbo-electric powered passenger ships, operated by the Soviet Baltic Sea Shipping Company (BGMP). The ships were taken over by the Soviet Navy during World War II and used as transport vessels. The class was named after Joseph Stalin.
The two Soviet ships Iosif Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov (after Vyacheslav Molotov) were constructed in 1939 by the Dutch company N.V. Nederlandsche Dok & Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM), in Amsterdam. The ships were ready and left Amsterdam on 1 May 1940, only nine days prior to the German invasion of the Netherlands. The ships were intended for the Soviet Far East waters, but due to war, they were taken over by the BGMP.