Soviet submarine S-56

S-56 on display in Vladivostok
History
Soviet Union
NameS-56
BuilderDalzavod, Vladivostok
Laid down24 November 1936
Launched25 December 1939
Commissioned20 October 1941
Decommissioned14 March 1955
FateStricken on 9 May 1975 and became a museum ship in Vladivostok
General characteristics
Class and typeS-class submarine (Series IX-bis)
Displacement
  • 856 t (842 long tons) surfaced
  • 1,090 t (1,070 long tons) submerged
Length77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draft4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 18.85 knots (34.91 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.8 knots (16.3 km/h) submerged
Range9,500 nmi (17,600 km)
Test depth80 m (260 ft)
Complement45
Armament
Service record (World War II)
Commanders:
Victories: 4 merchant ships sunk (7,191 GRT)

S-56 was an S-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during and after World War II. She was laid down by shipyard #194 in Leningrad on 24 November 1936, shipped in sections by rail to Vladivostok where it was reassembled by Dalzavod.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ "МГК ПЛ "С-56"". 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. ^ "S-56 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2014-08-03.