SS Metallurg Baykov
 Sister-ship Leninsky Komsomol in 1960 about. The ship equipped with derricks only. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | |
| Owner: |
24 July 1960 – 1985:  Black Sea Shipping Company, USSR |
| Operator: |
24 July 1960 – 1985: Black Sea Shipping Company |
| Port of registry: |
1960 – 1985: Odessa, USSR |
| Builder: |
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| Maiden voyage: | from 24 of July 1960 |
| Fate: | Decomissioned in 1985[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | freighter, tweendecker |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 557 ft (169.9 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (21.8 m) |
| Height: | 42 ft (12.9 m) |
| Draught: | 31.9 ft (9.73 m) |
| Propulsion: | two steam turbine engines driving a single 6.3 m (21 ft) screw propeller |
| Capacity: | |
| Crew: | 48 crew members, 12 passengers and 8 cadets |
Metallurg Baykov (Russian: Металлург Байков) was a merchant ship of Black Sea Shipping Company (Soviet Union), a tweendecker type freighter with steam turbine engines and the second ship in the Leninsky Komsomol class, project 567.[3] The ship was named in honor of the saintist-chemist in metallurgy Alexandr Baykov.
Ship's data
Project 567 was developed at the Central Design Bureau Chernomorsudoproekt (CDB ChSP) in Nikolayev.[3]
Major designers:
- Bohonevich K.I. (until 1956)
- Sidorov B.K. (1956–1961)
All other particulars of this ship are the same about as the first ship Leninsky Komsomol of this class.
History
Construction
Despite the fact that in 1959, the Kherson shipyard handed over to the customers head freighter Leninsky Komsomol and four tanker-ships, the output of the shipyard was 82 percent only as per plan for 1959 year. Failure to plan for this indicator happened due to delay in the construction of the cargo ship Metallurg Baikov. Instead December 1959, the act of his willingness was signed by the customer, by the Black Sea Shipping Company, on 24 of July, 1960 only. The cause for this was the fact that the drawings of the project were subjected to numerous changes during the 1959 year due to errors committed in the design and discrepancies. In addition, the Soviet Ministry of the Merchant Fleet group oversee the construction of ships of the filed after the construction of the lead ship a lot of claims. The number and the range of products supplied by interplant cooperation became especially noticeable changes for the shipyard, since that existing Soviet system of added equipment, which was not booked in advance, could not be obtained from the manufacturers for a very long time.[4]
Maden voyage
The Singapore Free Press, dated 2 of November 1960, Page 2, mentioned that the ship Metallurg Baykov was alongside at the berth number 15/16 on the 2 of November, 1960.[5]
Great Labour Victory
The Soviet newspaper "Одесский портовик" (English: "Odessa port workers") wrote in the article "Great Labour Victory" on the 14 of March, 1962:
"The telegram of the Deputy Minister of the USSR Navy was succinct:"Celebrate the good work of the Odessa port workers who have saved in February, more than 121 hours of operational time when processing of the courts Physicist Lebedev and Urgench"...
We should consolidate the achievements. To increase it.
Turbohod "metallurg Baykov" unloaded early at 100 hours."[6]
During the Cuban blokade
The first voyage to Cuba during the Cuban blokade commenced in the first part of August from Novorossiysk and completed (or vessel arrived) at Cuba on the 25 of August, 1962. The Casablanca (Morocco) was announced as a port of arrival. Announced 1,400 tons of cargo including trucks and cranes on the open deck.[7]
The second voyage to Cuba during the Cuban blokade commenced on the 14 of September from Sevastopol and completed (or vessel arrived) in Casilda on the 30 of September, 1962.[7] The technics and personnel of the mobile missile-technical base (Russian: пртб (a shortage)) under command of the Lieutenant-Colonel I.V. Shishchenko, of the 50th missile army, were carried out on the ship Metallurg Baykov.[8]
14 of October, 1962. US intelligence concludes regarding the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba according to the aerial photographic survey.[9] Since 18 of September American warships began to repeatedly ask about the nature of cargo on the Soviet transport ships.[10]
Ivan Shishchenko, who was a Captain (another sourse mentioned that he was a Lieutenant-Colonel) of the subdivision of escort, remembered:
"... At three o'clock in the morning on the 14 of September, Metallurg Baykov casted off from the pier and took the course to the Bosphorus. When the ship was approaching Istanbul the pilot boarded the ship. I was worried, a stranger on board, but it turned out: these are the rules for the ships which passing through the straits...
On the 18 of September, two American warships with numbers on the sides 858 and 931 met us on the line between the island of Sardinia and the peninsula Tunisia. One of them was with uncovered guns (the team was stand by at the fighting positions) and came close to our vessel - at distance of 80–100 meters. Americans commenced a dialogue using flag signals:
- Where is the ship destination?
- We are running to Casablanca - it was answer as per order of the captain of Metallurg Baykov Vasily Gurzhiy.
- What's on board?
- There are agricultural machinery on board.
- Have a good trip…
The American warship 858 turned away and went to the convergencet with another warship 931 which was in distance of one kilometer. On the same day the American reconnaissance aircraft circled over the our ship at altitudes of 2–3 km and then left in the direction of its base in Tunisia.
The ship passed Gibraltar. We get a signal to open the envelope. There was a form with the name of the destination port inside the envelope - Matanzas, and also referential information regarding the political and state system of Cuba, the climatic conditions on the island.
In 15 minutes the officers collected and the contents of the package brought to their attention... The reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force again came in sight in the region of the Azores.
On the 28 of September 28, it was is already at the approach to Cuba, an American cargo ship in violation of the rules of navigation went on the direct collision course with our ship. The watch officer reported to Gurzhiy about the threat of the collision. Immediately - the order "Circulation", and an abrupt turn of the ship ... the collision was avoided ..."[10][11][12]
Seems, it was the first toughest checkup of the Soviet ships by the US Navy during the Cuban blokade. Why some sources mentioned the port of arrival Casilda and another one is Matanzas? - Or mistake has place in one of the sources or sometimes the port of arrival was changed twice during the voyage.
Metallurg Baykov moored in the port of Casilda. On the 30 of September the command of the troops arrived on the ship with the mandate of the Soviet Ambassador in Cuba Alexander Alexeev for holding the unloading. The same night the first convoy was sent to the location — it was in Las Villas province. The technique is shrouded, but went with the escort, accompanied by Cuban motorcyclists that attracted the attention of local residents.[13]
Odessa city newspaper Вечерняя Одесса (Evening Odessa) wrote on the 16 of August, 2012:
"Only during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, US aircraft and other NATO countries have made 1300 provocative overflights of our (Soviet) ships. Their ships, maneuvering in close proximity to our ships, provoked collisions and 75 times made attempts to stop our ships for their inspection in the open seas."[14]
1980-s.
Celebration of the Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers with the competition in pneumatic rifle shooting in 1981.
The Day of Sea and River Fleet Workers of the USSR was founded by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union № 3018-X «Regarding public holidays and commemorative days» dated the 1 of October, 1980, as amended by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union № 9724-XI «Regarding Amendments to the legislation of the USSR regarding holidays and commemorative days» dated 1 of November, 1988.[15] It became a professional holiday of sea and river fleet workers in the USSR, which was celebrated annually on the first Sunday of each July.
The first celebration of this holiday Day fell on 5 July 1981, first Sunday in July of this year, and it was celebrated on some ships of the Black Sea Shipping Company by the competitions in pneumatic rifle shooting and it was also a part of the DOSAAF program due to Cold war period.
Periodically the competitions in rifle shooting were carried on the Soviet Union Merchant Fleet ships and this competitions was a part of DOSAAF program in the USSR as a part of the military training for civil seamen due to Cold War period. So, the competition in pneumatic rifle shooting was carried out on the ship Metallurg Baykov during the voyage in Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea from 5 to 12 of July 1981 and it was carried out in honor of the Sea and River Fleet Worker's Day celebration in the USSR - the attached photo of Diploma for the second place in the competitions on the Metallurg Baykov confirm it. This Diploma signed and stamped (ship's stamp) by the captain of Metallurg Baykov I. Shalamay and signed by the head of DOSAAF of this ship V. Marushevskiy.
Celebration of Equator Line crossing in 1984.
The ship crossed Equator Line on the 6 of July 1984, - it is marked in the Equator Line Crocsing Certificate.
Fate.
The ship Metallurg Baykov was decommissioned and scrapped at Valencia in 1985. She was the third decommissioned and scrapped ship of Leninskiy Komsomol class of cargo ships, - the first two ships were Fizik Vavilov and Bratstvo
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Водный транспорт >> Металлург Байков.
- 1 2 3 Marine Traffic > METALLURG BAYKOV General Cargo General Cargo.
- 1 2 Проект 567, 567К, тип Ленинский комсомол.
- ↑ "Мой город Херсон » Организации Херсона » Херсонский судозавод » Первые сухогрузы".
- ↑ "Ships in Port.". The Singapore Free Press, 2 November 1960, Page 2.
- ↑ "Из архива газеты «Одесский портовик» за 1962 год.". Администрация Одеского морского порта.
- 1 2 "СССР в строительстве ВМС Кубы. » 8. Советские суда участвовавшие в переброске войск в ходе операции "Анадырь".".
- ↑ "ИСТОРИЯ 50-й РАКЕТНОЙ АРМИИ » I. СОЗДАНИЕ И СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ (1959-1964 гг.) » 50-я ракетная армия в период Карибского кризиса.".
- ↑ Время новостей. № 186. (11 October 2007). "Хроника операции "Анадырь".". Издательство «Время».
- 1 2 Рогозин Александр (co-authors: Г.И. Смирнов, А.И. Ясаков.) (2002). "СССР в строительстве ВМС Кубы.". Ружаны стратегические.
- ↑ Антонина Столбовская (2015-01-27). "«Куба — рядом!». Участие моих земляков в советско-кубинских отношениях в 60-е годы ХХ века.". Урок истории XX век.
- ↑ I.V. Shishchenko (2000). "«Стратегическая операция „Анадырь". Как это было» >> «Ракетный поход на Кубу»". M. p. 137.
- ↑ Анатолий ДОКУЧАЕВ (September 2003). "СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ОПЕРАЦИИ: «Анадырь» на Острове Свободы". "Братишка" - the journal of special subdivisions.
- ↑ "Операция "Анадырь". К 50-летию Карибского кризиса.". Newspaper "Вечерняя Одесса". 16 August 2012.
- ↑ День работников морского и речного флота — 4 июля. История и особенности праздника в проекте Календарь Праздников 2010.
To see
- ↑ Розин Александр. "СССР в строительстве ВМС Кубы. >> Chapter 8: Советские суда участвовавшие в переброске войск в ходе операции «Анадырь».".