Parischskaja Kommuna
1941
(Neptun 1602)
- Class: Gangut - 4 battleships of 1909
- Displacement: 23,370 tons
- Dimensions: 590.5 (oa) x 87 x 27.5 ft.
- Machinery: Triple expansion (4 cyl.) 4 screws, S.H.P. 42,000 = 23 knots
- Armor: Main belt 8.75 in. (amidships), 5-2 in. (ends), deck 3 in., turrets 12-10 in.,
battery 6 in., conning tower 10 in.
- Armament: 12-12 in. (4x3), 16-4.7 in. (16x1), 6-3 in. (6x1) A.A. guns; 4-18 in. T.T.
- Complement: 1,125
- Builder: Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg
- Laid Down: 3 Jun 1909
- Launched: 16 Jun 1911
- Completed: 4 Nov 1914
- Notes: Built as Sevastopol. Service in Baltic Fleet during World War I. Left in poor condition during revolutionary struggles of 1917-21.
Renamed Parischskaja Kommuna 31 Mar 1921. Reactivated 1922-3 and refitted 1924-5, recommissioning 17 Sep 1925. Service in the Baltic followed by another refit, 1928-9 before transfer to the Black Sea. Suffered severe sea damage during passage late 1929, requiring repairs at Brest. Modernised at Sevastopol 1937-40. Stationed at Sevastopol during German invasion, she was sent back to Novorossik Oct 1941. Shelled German positions in the Crimea in a number of operations from Nov 1941 to Mar 1942, but then retreated to Poti and not used actively afterward. Reverted to original name Sevastopol 31 May 1943 and returned to Sevatopol 5 Nov 1944 after Germans ejected from Crimea. Accorded the Order of the Red Banner 8 Jul 1945. Postwar used as training ship. Broken up 1956.
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