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They were built in the 1950s and were based on Soviet, German, and Italian designs and concepts developed prior to the Second World War. They were modified to improve their sea keeping capabilities, allowing them to run at high speed in the rough waters of the North Atlantic.
Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1944) was the former USS Milwaukee, an Omaha -class cruiser transferred to the USSR in 1944 and decommissioned in 1949. Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1955) was a Sverdlov -class cruiser launched in 1955. She was decommissioned in 1989 and sold for scrapping in 1994, but was wrecked while being towed to the breakers. Categories:
Oct 15, 2015 · Learn about the history and fate of the Murmansk, a Soviet light cruiser that ran aground in Norway in 1994 and was demolished in 2013. Find out how the Norwegian Coastal Administration dealt with the wreck and the possible radioactive substances on board.
The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys between August 1941 and May 1945, [1] sailing via several seas of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans ...
Of the 800 ships that made the Murmansk Run, 97 failed to reach their destination and return. Storms, ice, mines, collisions, fires, U-boats, and the Luftwaffe took their toll.
Sep 7, 2019 · This essay explores the decision to intervene at Murmansk and then Archangel, the U.S. Navy’s role in the operations, and the ultimate failure of U.S. policy regarding the young Soviet Union....
