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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

floating AA batteries of WWII

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Compl. // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

ПЗБ-1 [PZB-1] (ex-Полюс [Polyus]) 1897 // 8.1941   2080 71.7x9.9x4.0 7.5 720 4 - 76/28, 1 - 37, 1 - 20, 2 - 12.7 transport 11.1943
ПЗБ-2 [PZB-2] (ex-Меридиан [Meridian]) 1897 // 8.1941   2080 71.7x9.9x4.0 7.5 720 4 - 76/28, 1 - 37, 1 - 20, 2 - 12.7 transport 11.1943
ПЗБ-3 [PZB-3] (ex-Экватор [Ekvator]) 1898 // 7.1941   2045 71.1x9.9x4.1 9 520 4 - 76/28, 1 - 37, 2 - 20,2 - 12.7 transport 10.1943
№1139 [No1139] (ex-Заря [Zarya]) 1903 // 10.1943   1395 70.2x9.9x5.7 --- --- 4 - 76/28, 6 - 20 accommodation hulk 11.1943
№1140 [No1140] (ex-Володарский [Volodarskiy]) 1903 // 10.1943   1350 71.4x9.7x5.7 --- --- 4 - 76/28, 6 - 20 hulk 11.1943

100 - 1000 BRT

№614 [No614] (,, 11.1942 - 2.1943); №615 [No615] (,, 11.1942 - 2.1943); №616 [No616] (,, 11.1942 - 2.1943); №617 [No617] (,, 11.1942 - 2.1943); №618 [No618] (,, 11.1942 - 2.1943); №586 [No586] (ex-П-8 Аврора [P-8 Avrora]) (1894, 400, 4 - 76/30, 10.1941 - 1946); №587 [No587] (ex-П-11 [P-11]) (,, 2 - 102/60, 10.1941 - 2.1943); №588 [No588] (,, 2 - 76/30, 10.1941 - 2.1943); №1232 [No1232] (,, 9.1943 - 1946)

Project history: Merchant mostly non-propelled barges converted to floating AA batteries.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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