ShCh-307
| Country | Russia |
| Ship Class | Shchuka-class Submarine |
| Builder Name | Baltiyskiy Zavod, Leningrad, Russia |
| Laid Down | 6 Nov 1933 |
| Launched | 1 Aug 1934 |
| Commissioned | 4 Aug 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 23 Apr 1948 |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseShCh-307 was a submarine of the V-bis-2 series of the Shchuka-class. During WW2, she patrolled the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea, sinking several Finnish and German merchant ships. After the war, she was converted into a floating charging station and remained in service in this capacity until 1957. Her conning tower is now on display at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.
ww2dbaseSource: U-boat.net
Last Major Revision: Sep 2012
ShCh-307 Operational Timeline
| 6 Nov 1933 | The keel of submarine ShCh-307 was laid down by Baltiyskiy Zavod at Leningrad, Russia. |
| 1 Aug 1934 | ShCh-307 was launched by Baltiyskiy Zavod at Leningrad, Russia. |
| 4 Aug 1935 | ShCh-307 was commissioned into service. |
| 9 Aug 1941 | The Soviet Shchuka-class submarine ShCh-307 (Treska) commanded by N. I. Petrov torpedoed and sank the German submarine U-144 west of Hiiumaa Island in the Baltic Sea. |
| 2 Oct 1942 | ShCh-307 attacked Finnish merchant ship Wanda in the Sea of Åland; both torpedoes missed. |
| 11 Oct 1942 | ShCh-307 attacked an Axis convoy south of the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Finland; both torpedoes missed. |
| 21 Oct 1942 | ShCh-307 attacked an Axis convoy in the Gulf of Finland; both torpedoes missed. |
| 26 Oct 1942 | ShCh-307 sank Finnish merchant ship Betty H. south of the Åland Islands in the Gulf of Finland. |
| 16 Oct 1944 | ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship; both torpedoes missed. |
| 3 Nov 1944 | Off Akmenrags, Latvia, ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship at 2157 hours and another at 2213 hours; all four torpedoes missed. |
| 9 Jan 1945 | ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship southwest of Liepaja, Latvia; both torpedoes missed, and ShCh-307 was subjected to depth charging by German auxiliary patrol vessel V 317. |
| 16 Jan 1945 | ShCh-307 sank German merchant ship Henrietta Schulze southwest of Liepaja, Latvia. |
| 6 Mar 1945 | ShCh-307 and her crew received the Red Banner Award, and the commanding officer, M. S. Kainin, received the honorable rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union. |
| 23 Apr 1948 | ShCh-307 was decommissioned from service. |
| 28 Apr 1948 | ShCh-307 was converted to a floating charging station with the new designation PZS-5. |
| 8 Apr 1957 | ShCh-307 was struck from the naval register. |
| 5 Sep 1995 | The conning tower of the submarine ShCh-307 was installed at the Memorial of Victory at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia. |
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