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ShCh-307
Country | Russia |
Ship Class | Shchuka-class Submarine |
Builder | 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 1933Â | The keel of submarine ShCh-307 was laid down by Baltiyskiy Zavod at Leningrad, Russia. |
1 Aug 1934Â | ShCh-307 was launched by Baltiyskiy Zavod at Leningrad, Russia. |
4 Aug 1935Â | ShCh-307 was commissioned into service. |
9 Aug 1941Â | 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 1942Â | ShCh-307 attacked Finnish merchant ship Wanda in the Sea of Ã…land; both torpedoes missed. |
11 Oct 1942Â | ShCh-307 attacked an Axis convoy south of the Ã…land Islands in the Gulf of Finland; both torpedoes missed. |
21 Oct 1942Â | ShCh-307 attacked an Axis convoy in the Gulf of Finland; both torpedoes missed. |
26 Oct 1942Â | ShCh-307 sank Finnish merchant ship Betty H. south of the Ã…land Islands in the Gulf of Finland. |
16 Oct 1944Â | ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship; both torpedoes missed. |
3 Nov 1944Â | Off Akmenrags, Latvia, ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship at 2157 hours and another at 2213 hours; all four torpedoes missed. |
9 Jan 1945Â | 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 1945Â | ShCh-307 sank German merchant ship Henrietta Schulze southwest of Liepaja, Latvia. |
6 Mar 1945Â | 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 1948Â | ShCh-307 was decommissioned from service. |
28 Apr 1948Â | ShCh-307 was converted to a floating charging station with the new designation PZS-5. |
8 Apr 1957Â | ShCh-307 was struck from the naval register. |
5 Sep 1995Â | 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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Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937