Soviet monitor Zhelezniakov
Naval river monitor (1936–1960)
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Zhelezniakov (Russian: Железняков) was a river monitor of the Soviet Navy and the class leader of her six-ship class (Soviet designation Project SB-37).[1] Completed during the 1930s it participated in World War II and was the only one of its class that survived the war.[2]
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Zhelezniakov |
| Namesake | Anatoli Zhelezniakov |
| Laid down | 25 November 1934 |
| Launched | 22 November 1935 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1936 |
| Decommissioned | 10 September 1960 |
| Renamed | PSKL-4, 18 March 1958 |
| Reclassified | Hulk, 11 March 1958 |
| Fate |
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| Status | Memorial ship since 10 July 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | River monitor |
| Tonnage | 263 t (259 long tons; 290 short tons) |
| Length | 51.2 m (168 ft) |
| Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 8.3 kn (15 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Endurance | 3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) |
| Crew | 72 |
| Armament |
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| Armor | |
The ship was named after the Russian sailor Anatoli Zhelezniakov who was famous for being among those who dispersed the Russian Constituent Assembly in 1918 and his saying "The guard has grown weary".
In 1967 it was installed in the Sailor's Park at Rybalskyi Island as a memorial ship. The same year around the memorial ship was created the Sailor's Park (official name "To the sailor's of the Dnieper Flotilla"). The ship was a monument of science and technology, history with a protected number 260062-N until its removal from the State Register of Immovable Monuments in 2023.[3]
