Soviet submarine S-56


S-56 was an [Soviet Soviet S-class submarine|S-class submarine|S-class] submarine of the Soviet Navy during and after World War II. She was laid down by shipyard #194 in Leningrad on 24 November 1936, shipped in sections by rail to Vladivostok where it was reassembled by Dalzavod. She was launched on 25 December 1939 and commissioned on 20 October 1941 in the Pacific Fleet.
During World War II, the submarine was under the command of Captain Grigori Shchedrin and was moved from the Pacific Fleet to the Northern fleet across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the Panama Canal. After decommissioning, the submarine was turned into a museum ship.

Design

The Srednyaya or S-class submarine, also called Stalinets class, was an ocean-going diesel electric attack submarine. Its pressure hull had seven compartments, and the Series IX-bis submarine's displacement was while on the surface and while submerged. It had a length of, a beam of, and a draft of. It had two diesel engines to power it on the surface and two electric motors for when it was submerged, providing and, respectively, to the two propeller shafts. This gave it a speed of on the surface and while underwater, and the submarine had a range of. Its test depth was, and as armament it had six torpedo tubes, one deck gun, and one gun.
S-56 was part of the Series IX-bis, which was a modification of the original three boats of the S-class, the Series IX. The main difference between them was the replacement of German components used in Series IX with Soviet equivalents that could be manufactured domestically.

Commissioning

S-56 was laid down in Leningrad on 24 November 1936 before being shipped by rail to Vladivostok, where it was launched on 25 December 1939. The submarine was commissioned on 20 October 1941 with Grigory Shchedrin in command.

Service history

For her service, the submarine was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner and the Guards badge.
During the attack against Eurostadt, another torpedo hit and damaged the German freighter Wartheland but the ship was saved because the torpedo was a dud.