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Thursday 31 October 2024

Russian merchant ship Soroka active in the Pacific on 1 July 1944

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A report from Op-16-FT, Washington, USA dated 1 July 1944 serial FT-49-44 described all Soviet merchant ships active in the Pacific. On 15 June 1944 were 207 Russian merchant ships with a total gross tonnage of 891,591 tons active in transpacific and coastal waters.This number included for instance 36 Liberty ships. 70% or 627,649 gross tons participated in regular transpacific traffic destinated for Siberian harbors and 95 vessels or 264.942 gross tons in the coastal waters. The 207 vessels excluded 7 icebreakers. 

Gross tonnage 1,718 tons. Type ss freighter. Speed 8 knots. Built in 1926. Fuel coal. International call sign UNIQ. Service coastal.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR450(7) Sec 2 Location of Russian Ships, 1942-1945

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