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Part of Ayan-class. Served between 1937-1939 in the Far East Shipping Company, during the Second World War was this transport converted into a minelayer and part of the Pacific Fleet. Part of the Pioner- class coastal diesel cargo schooners built by Odessa Works. Ayan,Serp, Molot and Gizhaga were all used as coastal minesweepers. Length 242.8 feet.
Source
Far Eastern Sighting Guide ONI-F-31 FE
Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.
Budzbon, Prezemyslaw. Warships of the Soviet Fleet 1939-1945, Vol I-III.
Meister, Jürg. Soviet warships of the Second World War.
Rohwer, Jürgen. Stalin’s Ocean-going fleet.
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