Minsk

Minsk was one of six Leningrad-class destroyer leaders built for the Soviet Navy during the 1930s, one of the three Project 38 variants. Completed in 1939, the ship was assigned to the Baltic Fleet and played a minor role in the Winter War against Finland in 1939–1940. After the start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Minsk covered minelaying operations and provided naval gunfire support to Soviet units. She escorted ships during the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, Estonia, in late August. The ship was sunk by German dive bombers on 23 September, although her wreck was salvaged in 1942 and repaired. Minsk was recommissioned in 1943 but the repairs were not completed until the following year. The ship was reclassified as a training ship in 1951, then became a target ship in 1958 and was sunk that year.

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Minsk
speed 36 knot, 
Leningrad-class destroyer, flotilla leader, Severnaya Verf, Soviet Navy, 

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1938-11-10T00:00:00Z

1938-11-10T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1935-11-06T00:00:00Z

1935-11-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1934-10-05T00:00:00Z

1934-10-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

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Frameless

Лидер "Минск" выходит из аванпорта на учение. КБФ

Destroyer Minsk

Destroyer Minsk

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Лидер "Минск" выходит из аванпорта на учение. КБФ		Commons
commons	image		Destroyer Minsk		Commons
commons	image		Destroyer Minsk		Commons