The soviet freight-and passenger ship VOLOGDA before rebuild by Yard VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar / GDR.
Orig. built by J.W.Klawitter Betriebsgesellschaft, Danzig (Yard-No. 441), launch. 06-03-1930, deliv. to Severnoye Morskoye Parochodstvo, Arkhangelsk /USSR: -06-1930 as Freight-and Passengership. 15-07-1941 drawn to the Severniy Flot (Soviet Navy) as Guard-Ship for White Sea and Barents Sea: 20-09-1941 , 20-12-1941 Pennant No. GS-3, 10-03-1947 returned to owner, 18-10-1952 arrived Wismar to Rebuilding, from 27-10-1952 to10-02-1955 rebuilding by VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft. 07-08-1975 from the list of the shipping company stroked and when accommodation-ship PKZ-22 uses ( North fleet /Severniy Flot of the Soviet Navy). 22-06-1981 sold to scrapped.

Follow the German translation WOLOGDA usual at that time of the name writing in the bow, only after the world war II it was carried out to write English.

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Foto: -03-1931 Leningrad - coll. Wolfgang Kramer