The ship was built in the Gda?sk Shipyard as one of over eighty !!! units of the B31 series. (B-31/VI/53). The construction was completed and the ship was handed over to the owner in July 1958 .
It was a very long series of ships, the first of which was named VORKUTA (Modified version of the coal carrier B-31 (s/s DONBAS was the first).15 vessels in this series have been converted for the transport and processing of fish. One of those rebuilt was a steamer Salomeya Neris. Originally the ship's home port was Klaipeda, later NEVELSK and finally KORSAKOV.The ship died as a wreck south of Sakhalin (near ITURUP island).
Vessel details (Based on data from s/s VORKUTA.)
GRT - 3270 RT
NRT - 1880 RT
Displacement:7580 t
DWt: 4940 t
Carrying capacity : 1950 t
LOA: 108.25m Lpp : 103.48m Breadth molded : 14.68m Max draft : 6.63 m
propulsion :Double expansion steam engine (Zgoda MC10a) with exhaust steam turbine (Zgoda TP9.5).
Main drive with a power of 1850 + 650 hP - productionPolish - Zak?ady ZGODA ?WI?TOCHLOWICE .
Steam boilers, fired with fuel oil of the BABCOCK-WILCOX system.
max. SPEED 11.5 knots ;Classification Society: MRS

Holds: 4 Cargo hatches: 4
Crew: Unable to find crew numbers for this Soviet-operated ship.
The crew of the s/s SZCZECIN (B31/II/11 - original version; coal carrier) operated by the Polish shipowner (P?M) consisted of 33 to 36 people at various periods.
Taking into account the specificity of the ship for the transport and processing of fish, as well as the specificity of the flag country (Soviet Union), it should be assumed that the number of crew on the s/s SALOMEYA NERIS was significantly higher than on the ship under the Polish flag.