MV Stary Bolshevik

MV *Stary Bolshevik*
History
Soviet Union
Name	Stary Bolshevik
Owner	People's Commissariat for Water Transport (1933–1939); People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet (since 1939);
Operator	Sovtorgflot's Baltic Directorate (1933–1935); Baltic Sea Shipping Company (1935–1939); Murmansk Shipping Company (1939–1942);
Ordered	July 1, 1931
Builder	Severnaya Verf, Leningrad
Launched	1932
In service	January 1933
Out of service	1942
Fate	Commissioned by the Northern Fleet, May 1942; Transferred to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company;
→ Soviet Union
Name	Stary Bolshevik
Owner	People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet
Operator	Northern Fleet
Commissioned	May 1942
Decommissioned	July 1943
Honors and; awards	Order of Lenin
Fate	Returned to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company
Soviet Union
Name	Stary Bolshevik
Owner	People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet
Operator	Far-Eastern Shipping Company
In service	July 1943
Out of service	August 1945
Fate	Commissioned by the Pacific Fleet
Soviet Union
Name	Stary Bolshevik
Owner	People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet
Operator	Pacific Fleet
Commissioned	August 1945
Decommissioned	September 1945
Fate	Returned to the Far-Eastern Shipping Company
Soviet Union
Name	Stary Bolshevik
Owner	People's Commissariat of the Maritime Fleet (until 1946); Ministry of the Maritime Fleet (1946–1953, 1954–1969); Ministry of the Maritime and River Fleet (1953–1954);
Operator	Far-Eastern Shipping Company
In service	September 1945
Out of service	1969
Identification	IMO number: 5338945
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Volgoles-class timber carrier
Tonnage	3,974 GRT; 5,920 t (5,830 long tons) DWT;
Displacement	8,130 t (8,000 long tons; 8,960 short tons)
Length	111.1 m (364 ft 6 in)
Beam	15.7 m (51 ft 6 in)
Draft	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power	1,800 PS (1,780 hp)
Propulsion	1 × Sulzer diesel engine
Speed	10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Capacity	5,500 t (5,400 long tons; 6,100 short tons)
Crew	34
Armament	Since the end of 1941: 3 × 45 mm (1.8 in) anti-aircraft guns; 2 × twin 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns; ; After repair in the USA: 1 × 5 in (127 mm) naval gun; 4–6 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; ;

Soviet ship Stary Bolshevik (Russian: Старый большевик, lit. 'Old Bolshevik') was a Soviet motor vessel, a timber carrier of the Volgoles class. It took part in several Arctic convoys of World War II as a general-purpose cargo ship. For the heroic actions while taking part in Convoy PQ 16 the ship was awarded the Order of Lenin, its captain, first mate, and helmsman were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, and the whole crew were awarded various orders and medals.