Artem Class, Russian Destroyers


Specifications:


Tonnage

1440 tons standard displacement

Dimensions

312'6" by 30'6" by 10'6"
95.25mm by 9.30m by 3.20m

Maximum speed     

24 knots

Complement

160

Armament

4 4" guns
2 45mm guns
2 37mm guns
12 machine guns
6 18" torpedo tubes

Bunkerage

500 tons fuel oil

Range

2800 nautical miles (4500 km) at 15 knots

The Artems were obsolete destroyers of German design. It seems likely that Stalin participated in the Russian seizure of the Kuriles following Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration.


Units in the Pacific:

Stalin       Far East Flotilla


References

Whitley (1995)


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