![]() U-359 as a museum ship in Nakskov in 2008.
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History | |
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Name | S-174, RZS-359,PZS-359 [1] |
Ordered | 1953 [1] |
Launched | 1954 [1] |
Completed | 1954 [1] |
Decommissioned | 1993 [2] |
In service | 1954 [2] |
Out of service | 1993 [2] |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Whiskey-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) [3] |
Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) [3] |
Height | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) [3] |
Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) [3] |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric [3] |
Speed | |
Armament | 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes [3] |
Soviet submarine U-359 (originally named S-174, and later known as RZS-359 and PZS-359 before arriving in Denmark) [1] was a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine built in 1953 and in service until 1993. [2] After decommissioning, it was acquired by a Danish project for unemployed youth interested in turning it into a cultural site and tourist attraction. [4]
In 1991, a project for unemployed youth in Kolding, Denmark called The Rolling Gallery asked then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to donate a submarine as a symbol of peace between the East and the West. The project proposed to use it as a cultural site and tourist attraction. [4] Gorbachev agreed with the proposal, but it took three years and a payment of $110,000 to the Russian government before the vessel arrived in Kolding. [4]
Residents were not happy with the having the submarine in the harbor, and after much debate and press coverage Kolding gave the submarine to the town of Nakskov in 1997. [4] However, financial difficulties plagued the project and the plans for an experience center were not realized. The submarine fund attempted to move to Frederikshavn, but Nakskov would not cooperate. [5] The sub served as a tourist attraction in Nakskov until 2010. In April 2011, it was towed to Fredrikshavn to be chopped up for scrap. [2]
![]() U-359 as a museum ship in Nakskov in 2008.
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History | |
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Name | S-174, RZS-359,PZS-359 [1] |
Ordered | 1953 [1] |
Launched | 1954 [1] |
Completed | 1954 [1] |
Decommissioned | 1993 [2] |
In service | 1954 [2] |
Out of service | 1993 [2] |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Whiskey-class submarine |
Displacement |
|
Length | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) [3] |
Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) [3] |
Height | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) [3] |
Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) [3] |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric [3] |
Speed | |
Armament | 10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes [3] |
Soviet submarine U-359 (originally named S-174, and later known as RZS-359 and PZS-359 before arriving in Denmark) [1] was a Soviet Whiskey-class submarine built in 1953 and in service until 1993. [2] After decommissioning, it was acquired by a Danish project for unemployed youth interested in turning it into a cultural site and tourist attraction. [4]
In 1991, a project for unemployed youth in Kolding, Denmark called The Rolling Gallery asked then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to donate a submarine as a symbol of peace between the East and the West. The project proposed to use it as a cultural site and tourist attraction. [4] Gorbachev agreed with the proposal, but it took three years and a payment of $110,000 to the Russian government before the vessel arrived in Kolding. [4]
Residents were not happy with the having the submarine in the harbor, and after much debate and press coverage Kolding gave the submarine to the town of Nakskov in 1997. [4] However, financial difficulties plagued the project and the plans for an experience center were not realized. The submarine fund attempted to move to Frederikshavn, but Nakskov would not cooperate. [5] The sub served as a tourist attraction in Nakskov until 2010. In April 2011, it was towed to Fredrikshavn to be chopped up for scrap. [2]