German corvette Hiddensee
 Hiddensee as a museum ship
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| History | |
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 East Germany | |
| Name | Rudolf Egelhoffer |
| Builder | Petrovsky Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Laid down | 1984 |
| Commissioned | 1985 |
| Fate | Transferred to Germany, 1990 |
 Germany | |
| Name | Hiddensee (P6166) |
| Namesake | Hiddensee |
| Acquired | 1990 |
| Decommissioned | April 1991 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States, November 1991 |
 United States | |
| Name | USNS Hiddensee |
| Acquired | November 1991 |
| Commissioned | 14 February 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1996 |
| Fate | Museum ship from 14 June 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tarantul-class corvette |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 56 m (183 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) |
| Range | 1,650 nmi (3,060 km; 1,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Endurance | 10 days |
| Complement | 50 |
| Armament |
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Hiddensee is a former East German Navy corvette, now part of the Battleship Cove site at Fall River, Massachusetts. Originally a Soviet vessel, the corvette was transferred first to the East German Navy, then to the German Navy, and ended her career in the United States.
Ship history
The Tarantul I-class missile corvette was launched in 1984 at the Petrovsky Shipyard in Leningrad, Russia. She was commissioned in 1985 by the East German Volksmarine as Rudolf Egelhofer, but after the reunification of Germany in 1990, she was transferred to the German Navy, and renamed Hiddensee.[1]
After decommissioning in April 1991, she was transferred to the United States Navy. As USNS Hiddensee, the ship was extensively evaluated at the Naval Air Warfare Center at Solomons, Maryland, and used for naval exercises. Following naval budget cuts, the ship was removed from service in April 1996, and joined the Battleship Cove fleet on 14 June 1997.[2]
References
- ^ "Battleship Cove Exhibits". battleshipcove.com. 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "Hiddensee : A Soviet corvette serving the U.S. Navy". Haze Gray & Underway. 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
External links
- WilliamMaloney.com: Hiddensee Photos of the Hiddensee, Battleship Cove Naval Museum, Fall River, MA