The Yevpatoriya Commercial Sea Port has received an application from the Crimean Sea Agency Shuttle-Trans Ltd to accept this summer the Astoria cruise ship flying the flag of Portugal with more than 500 foreign tourists on board.
The ship will follow the route Odessa - Yevpatoriya - Yalta and will make calls to Yevpatoriya on July 17 and 23, the port press service said. And since its dimensions will not allow mooring at the berths of the port, the ship will anchor in the area of \u200b\u200banchorage No. 382, \u200b\u200bfrom where passengers will be delivered ashore by ship.
“Despite the very modern look of the cruise ship, Astoria has a rich history,” says port supervisor Dmitry Dudchik in his microblog. - In the past, the transatlantic liner, the ship was subjected to major alterations in 1994, after which it turned into a cruise ship. In 2005, it was again modernized in accordance with the latest requirements of the cruise industry and sailed in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, the Caribbean, participated in round-the-world cruises, transporting passengers from Australia, the UK, Germany and many other countries. "
For its long life, the liner has experienced many ups and downs. For example, a pirate attack in 2008. But the ship experienced the most vivid and dramatic event in its “past” life, when it bore the name “Stokholm”. And even now, almost half a century after that story, Italians and Britons call it the “Ship of Death.” It was built in Gothenburg for the Swedish line of America in 1948. At that time, it was Sweden's largest passenger ship, flying to New York.
July 26, 1956, near the island of Nantucket (Massachusetts), after 8 days of travel, at the end of the route, the new Italian transatlantic liner Andrea Doria, coming from Genoa (Italy) to New York, entered a zone of dense fog. Contrary to the rules, he walked at high speed. At the same time, the Swedish liner Stockholm left New York. In the fog, the Stockholm captain noticed Andrea Doria too late. The ship went straight and to avoid a collision, the helmsman of Stockholm took to the left. And at Andrea Doria, noticing the approaching Stockholm, they gave the command to turn right. But a clash was inevitable.
Stockholm's nose pierced the 7 decks of Andrea Doria. The ship tilted heavily to starboard. At approximately 10:30 p.m., SOS signals were transmitted from both airliners. The first to come to the rescue was the huge liner "Ile de France" and the fructose ship "Cape Ann." The affected Stockholm also participated in saving people from Andrea Doria. On the morning of July 26, all passengers - 1660 people, except for 46 people who died during the impact, were saved. And the huge modern 213-meter airliner Andrea Doria sank 11 hours after the collision ...
An investigation into the causes of the disaster lasted a long time, but the perpetrators were not identified. The main reason is considered to be a mistake in the navigation of the crews of both vessels. If the tragedy did not happen on a busy stretch of shipping routes, it is quite possible that the story of the Titanic would be repeated.
The Yevpatoriya Commercial Sea Port has received an application from the Crimean Sea-based Shuttle Trans Ltd agency to receive the Astoria cruise ship flying the Portuguese flag this summer with more than 500 foreign tourists on board, the Center for Journalistic Investigations reports.
The ship will follow the route Odessa - Yevpatoriya - Yalta and will make calls to Yevpatoriya on July 17 and 23, the press service of the seaport said. And since the dimensions of the ship will not allow him to moor at the berths of the port, he will anchor in the area of \u200b\u200banchorage No. 382, \u200b\u200bfrom where passengers will be brought ashore by ship.
“Despite the very modern look of the cruise ship, Astoria has a rich history,” says port supervisor Dmitry Dudchik in his microblog. - In the past, the transatlantic liner, the ship was subjected to major alterations in 1994, after which it turned into a cruise ship. In 2005, it was again modernized in accordance with the latest requirements of the cruise industry and sailed in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas, the Caribbean, participated in round-the-world cruises, transporting passengers from Australia, the UK, Germany and many other countries. "
For its long life, the liner has experienced many ups and downs. For example, a pirate attack in 2008. Nevertheless, the ship experienced the most striking event in its “past” life, when it bore the name “Stokholm”. And even now, almost half a century after that story, Italians and Britons call it the “Ship of Death.” It was built in Gothenburg for the Swedish line of America in 1948. At that time, it was Sweden's largest passenger ship, flying to New York.
July 26, 1956, near the island of Nantucket (Massachusetts), after 8 days of travel, at the end of the route, Italy’s new transatlantic airliner “Andrea Doria”, coming from Genoa (Italy) to New York, entered a zone of dense fog. Contrary to the rules, he walked at high speed. At the same time, the Swedish liner Stockholm left New York. In the fog, the Stockholm captain noticed Andrea Doria too late. The ship went straight and to avoid a collision, the helmsman of Stockholm took to the left. And on “Andrea Doria”, noticing the approaching “Stockholm”, they gave the command to turn right. Nevertheless, a clash was inevitable.
The nose of Stockholm broke through 7 decks of Andrea Doria. The ship tilted heavily to starboard. At approximately 10:30 p.m., “SOS” signals were transmitted from both airliners. The first to come to the rescue was the huge liner “Ile de France” and the fructose ship “Cape Ann”. The affected Stockholm also participated in saving people from Andrea Doria. On the morning of July 26, all passengers - 1660 people, except for 46 people who died during the impact, were saved. And the huge modern 213-meter airliner Andrea Doria sank 11 hours after the collision ...
Investigation of the causes of the disaster lasted a long time, however, the perpetrators were not identified. The main reason is considered to be a mistake in the navigation of the crews of both vessels. If the tragedy did not happen on a busy stretch of shipping routes, it is quite possible that the story of the Titanic would be repeated.
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Cruise liner MV “Azores” IMO: 5383304, flag of Portugal, port of registry of Madeira, was built in 1948, building number 611. Shipbuilder: Gotaverken Cityvarvet, Gothenburg, Sweden. Owner: Portuscale Cruises.
Displacement of 16144 tons. Deadweight 2020 tons. Length 160 meters, width 21 meters, draft 7.6 meters. Maximum speed 19 knots. It has 8 decks. Can accommodate 556 passengers.
In October 1944, Swedish America Line signed a contract with the shipbuilding company Götaverken for the construction of the liner. Construction was carried out at the Götaverken shipyard in Gothenburg, Sweden, under building number 611. Launching took place on September 09, 1946. On the same day, a baptismal ceremony was held. The liner received the name "Stockholm". February 7, 1948 he was transferred to the customer. February 21, 1948 put into operation. The liner became the largest passenger ship built in Sweden at that time. It was originally intended to carry 395 people. After the reconstruction, carried out in 1953, the ship began to accommodate 548 passengers.
July 25, 1956 at 23:10 local time, the Stockholm airliner, in conditions of heavy fog off the coast of New York, collided with the Italian-owned Andrea Doria transatlantic airliner, which sank 11 hours after the collision. Stockholm liner suffered severe nose damage, but was able to arrive in New York on July 27th. Repair of the bow took three months and cost $ 1 million.
On January 3, 1960, the Stockholm liner was sold to the German Democratic Republic's VEB Deutsche Seereederei and renamed the Völkerfreundschaft. The liner was operated until 1985, after which it was transferred to the Panamanian company Neptunus Rex Enterprises and renamed “Volker”. At the end of 1986, the liner was joked in Southampton, England. The ship was subsequently used as a barracks ship in Oslo for asylum seekers in Norway under the name “Fridtjof Nansen”.
In 1989, the liner was sold to the Italian company StarLauro and towed to Genoa. The liner was upgraded above the waterline, taking into account the modern design of the cruise ship. From 1993 to 1994, went under the name "Italia I". From 1994 to 1998 he went under the name "Italia Prima", and from 1998 to 2002 under the name "Valtur Prima".
In 2002, the liner was acquired by Festival Cruises and renamed “Caribe”. The liner cruised to Cuba.
In 2005, the liner was renamed Athena and went under the flag of Portugal, with the port of registry of Madeira. The liner came under the control of the Portuguese company Classic International Cruises.
On December 3, 2008, the Athena liner was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The pirate attack was repelled. As a result of the attack, no one was hurt and the ship continued its cruise to Australia.
On September 14, 2012, the liner was arrested in Marseille, France, due to unpaid fuel bills and did not pay wages to its crew members.
In early 2013, the liner was acquired by the newly created Portuguese cruise company Portuscale Cruises and renamed to Azores. After the transaction, the ship was delivered to the shipyard in Marseille for renovation.
On May 20, 2014, the liner under the new name “Azores” first arrived at the Sea Facade Passenger Port of St. Petersburg.
In 2016, CMV renamed the liner to “Astoria”. On June 21, the liner under a new name the first call at the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg.
USS Astoria (CA-34)
Historical data
Total information
EU
real
dock
Reservation
Armament
Main caliber artillery
- 9 (3x3) - 203/55 mm.
Universal artillery
- 8 - 127/25 mm.
Anti-aircraft weapons
- 8 (2x4) - 12.7 mm;
- 16 (4x4) - 28 mm;
- 12 - 20 mm.
Aviation
- 2 catapults;
- 4 aircraft.
Ships of the same type
History of creation
Prerequisites for the creation
The US Navy tried to solve the problem associated with the limit on the displacement of cruisers of 10,000 tons, defined by the Washington Naval Treaty. The original concept was that a cruiser equipped with 203 mm guns would engage in lighter targets at relatively short distances, surpassing them more in the weight of a second salvo than in range. It was assumed that at such a distance it would be difficult to protect the ship from the fire of 203 mm guns without exceeding the limit.
However, with the development of effective fire control systems, the battle distance between two cruisers could increase to the point where such armor protection could become feasible - the General Council came to this conclusion, as a result of which the design of a new type of cruisers was started - Astoriawhich will later be renamed and become known as New orleans .
Design
To the beginning of work on cruisers of the type Astoria (New orleans), The General Council was already concerned about the insufficient booking of its heavy cruisers. However, by that time it was known that cruisers of the type Northampton they turned out to be “underloaded” and had a standard displacement of about 1000 tons below the limit. A preliminary draft of the new type of cruiser was presented on January 25, 1930 and approved two months later.
Design description
Housing
In the new building, it was decided to abandon the echelon arrangement of power plants in favor of a linear one. This made the case noticeably shorter than its predecessors. Compared to them, it looked much more compact. Heavy cruiser length USS Astoria It was 179 m, standard displacement - 9950 tons.
Reservation
Due to the reduction in the length of the engine compartments, it was possible to reduce the length of the armor belt, while increasing its thickness. The thickness of the armored belt was 127 mm, and the height was 4.36 m. To the lower edge, it thinned to 76 mm. Bow and stern cellars were covered with armored belts, 102 mm thick, with a decrease to 76 mm to the lower edge. The thickness of the armored deck was 57 mm, armored turret armor: forehead 203 mm, roof 70 mm, walls 95 - 37 mm, rear 37 mm. The weight of the armor was 1507 tons, or 15% of the displacement. The free maneuvering zone under fire of 203 mm guns at a heading angle of 60 ° lay in the range of 11 - 20 km.
Armament
USS Astoria was armed with 9 203-mm main-caliber guns, which were mounted in 3 three-gun towers. Also on the cruiser were installed 8 127 mm guns of universal caliber. The composition of aviation weapons was 2 catapults and 4 aircraft. Anti-aircraft weapons initially consisted of 8 12.7 mm machine guns Browning, 4 on the bow and stern bridge. In 1942 USS Astoria was modernized, and anti-aircraft weapons were strengthened. Added 12 20 mm guns and 4 anti-aircraft mounts with quad 28 mm guns.
Service History
Interwar period
USS Astoria (left) maneuvers with USS Indianapolis, USS San Francisco, USS New Orleans
USS Astoria was commissioned on April 28, 1934. His trial voyage took place in the Pacific Ocean, where he visited Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and Australia, before reaching San Francisco in September 1934. From then on, and until February 1937, he served in the 7th Cruising Division, after which she joined the 6th Cruising Division, which was part of the reconnaissance forces. While serving in this division, he visited Japan, returning the remains of Ambassador Saito Hiroshi after his death in 1939. After Japan, he visited Shanghai, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Guam, and reached the port of Pearl Harbor in October 1939, which became his home port.
The beginning of the Second World War
After growing tensions in the Pacific in early December 1941, Admiral Kimmel Hazbend, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, heightened his concern about defending his remote bases. He ordered the reinforcements, in the form of carrier-based aircraft, to be transported to the Wake and Midway Islands, assigning the TF.12 compound to this mission. 5th of December USS Astoria was part of TF.12 led by an aircraft carrier USS Lexington .
USS Astoria was en route when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th. Immediately after this event, the delivery mission was canceled, and the TF.12 compound spent several days combing the territory with the order to intercept and destroy any enemy ship in the immediate vicinity of Pearl Harbor. USS Astoria returned to port on December 13th. After three days USS Astoria joined TF.14 as part of the reinforcements for Wake Island. However, on December 23, the island was captured by the Japanese, and reinforcements were recalled.
December, 31st USS Astoria became part of TF.11 formed by an aircraft carrier USS Saratoga however, on January 11, the aircraft carrier was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine I-6, and USS Astoria together with other escort ships, they were forced to cover the aircraft carrier until he returned to port.
After a short respite, the TF.11 compound is already led by an aircraft carrier USS Lexington went to sea on an offensive patrol. The unit was ordered to meet with the tanker USS Neches and carry out an air raid on Wake Island. However, it later became clear that USS Neches was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, and without a load of fuel TF.11 could not fulfill the planned strike.
February 16th USS Astoria transferred to TF.17 led by an aircraft carrier USS Yorktown . Soon TF.17 connected to TF.11 ( USS Lexington) for the raid on Rabaul, but the raid was canceled due to the landing of Japanese forces on Lae and Salamaua. The Americans responded by placing aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Papua and starting to send planes across the island to attack enemy ships. The raids on Lae and Salamahua, which involved 104 aircraft, were devastating for the Japanese forces, which suffered serious damage.
Battle in the coral sea
USS Lexington is drowning. Not a single person was lost while leaving the ship
USS Astoria acted as part of TF.17 in the Coral Sea in March - April 1942. On May 1, TF.17 and TF.11 reunited. On May 3, Rear Admiral Fletcher received information about the Japanese occupation of Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. The next day USS Astoria covered the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown during an air raid on enemy ships parked in Tulagi. Admiral Fletcher first considered sending a cruiser USS Astoria and USS Chesterto finish off the crippled ships, but hesitated, and in the end decided to keep all forces concentrated and ready for new actions.May 7th USS Astoria covered again USS Yorktown which together with the aircraft carrier USS Lexington discovered and sunk a Japanese aircraft carrier IJN Shōhō. May 8th USS Astoria and other cover ships were preparing to repel the counterattack expected from Japanese aircraft carriers Ijn zuikaku and IJN Shōkaku. Around 11:00, enemy aircraft discovered TF.17 and quickly went on the attack.
Japanese pilots concentrated on aircraft carriers. During the first phase of the attack, torpedo bombers participated, and during the second - torpedo bombers and dive bombers. USS Astoria assisted in installing obstructive fire over an aircraft carrier USS Lexington, and later shifted to cover the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. According to shooters, they shot down at least four enemy aircraft. As a result of the battle USS Lexington, injured by hits, internal explosions and fire, lost speed, and at 16.39 an order was given to leave the ship.
Although the Americans lost USS Lexington, a strategic victory was achieved over the Japanese due to the frustration of the invasion of Port Moresby.
Battle of Midway Atoll
Shot from the deck of USS Yorktown. USS Astoria comes closer to help a crashed aircraft carrier
Battle of Savo Island
At the beginning of August USS Astoria was reassigned to TG 62.3, to cover landings in Guadalcanal and Tulagi. August 7 and 8 USS Astoria covered the landing of infantry and helped protect military transport from attacks by Japanese aircraft.
On the night of August 9, the Japanese armed forces under the command of Rear Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, in the person of seven cruisers and a destroyer, crept to the island of Savo and attacked American ships. USS Astoria patrol east of the island, being in a column behind USS Vincennes and USS Quincy .
A Japanese photograph in which USS Quincy is spotlighted and from which puffs of smoke fall. Also on the right is the bow of the USS Astoria, which is also under serious fire.
Around 01.40, Japanese forces went west of the island and opened fire on USS Chicago and Hmas canberra, hitting both cruisers and torpedoes, and shells. After that, they turned to the northeast, because of which they passed not far from USS Astoria and his two escort ships.
At 01.50, Japanese cruisers opened fire. USS Astoria He returned fire immediately, although he stopped firing for a short period of time, fearing that he would fire on his own. For the first four volleys USS Astoria did not receive a single hit, but the fifth volley hit the superstructure. Immediately after this, enemy shells knocked out the GK # 1 tower, and a fire started in the airplane hangar, which was an excellent self-luminous target.
From this moment on, well-aimed shots of Japanese guns mercilessly hit after hit, and soon USS Astoria started to lose speed. At 02.01 USS Astoria turned right to leave the line of fire USS Quincy. After some time, as a result of maneuvers, USS Astoria I had to put the wheel all the way to the left to avoid a collision with USS Quincywhich by that time was blazing from bow to stern. When the ships missed each other, USS Astoria came under the spotlight of a Japanese cruiser IJN Kinugasa . An order was given to destroy the searchlight, and the twelfth and final salvo thundered. Shells missed Kinugasabut hit and destroyed the cruiser’s gun turret IJN Chōkai .
At 02.25 USS Astoria began to leave in a zigzag course south. The cruiser did not manage to advance far and, having lost all its power, he soon stopped. Fortunately, it was at that moment that the Japanese forces decided to retreat.
Drowning
After receiving at least 65 hits, the team USS Astoria began to fight to save the ship. The wounded were moved to the captain's cabin, where doctors began to help them. At 03.30 a short heavy rain fell and reduced the intensity of combustion. But even this was not enough to take control of the fire. At 04.45, the destroyer approached USS Bagley and evacuated survivors, including those who were forced to jump overboard, fleeing a fire.At 07.00 the destroyer approached USS Hopkins to help rescue the ship. After securing the tow rope, he deployed the cruiser, trying to tow it in shallow water. At 9.00 came up USS Wilson and tried to support fire fighting.
Nevertheless, the fire on the lower decks steadily spread and explosions were heard every now and then. The cruiser tilt increased to 10 °, and then to 15 °. The feed was immersed in water, and the nose was bullying. All attempts to patch holes proved to be ineffective due to fires and increasing incline. At noon, an order was given to leave the ship. At 12.15 the cruiser completely disappeared under the sea surface. Officially, 219 people are considered dead or missing.
Commanders
- Edmund S. Root 1934-1935
Newspaper issue October 13, 1942. Only after more than two months did the public learn about the disaster that occurred on August 8-9
- C.M. Austin 1935-1937
- Charles C. Gill 1937-1938
- Richmond K. Turner 1938-1940
- Preston B. Haines 1940-1941
- Francis W. Scanland 1941-1942
- William G. Greenman 1942 Wounded in battle
Awards
The cruiser earned 3 battle stars.
see also
Literature and sources of information
Literature
- Patyanin S.V. Dashyan A.V. et al. Cruisers of the Second World War. Hunters and defenders. - M: Collection, Yauza, Eksmo, 2007. -