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As economy of Russia and World continues to expand, especially in the automotive industry, demand for petroleum is growing, to limits that cannot yet be seen. Russian railroad system, despite investments since ending of Great War, cannot supply sufficient of Baku's output to Russian seaports. Russia is blessed with wide, slow rivers, but Volga does not access export ports.

To rectify this, work has commenced on canal to connect Don and Volga Rivers south of Tsarytsin. As planned, it will have depth of 8 meters and width of 90. Length of canal will be 80km, and canal will support 2-way traffic. Construction is being undertaken by work force of 40,000, and is expected to require five years to shift estimated 70 million cubic meters of earth.

Studies for canal system to connect Gulf of Finland and White Sea are also underway.

To ensure secure supply of ever-increasing demand for oil, exploration is underway on promising areas of the Ural Mountains near city of Perm. Transport of oil from Ural region would utilize Kama River.

To sail on new routes, Russian commercial shipbuilding companies will offer following ships for service on Caspian Sea and on Russia's internal waterways:

Oil Barge, laid down 1927

Length, 120.0 m x Beam, 28.0 m x Depth, 2.3 m
6233 tonnes normal displacement (5789 tonnes standard)

Main battery: 2 x 1.3-cm

Weight of broadside: 0 kg

Hull unarmored

Cargo - 3,000 metric tons. 6,470 GRT

Maximum speed for 3451 shaft kw = 14.00 knots
Approximate cruising radius, 8000 nm / 10 knots

Typical complement: 35-46


Estimated cost, $3.181 million (£795,000)

Remarks:

Magazines and engineering spaces are roomy, with superior
watertight subdivision.

Ship is roomy, with superior accommodation and working space.


Distribution of weights:
Percent
normal
displacement:

Machinery ........................ 146 tonnes = 2 pct
Hull and fittings; equipment ..... 2519 tonnes = 40 pct
Fuel, ammunition, stores ......... 568 tonnes = 9 pct
Miscellaneous weights ............ 3000 tonnes = 48 pct
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6233 tonnes = 100 pct

Estimated metacentric height, 2.9 m

Displacement summary:

Light ship: 5665 tonnes
Standard displacement: 5789 tonnes
Normal service: 6233 tonnes
Full load: 6563 tonnes

Loading submergence 2917 tonnes/metre

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Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:

Relative margin of stability: 1.57

Shellfire needed to sink: 866 kg = 28416.7 x 1.3-cm shells
(Approximates weight of penetrating
shell hits needed to sink ship,
not counting critical hits)

Torpedoes needed to sink: 3.7
(Approximates number of 'typical'
torpedo hits needed to sink ship)

Relative steadiness as gun platform, 50 percent
(50 percent is 'average')

Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.00

Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.05

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Hull form characteristics:

Block coefficient: 0.80
Sharpness coefficient: 0.55
Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 6.54
'Natural speed' for length = 19.8 knots
Power going to wave formation
at top speed: 30 percent


Estimated hull characteristics and strength:

Relative underwater volume absorbed by
magazines and engineering spaces: 61 percent

Relative accommodation and working space: 233 percent


Displacement factor: 189 percent
(Displacement relative to loading factors)


Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 1.00
(Structure weight per square
metre of hull surface: 364 kg)

Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.01
(for 4.20 m average freeboard)

Relative composite hull strength: 1.00

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]

393.60 x 91.84 x 7.54; 13.78 -- Dimensions
0.80 -- Block coefficient
1927 -- Year laid down
14.00 / 8000 / 10.00; Oil-fired turbine or equivalent -- Speed / radius / cruise
3000 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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2 x 0.51; 0 -- Main battery; turrets
Central positioning of guns
:
0 -- No secondary battery
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery
0 -- No fourth (light) battery
0 -- No torpedo armament
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0.00 -- No belt armor
0.00 / 0.00 -- Deck / CT
0.00 -- No battery armor


(Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)


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