A lighter-tender is a shallow-draft vessel with a simplified hull design. Such vessels were built during the Great Patriotic War at the Admiralty shipyards, the Baltic plant, and the Northern shipyard. This was announced by the press service of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) on the eve of Victory Day.
The lighter-tender is one of the symbols of besieged Leningrad. The vessels participated in major landing operations on Ladoga and in the Gulf of Finland. They became a salvation for thousands of evacuated residents of besieged Leningrad.
Soviet designers developed the drawings for these vessels in just 10 days. The main advantages of lighter-tenders were speed, maneuverability, and the ability to approach an undeveloped shore.
In the first navigation season alone on the "Road of Life" (across Lake Ladoga), self-propelled lighter-tenders made more than 10,000 trips. The vessels delivered 158,000 tons of food and ammunition to Leningrad.
They were also used for evacuation. It is noteworthy that the fascist invaders were unable to sink a single vessel with provisions and people.
One of the 116 lighters built at the Admiralty shipyards during the war is located in the exposition of the memorial museum "Road of Life" in the village of Osinovets. It was opened on September 12, 1972, in the former bakery.
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