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History: The D-3 class torpedo boats were the successors to the G-5 class and developed from the D-2. Work begun in 1935 and the first boat was completed in 1939.
TK-76 was one of these boats, commissioned in July 4th 1943, she served in the Baltic fleet from what seems to be an uneventful career.
In 1946, the USSR transfer TK-76 alongside 22 other soviet vessels, including sister ship TK-116. From here, it revived it’s first designation of TP-1.
During Polish service, the boat was initially part of the Torpedo boat group, then the third group of the Chaser squadron in approx 1953 and finally the torpedo boat training squadron. The ships designation also changed quite a bit. In June 1952 the name ST-81 was used, then KT-81 from 1955 and finally 801 in January 1960.
In 1954, the boat underwent a refit, replacing it’s Oerlikon and Brownings with 2x twin DSHKM mounts as well as altering the plating and superstructure.
In 1958, the boat was given to the Polish Naval Academy as part of the Torpedo Boat Training Group in Gdynia before being stuck from the naval register on the 31st of August 1963.
Specifications:
Engines: 3 Packard diesel engines (3600 hp total)
Armament: 1x 20mm Oerlikon, 4x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns, 2x depth charges launchers and 2x 533m torpedoes
Complement: 12
Top speed: 64.82km/h
Displacement: 32t (standard)
Length: 22.6m
Width: 1.6m
Sources:
Witold Koszela: Ships of the Polish Fleet
Mieczysław Serafin: Polish Navy 1945-2007. Chronicle of events
Marek Soroka: Polish Warships 1945-1980
Jarosław Ciślak: Polish Navy 1995: ships, aircraft and helicopters, armament, organization