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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-116 alongside 22 other soviet vessels, including sister ship TK-76. From here, it revived it’s first designation of TP-2.
Initially part of the Torpedo boat squadron, TP-2 eventually joined the Chaser squadron and finally the Torpedo Boat Training Group in Gdynia.
Like the TP-1, TP-2 changed names a few times. First change was to ST-82 from June 1952 followed by KT-82 in 1995 and finally 802 from January 1960.
In 1954, the boat underwent a refit, removing it’s SHVAK guns and it’s DSHK machine gun for two double 12.7 mm DSzK 2M-1 mounts.
In 1958, the boat was transferred to the Polish Naval Academy and remained until being struck from the naval register in 1963, August 31st.
Specifications:
Engines: 3 Packard diesel engines (3600 hp total)
Armament: 4x DSzK 2m-1 anti-aircraft machine guns, 2x depth charges launchers and 2x 533m torpedoes
Complement: 12
Top speed: 64.82km/h
Displacement: 32t (standard)
Length: 22.6m
Width: 4.1m
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