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Alexander Marinesko

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Soviet naval officer (1913-1963)

Lived 1913 to 1963 · aged 50
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Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet career naval officer. During the last year of World War II, he became known as the captain of the submarine S-13, which sank the German military transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea in January 1945.

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Attack of the century. Death of Wilhelm Gustloff. Vladimir KosovAttack of the century. Death of Wilhelm Gustloff. Vladimir KosovMonument to Alexander Marinesko in St. PetersburgMonument to Alexander Marinesko in St. PetersburgAlexandru Marinescu on a Moldovan stampAlexandru Marinescu on a Moldovan stamp

Awards 11

1990Order of Lenin
1945Order of the Red Banner
1944Order of the Red Banner
1942Order of Lenin
1941Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Hero of the Soviet Union
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Submarine Commander badge

Connected to Alexander 6

Vasily ArkhipovAlso won Submarine Commander badgeAleksandr NovikovAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"Yulii KharitonAlso won Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"Pyotr KoshevoyAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"Aleksandr MoiseyevAlso won Submarine Commander badgeGeorgy TovstonogovAlso won Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

About this person

Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet career naval officer. During the last year of World War II, he became known as the captain of the submarine S-13, which sank the German military transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea in January 1945. It was evacuating soldiers, medics, and other military personnel of Army Group North, as well as civilians who wanted to flee to Germany. Around 9,300 of the more than 10,000 passengers and crew died.

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Lived 1913 to 1963 · aged 50
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