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''Gangut'' (") was a Russia n, later Soviet Battleship named after the Battle Of Gangut and giving its name to the Gangut Class of battleships. Laid on June 3 1909 in the Baltic Shipyard of St. Petersburg and launched on September 24 1911 . In the end of November, 1914 it was attached to the 2nd brigade of the Baltic Fleet battleships. During World War I the ship was stationed mainly in Helsingfors (now Helsinki , Finland ). On . In 1941 the ship was moved from Tallinn to Kronstadt and at the end of September to Leningrad . In 1941— 1945 , commanded by officers M. Z. Moskalenko, N. A. Petrischev and S. D. Soloukhin, it fired 1,140 shells of the main caliber. On July 22 , 1944 the battleship was awarded the Order Of The Red Banner , and henceforth was referred to as '' Red Banner Battleship "October Revolution"''. Since 1954 it was a Training Ship . In 1956 the ship was decommissioned. Its anchors and Antiaircraft Gun s are installed as monuments in the city park of Kronstadt. CHARACTERISTICS
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