german cruiser heavy cruiser nazi_germany kriegsmarine fifth final member admiral hipper class completed ship laid august launched july soviet_union requested purchase ship kriegsmarine agreed sale february transfer completed april vessel incomplete sold soviet_union half main battery guns installed superstructure missing september work ship delayed poor german soviet operation crew training provision technical literature enable completion ship carried shipyards unfinished germany invaded soviet_union june ship briefly took defense providing artillery support soviet defenders heavily damaged german artillery september sunk april raised september repairs effected ship renamed soviet counter offensive relieved end war ship stationary training platform floating barracks broken scrap construction ordered kriegsmarine shipyard bremen originally designed light cruiser version admiral hipper class heavy cruisers armed guns instead admiral hipper guns kriegsmarine decided complete ship admiral hipper november keel laid august construction number ship launched july completed meters long overall beam maximum draft ship design displacement long tons short tons load displacement long tons short tons powered sets geared steam turbines supplied steam ultra high pressure oil fired boilers ship speed knots mph shaft horsepower designed standard complement consisted officers enlisted men primary armament guns mounted twin gun turrets placed superfiring pairs forward aft anti aircraft battery consisted guns guns guns ship carried pair triple torpedo launchers abreast rear superstructure ship equipped catapult armored belt thick upper deck thick main armored deck thick main battery turrets thick faces thick sides service history october soviet_union approached germany request purchase unfinished admiral hipper class cruisers plans german capital ships naval artillery naval technology kriegsmarine denied request agreed sell gun turrets weaponry price heavy cruiser set million nearly double original cost vessel complete technical specifications results engine trials spare parts included sale eighty percent material provided months transfer remainder provided months renamed original contract transfer soviet_union february agreement concluded fitting bremen main battery guns transferred german army placed railway dismantled returned bremen ship towed april private german company navies agreed germany responsible naval escort included destroyers smaller vessels rear admiral placed command operation led advisory commission assigned assist soviet effort complete ship time ship arrived forward gun turrets installed bridge superstructure incomplete secondary guns installed anti aircraft guns soviet navy renamed ship september designated construction effort complete ship vessel design provided basis planned heavy cruiser designated ship canceled work began training soviet crew ship proved contentious soviets wanted personnel trained germany germans preferred sending instructors soviet_union language barriers inexperience international training missions hampered training effort sea trials scheduled begin late according training program soviet crew begin training month trials decided soviet officers train german naval schools fall officers train aboard ship commissioned trials german instructors sent train engine room personnel time commissioning relevant german training technical sent albeit german time germany invaded soviet_union june incomplete floating battery defense august year ships including cruiser joined advancing germans september ship fired german forces city fired forward main battery turrets operational rounds ammunition attack september ship disabled german heavy artillery hit times ship forced beach avoid sinking april launched major attack soviet naval forces struck ships harbor hit suffering damage raised ship september towed repaired ship returned service support soviet counter offensive relieve siege ship completed stationary training ship end war later floating barracks renamed date disposal uncertain reports ship survived broken scrap conway world fighting ships states vessel scrapped reports ship broken
German cruiser Lützow (1939)