Pyotr Lebedev (research vessel) explained

-- full code --> Ship Name: Chapayev^[1] Ship Builder: Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan, Turku, Finland Ship Yard Number: 1002 Ship Laid Down: 16 April 1956 Ship Acquired: 3 April 1957 Hide Header: title Ship Country: Soviet Union Ship Name: Pyotr Lebedev Ship Namesake: Pyotr Lebedev Ship In Service: 1966 Ship Out Of Service: 1977 Hide Header: title Ship Country: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ship Name: Pyotr Lebedev Ship Type: Research vessel/survey vessel

Pyotr Lebedev is a research vessel, built at Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan in Turku, Finland, originally as a merchant vessel Chapayev in 1957. She was subsequently acquired for the Soviet Union and refitted as a research ship.^[2] The vessel was owned and operated by the Andreev Acoustics Institute, and was used to make hydrophysical observations of the Atlantic Ocean such as during the Polygon experiment.^[3] Pyotr Lebedev possessed five on-board laboratories used to study hydroacoustics, hydrology, hydrobiology, hydrochemistry, and electronics.^[3] The ship was active as a research vessel from 1967 until 1977.^[4] She is current registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.^[1]

References

• Book: Brekhovskikh, Leonid Maksimovich. Ocean and Man: Present and Future. 1990. Moscow. Nauka Publishers. 5-02-022266-6.
• Book: Tatusko. R.. Levitus. S.. Russian Marine Expeditionary Investigations of the World Ocean. 2002. Silver Spring, MD. US Department of Commerce. 52253776.

Notes and References

1. Web site: PYOTR LEBEDEV - 5276159 - RESEARCH/SURVEY VESSEL. Maritime Connector. 22 October 2014.
2. Brekhovskikh, p. 155
3. Tatusko & Levitus, pp. 41 - 42
4. Tatusko & Levitus, p. 100