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radio operators. The vessel is more than 300 meters long with a 
capacity of 120 students and is fitted out for both research and 
training. 
The Zapryba training fleet is presently made up of nine vessels. 
A major public debate has raged concerning whether the old sailing 
vessels should be retired, and those favoring retirement are succeeding. 
Of the original eight sailing vessels, all but two have been retired 
the Kruzenshtern and the Georgii Sedov. The old SRT’s, Kurgan, Grif, 
and Navigator, are still operating in the Baltic, but were reportedly 
to be retired in 1975. The Kustanai has apparently already been 
retired. 
C. Azov-Black Sea Fisheries Administration (Azcheryba). 
This relatively small administration operates three training vessels. 
The first is a medium side trawler (SRT) named Ruslan which 
was detached from the fishing fleet for training purposes in 1951, 
the year it was built. 
The second vessel, the Kurs, another of the Danish-built trainers 
of the Grumant class, was delivered in 1969. Students of the Kherson 
Navigational School make use of this vessel. In early 1974, the vessel, 
with students aboard, paid a friendship visit to Cuba. 
The third vessel, the Barograf, was delivered in 1973 from East 
Germany. 
Two older sailing vessels, the Kropotkii and the Meteor, constructed 
in the late 1950’s, used to serve the fishery schools located at 
Sevastopol and Odessa, but reportedly have been retired. 
D. The Far Eastern Fisheries Administration (Dal’ryba). 
Commensurate with the rapid growth of the Far Eastern fisheries 
in general, Dal’ryba has recently rapidly expanded its training fleet. 
Prior to 1968, Dal’ryba operated only two training vessels. The first, 
the Gogol, was an old sailing vessel constructed in Germany in 1922. 
The other was a retired cargo vessel, the Meridian, which operated 
out of Vladivostok and was attached to the Admiral Nevel’skii Far 
Eastern Higher Nautical Engineering School. It is believed that both 
of these vessels were phased out of the Dal’ryba training roster in 
the late 1960’s. 
In 1968, the Fisheries Ministry moved to update the Far Eastern 
fisheries training fleet with the delivery of the Pelengator. This was 
the first production-training vessel. An identical vessel, the Lokator, 
was delivered 2 years later. In addition, the Dal’ryba received the 
Zabaikal’e, a large factory baseship of the Jantarnii class constructed 
in the U.S.S.R. This vessel, together with the Pelengator, was deployed 
to Nakhodka, which demonstrates the special priority given to the 
development of this expanding new fishing port. 
In 1970, the stern factory trawler Kallisto of the Tropik class was 
delivered from the shipyards in East Germany. It currently serves 
as a short-term training vessel. Students come aboard for 10-day 
‘‘mini-courses,”’ after which they take an examination. 
In 1973, the Far Eastern training fleet became the most modern 
in the U.S.S.R. with the delivery of the first three of a series of 
identical training vessels on order from East Germany. The Geliograf, 
Volnomer, and Kvadrant are all super trawlers of the Atlantik class 
specially outfitted to serve as training vessels. 
