Soviet submarine L-4

Submarine L-4 Garibaldets
History
Soviet Union
Name:	L-4 Гарибальдиец(Garibalidiyets)
Laid down:	15 March 1930
Launched:	31 August 1931
Commissioned:	8 October 1933
Decommissioned:	2 November 1954
Fate:	Stricken on 17 February 1956
General characteristics
Class and type:	Leninets-class
Displacement:	1,200 tons surfaced 1,335 tons submerged
Length:	81 m (265 ft 9 in)
Beam:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft:	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric 2 × diesels (1,600 hp total) 2 × electric motors (1,250 hp total) 2 shafts
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range:	7,400 nmi (13,700 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) surfaced 154 nmi (285 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h) submerged
Complement:	53
Armament:	1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/68 gun 1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) gun 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 12 × torpedoes 14 × mines
Service record
Part of:	Black Sea Fleet

The World War II Soviet submarine L-4 belonged to the L-class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She had been named Garibaldets in honour of the men of Garibaldi. During the war she was commanded by Evgeniy Petrovich Polyakov (Russian: Евгений Петрович Поляков).

For her service, the submarine was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Among her victories was the torpedoing of the German tanker Friederike (formerly Firuz), whose loss prevented her use during the Axis evacuation of Crimea during the Crimean Offensive.

In 1944 Michman Ivan Perov was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.

Mines from L-4 also damaged the German barge F-130. During an artillery duel she damaged the German barge F-329.