Youth class

**Youth class** p1
Ship data
country	GDR
Ship type	Supply and accommodation ship
Shipyard	VEB Peene shipyard , Wolgast
Construction period	1959 to 1963
Units built	9
period of service	1961 to 1991
Ship dimensions and crew
length	70.4 m ( Lüa )
width	12.0 m
Side height	4.5 m
Draft	Max. 1.6 m
displacement	1320 ts
crew	30th
Armament
	2 × 25 mm L / 70 double mounts;
Sensors
	TSR - navigation radar device (s) ; High Pole B - friend-foe detection ;
Furnishing
Ship cranes	2 × 2.4 t SWL
Dinghies	1 × motordingi; 1 × motor cutter

The youth class was a series of nine combined supply and accommodation ships from Project 62, which was developed in the GDR and built by the Peene shipyard in Wolgast . The ships were called floating bases in the People's Navy .

history

In parallel with the construction of the speedboat brigades in the 6th flotilla began in 1958 to develop a new type of ship for the accommodation and care of the crews, the provision of supplies , ammunition and supplies as well as to accommodate a staff department was established. Construction of the ships began in 1959 and the first floating base was put into service for the 6th flotilla in August 1961. Some of the following units were also used at the Scientific and Technical Center (WTZ) in Wolgast.

From 1984 on, the ships were decommissioned and replaced by new builds of the Ohre class (project 162).

Furnishing

The pontoon-like hull did not have its own propulsion system and had to be transported to the place of use with tugs . The facilities were distributed over the following decks :

Lower deck with ammunition holds, engine rooms, galley with separate cold room and mess for the crews .
Middle deck ( main deck ) with accommodation for the crews, armory and various workshops .
Upper deck with chambers and mess for the NCOs and officers, armory and radio room . Two ship cranes were mounted aft and the dinghies were stored.
Upper deck with bridge for the steering system to assist the tractor, wax state, antennas and two 25-mm-L / 70 - anti-aircraft guns .

In the engine room there were three diesel generators for internal and external electrical supply. If necessary, compressed air and steam could also be delivered to the boats lying alongside. Some units had holds for up to 20 torpedoes and a torpedo control point. The loading of supplies, ammunition and provisions was adapted to the type of express boat to be supplied.

units

Restaurant ship Warnowschiff in Rostock city harbor (2005)

The floating bases did not have a ship name and were only named after their ship identification , which was newly assigned according to the association membership.

Construction no.	Ship IDs	Commissioning	Decommissioning	Whereabouts
91	H 64, H 94, H 92, H 12	August 1961	October 31, 1986	Scrapping yard
92	H 02, N 82, N 62, N 82	1961	May 15, 1990	Asylum seekers accommodation ship in Hamburg-Harburg
93	H 62, H 92, H 96, H 52	1961	20th September 1985	Peene shipyard
100	H 13, H 66, H 96, H 94, H 32, N 82	1962	7th December 1987	Scrapping yard
101	H 67, H 97, H 71, H 91, N 61	1962	May 15, 1990	Foreign Trade & Transport, Mainz
102	H 14, H 68, H 13, N 01, H 98, H 91, N 81	1962	May 10, 1990	Dredging, towing and salvage shipping company Rostock
125	H 61, H 91, H 11, N 11, N 14	1963	October 7, 1991	Restaurant ship in Rostock
126	H 63, H 93, H 31, N 91	1963	February 12, 1990	Foreign Trade & Transport, Mainz
132	H 65, H 95, H 51	1963	November 24, 1984	Scrapping yard

literature

Hans Mehl, Knut Schäfer, Ulrich Israel: From the coastal defense boat to the rocket ship . Military Publishing House of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-327-00075-1 , p. 125-126 .
Siegfried Breyer, Peter Joachim Lapp: The People's Navy of the GDR . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1985, ISBN 3-7637-5423-7 , p. 236-237 .

Web links

Helfried Röder: Floating base project 62 (residential ship). Retrieved November 12, 2013 .
Uwe Giesler: GDR inland shipping - history and whereabouts. Retrieved November 12, 2013 .