“Khasan” – the USSR heavy monitor

The lead ship of the project 1190 monitor "Lazo" (since September 25, 1940 "Khasan") - keel was laid at the plant number 112 or "Krasnoe Sormovo" in Gorky on April 18, 1936. It was followed by two more – “Simbirtsev” (late – “Perekop”) and “Seryshev” (late – “Sivash”). Their assembly and completion took place in Khabarovsk, where they were sent in sections by railway. According to other sources, its keel was laid on July 15, 1936, serial number 233/9671. But on March 2, 1938 the People's Commissar of the Navy approves changes to the design of monitors under construction. The displacement increased even more, and the number of main artillery turrets was reduced to three. Instead of the fourth, they decided to install a twin 76-mm 39-K anti-aircraft gun turret. Now the standard displacement was supposed 1630 tons, and the total displacement - 1790 tons, a length - 83 m and a draft - 2.85 m. With such weapons the monitors of project 1190 were built, but their dimensions were further increased. 260 fragments were transported to the Far East and on November 4, 1939 it was re-laid in Khabarovsk at factory No. 368. The construction of the monitors was slow and complicated by alterations, caused by changes in the armament composition and an increase in the weight of the main battery turrets. Since the B-28 was manufactured by the “Bolshevik” plant, with the beginning of the blockade of Leningrad their production was stopped and due to small series and was not resumed anywhere. But “Perekop” and “Sivash” were already afloat, and then revived the idea of ​​​​modifying the B-2-LM. In 1943 completed the development of the B-2-LMT turret with enhanced armor and in 1946 manufactured six B-2-LMT turrets for the second and third monitors of Project 1190. The lead ship was launched on August 30, 1940; 25 September, 1940 renamed to "Khasan", November 4, 1942 entered service and was included in the North Pacific Flotilla. Monitor met the beginning of the Soviet-Japanese war in Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. He did not take part in the hostilities. After 1945 she served as a training ship. On January 12, 1949 she was reclassified to a naval monitor, and on July 8, 1951 - to a river monitor. On September 7, 1955 the monitor was decommissioned and conserved. On March 23, 1960 the ship was disarmed, expelled from the Navy and transferred to the Khabarovsk shipbuilding plant for use in auxiliary purposes.

A moderately complex, well-designed and richly detailed model of the “Khasan” heavy monitor (as of 1951) for intermediate and experienced modelers.