Kapitan Man
{{Short description|Russian Merchant Ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Defense.gov News Photo 970404-N-0000N-001.jpg | Ship caption = A view of part of Kapitan Man, in Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, on April 4, 1997. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Kapitan Man | Ship owner = Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) | Ship operator = | Ship registry = Vladivostok | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Valmet Oy Vuosaari shipyard, Helsinki, Finland | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = 319 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 1985 | Ship launched = 12.09.1985 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = 15.05.2012 | Ship identification = 8406690 | Ship fate = Scrapped in Chittagong | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = SA-15 Super type ro-ro/general cargo ship | Ship tonnage = *{{GT|18,574}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length = 176.7 | Ship beam = | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 2х7700 | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = 18.1 | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
Kapitan Man ({{langx|ru|Капитан Ман}}) was a Russian SA-15 Super type multi-purpose merchant ship{{cite web |title=Kapitan Man |url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1534768 |website=Shipspotting.com |accessdate=19 December 2019}} (call sign UIFU). Part of a series of ships, she was designed to navigate the Arctic waters and was fitted with an ice-breaking bow. The ship was named after the Soviet polar explorer, captain Ivan Man (1903–1982). She was reportedly sold for scrap in May 2012.
On 4 April 1997, the ship was a part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca laser incident between the Russian crew and Canadian and United States military. The ship had long been suspected of conducting covert espionage operations either for hire or for the Russian military.
Kapitan Man was owned by the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO)—a cargo outfit based in Vladivostok, Russia with known ties to the Russian military. As further evidence of the espionage being conducted by FESCO, a joint U.S. Customs and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) inspection of the Kapitan Man in April, 1993 found environmental data equipment—including sophisticated sonar equipment—used solely to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW).{{cite web|last=Gaines|first=Joel|title=Russian espionage back on the radar|url=http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/russian_espionage_back_on_the_radar-print.html|publisher=Windsofchange.net|accessdate=24 December 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010504/http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/russian_espionage_back_on_the_radar-print.html|archivedate=28 September 2011}}
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External links
- [http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shipposition.phtml?call=UIFU GPS tracking of Kapitan Man]
Category:Merchant ships of the Soviet Union
Category:Ships built in Helsinki