Kapitan Man

The Kapitan Man (Russian: Капитан Ман) was a Russian SA-15 Super class multi-purpose merchant ship[1] (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.

History
Name: Kapitan Man
Owner: Far East Shipping Company (FESCO)
Port of registry: Vladivostok
Builder: Valmet Oy Vuosaari shipyard, Helsinki, Finland
Yard number: 319
Laid down: 1985
Launched: 12.09.1985
Out of service: 15.05.2012
Identification: 8406690
Fate: Scrapped in Chittagong
General characteristics
Class and type: SA-15 Super class ro-ro/general cargo ship
Tonnage:

18,574 gt

22,845 dwt
Length: 176.7
Installed power: 2х7700
Speed: 18.1

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).[2]

References
  1. "Kapitan Man". Shipspotting.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. Gaines, Joel. "Russian espionage back on the radar". Windsofchange.net. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
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