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http://www.sfgate.co…260994.phpRussian warship makes rare S.F. appearancePublished 4:00 am, Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle
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Dual purpose 200mm guns on the Varyag, a Russian guard missile cruiser at Pier 30-32 in San Francisco on Monday.
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Russian Navy missile cruiser Varyag docked at Pier 30-32 in San Francisco on Monday. The last time a Russian warship came to the S.F. Bay was 1863. On top is equipment including surface-to-surface missiles, anti-submarine rockets and a dual purpose 200mm gun.
The first Russian surface warship to visit San Francisco in 147 years is docked on the Embarcadero this week on a visit that combines friendship, history and a display of military power.
The ship is the cruiser Varyag, a sleek gray vessel that is the flagship of Russia's Pacific fleet. It made the two-week voyage from Vladivostok in the spirit of friendship, as Russian Rear Adm.
Vladimir Kastonov said more than once during a news conference aboard the ship at Pier 30-32 on Monday.
The ship's visit also commemorates a nearly forgotten bit of Russian-American history.
Czar Alexander II sent a fleet to San Francisco and New York in 1863 during the American Civil War to show support for the union.
That Russian squadron, six ships commanded by a rear admiral, spent several months in San Francisco Bay. It was a difficult time for the United States - the British were considering recognizing the Confederacy, the French were about to send an army to Mexico, and the
Confederate Navy had ideas about the Pacific.
Кратко на нижегородском:Крейсер "Варяг" ТОФ со своими 200-мм пушками ошвартовался на пирсе 30-32 в заливе Сан-Франциско. Адмирал Касатонов во время свой пресс-конференции подчекнул не раз дружественный характер своего визита --- это был превый такой визит за последние 147 (!) лет.
Во время Гражданской войны в США, в 1963, царь Александр III послал в Сан Франциско эскадру из 6 кораблей, которые пробыли там несколько месяцев в трудное для США время, когда Великобритания была на грани признания Конфедерации южан, и когда флот Конфедерации зарился на Тихий океан..