Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern, is scheduled to visit Massachusetts Maritime academy (MMA) from July 03 to 06.
Some interesting features of Russian tall ship Kruzenshtern and her visit are:
- Visit is part of Sail Massachusetts initiative to invite tall ships.
- Kruzenshtern
- 376 foot in length, four-masted barque rig
- sail training vessel of the Baltic Academy in Kalingrad, Russia
- the second largest traditional sail training vessel in the world still in operation
- the ship was built in 1927 as Padua in Bremerhave, Germany
- given to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation after World War II
- renamed as Kruzenshtern in memory of 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern
- supported by Tall Ship Friends, a non-profit organization in Hamburg, Germany
- The vessel can be visited by public on July 03 to 05 from 1200 hours to 1700 hours.
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