Belorussia-class cargo ship

Belorussia-class cargo ships were a Soviet Union class of 25 cargo ships which were built on the West Coast of the United States as per Design 1013 ship and as per Lend-Lease Agreement purchased by USSR in 1942–1945 years, during World War II, as the USSR needed ships of the merchant fleet during World War II and in the first years after this war.

[1][2] Argun (Russian: Аргунь), Soviet Union flag.As per Lend-Lease Agreement the ship was adopted by the Soviet procurement commission on 20 November 1942.

During the World War II the ship was used as one of the paramilitary ships of the Far Eastern Basin, the ship carried out export-import shipments between the Pacific ports of the USSR and its allies.

From May 1943 and until completion of World War II, the ship had the following armament: 1 × 102 mm, 1 × 76.2 mm, 8 × 12.7 mm machine guns.The ship was transferred to the balance of the Black Sea State Shipping Company (later Black Sea Shipping Company) on 12 April 1951.

Steamer Аргунь was decommissioned, excluded from the vessels' lists of Minmorflot of the USSR on 11 April 1962 and handed over to "Glavvtorchermet" (Main organization for the Second use of Black Metals, - Mainsecondblackmet) for dismantling and cutting into metal.