Admiral Ushakov (Адмирал Ушаков) was a 7,838 GRT cargo liner that was built in 1939 as Neidenfels by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa", Bremen.

She was seized in May 1945 by the British at Eckernförde, Germany, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Dee.

The ship was built in 1939 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Kiel.

[2] The ship was propelled by two 6-cylinder double-acting diesel engines, producing a total of 7,600 nhp.

Neidenfels was only lightly armed, unlike her sister ships Goldenfels and Kandelfels.

[3] Empire Dee was placed under the management of William Thompson & Co Ltd and her port of registry was changed to London.

The United Kingdom Official Number 180594 and Code Letters GDNS were allocated.

[4] Empire Dee arrived at Suez, Egypt on 6 May 1946 for transfer to the Soviet Union.

[5] In May 1951, Admiral Ushakov towed a floating dock from Vladivostok to Odessa via Singapore, assisted by the tug Vasley Beslaev.