SS Fizik Kurchatov (Russian: Физик Курчатов) was a Leninsky Komsomol-class multi-purpose tweendecker freighter owned by the Soviet Black Sea Shipping Company.

Some sources say that the Fizik Kurchatov's maiden voyage began before 25 July, when 1,131 tons of general cargo and trucks were loaded on her main deck.

[8] Her second voyage reportedly began in September 1962, when she loaded 9,500 tons of general cargo (including portions of a missile division) and sailed from Odesa.

According to U.S. intelligence, the Fizik Kurchatov made three voyages from Soviet Black Sea ports to Syria and Egypt between October and November 1973: The Fizik Kurchatov delivered P-205 and P-206, two Zhuk-class patrol boats, to Ethiopia in October 1982 when the Soviet Union supplied the African country's new fleet.

[12] The Fizik Kurchatov was renamed the Kurchat and her home port became George Town, Cayman Islands on 30 April 1986.