The SS Metallurg Baykov (Russian: Металлург Байков) was a tweendecker freighter with steam turbine engines and the second Leninsky Komsomol-class cargo ship (Project 567).

[5] She was briefly mentioned in an article, "Great Labour Victory", in the 14 March 1962 issue of the Soviet newspaper Одесский портовик (English: Odessa Port Workers): "The turbine ship Metallurg Baykov was unloaded 100 hours early".

[11] According to Ivan Shishchenko, captain (a lieutenant-colonel in some sources) of an escort subdivision: ... At three o'clock in the morning on 14 September, the Metallurg Baykov cast off from the pier and took the course to the Bosphorus.

I was worried, a stranger on board, but these are the rules for ships passing through the straits ... On 18 September, two American warships with the numbers 858 and 931 on their sides met us between Sardinia and Tunisia.

That day, American reconnaissance aircraft circled our ship at an altitude of 2–3 kilometres (6,600–9,800 ft) and returned to its base in Tunisia.

The envelope contained a form with the name of the actual destination port (Matanzas) and information about the politics and government of Cuba and climatic conditions on the island.

He immediately issued an order, the ship turned abruptly and ... the collision was avoided ...[11][12][13]The Metallurg Baykov moored at the port of Casilda.

[14] According to a 16 August 2012 story in the newspaper Вечерняя Одесса (Evening Odessa), "During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, aircraft from the US and other NATO countries made 1,300 flights over our [Soviet] ships.

A competition in air gun shooting was held on the Metallurg Baykov during Mediterranean and Red Sea voyages from 5–12 July 1981.