05-23-2010, 04:23 PM
Award sheet
For: The captain of the gunboat "Red Banner"
Captain 2nd Rank Aleksandr Leontyevich Ustinov
Order of the Red Banner
1. Year of birth: 1895
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social situation: Serviceman
4. Party membership: Member of the VKP(b)
5. Since when in the RKKA or RKVMF: 1915
6. Participation in the Civil War: Yes
7. Wounds and contusions: No
8. Recommended earlier for an award, when and for what: Yes
9. Which encouragements and awards and for what: Medal for 20 Years of RKKA
10. Service in the White or another bourgeois army and captivity: No
11. Permanent address: Red Banner Baltic Fleet, gunboat "Red Banner"
I. Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits
For six months of war he showed himself a brave and strong-willed commander, skilfully leading all the combat organizations aboard the ship.
As a result of the good organization of the crew, six enemy batteries were destroyed, eleven batteries suppressed, and the road [?] [?] [?] demolished, the enemy crossing over the Pyata River was disrupted and demolished, roads were demolished and the delivery of supplies from the enemy and the Friedenthal Colony was prevented, many enemy tanks were destroyed and scattered, a column of thirteen trucks with ammunition and goods was destroyed, and many troops were killed. Three enemy Ju-88 aircraft were shot down.
For the excellent carrying out of the shootings on 1 October 1941, the crew of the gunboat "Red Banner" received a commendation from Army General Zhukov and member of the Supreme Soviet comrade Zhdanov.
While the ship was hit by an aerial bomb, the main machinery broke down and the ship was caught in a very difficult situation, he cool-headedly and skilfully organized the crew to fight the damage, and after 10-15 minutes manages to give the ship some speed, with which it could get to the base.
Commander of the 1st Gunboat Battalion
Captain 2nd Rank [signature] /Antonov/
Military commissar of the 1st Gunboat Battalion
Battalion Commissar [signature] /Kolotko/
December 1941
II. Conclusion of the higher chiefs
Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Temporary commander of the Skerry Detachment of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Captain Lieutenant [signature] /Perevertailo/
Military commissar of the Skerry Detachment of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Battalion Commissar [signature] /Shevchenko/
III. Conclusion of the military counsil of the fleet
For the excellent management of the ship's combat actions in the Patriotic War and for the exceptionally effective artillery fire onto enemy concentrations, having received a high appraisal from the army command and comrade Zhdanov, Captain 2nd Rank Aleksandr Leontyevich Ustinov is to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and the government of the USSR is requested to endorse the decision of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet.
Commander of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Vice Admiral /Tributs/
Member of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Divisional Commissar /Smirnov/
Member of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Brigade Commissar /Verbitsky/
January 1942
For: The captain of the gunboat "Red Banner"
Captain 2nd Rank Aleksandr Leontyevich Ustinov
Order of the Red Banner
1. Year of birth: 1895
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Social situation: Serviceman
4. Party membership: Member of the VKP(b)
5. Since when in the RKKA or RKVMF: 1915
6. Participation in the Civil War: Yes
7. Wounds and contusions: No
8. Recommended earlier for an award, when and for what: Yes
9. Which encouragements and awards and for what: Medal for 20 Years of RKKA
10. Service in the White or another bourgeois army and captivity: No
11. Permanent address: Red Banner Baltic Fleet, gunboat "Red Banner"
I. Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits
For six months of war he showed himself a brave and strong-willed commander, skilfully leading all the combat organizations aboard the ship.
As a result of the good organization of the crew, six enemy batteries were destroyed, eleven batteries suppressed, and the road [?] [?] [?] demolished, the enemy crossing over the Pyata River was disrupted and demolished, roads were demolished and the delivery of supplies from the enemy and the Friedenthal Colony was prevented, many enemy tanks were destroyed and scattered, a column of thirteen trucks with ammunition and goods was destroyed, and many troops were killed. Three enemy Ju-88 aircraft were shot down.
For the excellent carrying out of the shootings on 1 October 1941, the crew of the gunboat "Red Banner" received a commendation from Army General Zhukov and member of the Supreme Soviet comrade Zhdanov.
While the ship was hit by an aerial bomb, the main machinery broke down and the ship was caught in a very difficult situation, he cool-headedly and skilfully organized the crew to fight the damage, and after 10-15 minutes manages to give the ship some speed, with which it could get to the base.
Commander of the 1st Gunboat Battalion
Captain 2nd Rank [signature] /Antonov/
Military commissar of the 1st Gunboat Battalion
Battalion Commissar [signature] /Kolotko/
December 1941
II. Conclusion of the higher chiefs
Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Temporary commander of the Skerry Detachment of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Captain Lieutenant [signature] /Perevertailo/
Military commissar of the Skerry Detachment of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Battalion Commissar [signature] /Shevchenko/
III. Conclusion of the military counsil of the fleet
For the excellent management of the ship's combat actions in the Patriotic War and for the exceptionally effective artillery fire onto enemy concentrations, having received a high appraisal from the army command and comrade Zhdanov, Captain 2nd Rank Aleksandr Leontyevich Ustinov is to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner, and the government of the USSR is requested to endorse the decision of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet.
Commander of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Vice Admiral /Tributs/
Member of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Divisional Commissar /Smirnov/
Member of the military counsil of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Brigade Commissar /Verbitsky/
January 1942
