page_title: Alexander Marinesko
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Marinesko / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Stamp of Moldova showing Alexander Marinesko and soviet submarine of serie IX (included S-1, S-2 and S-3 only) at the background. Marinesko is well-known as a commander of S-13 submarine of serie IX-bis which sank german transport ships Wilhelm Gustloff and General Steuben. Русский: Почтовая марка Молдовы, на которой изображён Александр Маринеско на фоне советской подводной лодки серии IX (включавшей только С-1, С-2 и С-3). Маринеско известен как командир подводной лодки С-13 серии IX-бис, которая потопила немецкие транспорты Wilhelm Gustloff и General Steuben.
context_page_description: Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko was a Soviet naval officer and, during World War II, the captain of the submarine S-13 which sank the German military transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff. The most successful Soviet submarine commander in terms of gross register tonnage sunk, with 42,000 GRT to his name, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990.
context_section_description: In 1990 Ulitsa Stroitelei (Builders' Street) in St. Petersburg was renamed in his honor to Ulitsa Marinesko, located in Kirovskiy District, connecting Avtovskaya and Zaitseva streets. The Museum of Russian Submarine Forces in St. Petersburg was named after him,  and monuments dedicated to him were erected in Kaliningrad, Kronstadt, and Odessa. He is one of the more prominent characters in the Günter Grass' novel Crabwalk (2002), which describes in detail the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.
caption: Alexander Marinesco on a Moldovan stamp
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