Biography Gadzhiev was an ethnic Avar, born into a peasant family in the area of Dagestan. He joined the navy in 1925 and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1932. He was appointed to the submarine division of the Black Sea Fleet and was second in command of the AG class submarine A2. He subsequently commanded the submarines M-9 and SCH-117 . In 1939 he studied at the Voroshilov Naval Academy and was assigned to the Northern Fleet on graduation. He became commander of the Northern fleet's submarine brigade in 1940. His command sank 10 German transports in 1942. On 12 May 1942 his boat, the K class K 23, was sunk by German forces commanded by Wolfgang Kaden with all hands lost.
Biography Gadzhiev was an ethnic Avar, born into a peasant family in the area of Dagestan. He joined the navy in 1925 and graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School in 1932. He was appointed to the submarine division of the Black Sea Fleet and was second in command of the AG class submarine A2. He subsequently commanded the submarines M-9 and ShCh-117 . In 1939 he studied at the Voroshilov Naval Academy and was assigned to the Northern Fleet on graduation. He became commander of the submarine brigade of the Northern Fleet in 1940. His command sank 10 German transports in 1942. On 12 May 1942 his boat, the K class K 23, was sunk by German forces commanded by Wolfgang Kaden with all hands lost.
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SCH-117
ShCh-117
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Northern fleet's submarine brigade
submarine brigade of the Northern Fleet