
Soviet Ship, 1978 at Halifax, NS. From a Kodachrome slide. The Kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet space control-monitoring ship that was devoted to detecting and receiving satellite communications. Shown here docked at Halifax Nova Scotia in the mid 1970s, she was the largest ever built space tracking ship and was part of what was called the "Space Marine Fleet" of the USSR. Participated in the US Soviet Apollo Soyuz program. Built (1971) at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad.

Soviet Ship, 1978 at Halifax, NS. From a Kodachrome slide. The Kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet space control-monitoring ship that was devoted to detecting and receiving satellite communications. Shown here docked at Halifax Nova Scotia in the mid 1970s, she was the largest ever built space tracking shipand was part of what was called the "Space Marine Fleet" of the USSR. Participated in the US Soviet Apollo Soyuz program. Built (1971) at the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad.