[CaptainD]

Hi Jim
In one post following CCIP pics I read that these subs looks as if they have been made with parts of other subs and that the exact impression I had when I look at your pic and I also read that this "Pike" class sub was one of the most successfull with the "Dekabrist" class shown by CCIP.
It is true that Germans and Americans had improved their subs during the whole war and USSR had'nt the means to do it with the ground war at the same time.
We also must keep in mind that Leningrad, now Saint-Petersbourg was encircled during about 2 years and a half and maybe some sub shipyards were blocked there.