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Under the command of Marinesko, then 32, on 30 January 1945, at [[Stolpe Bank]] off the Pomeranian coast, ''S-13'' sank the 25,484-ton German civilian cruise ship ''[[MV Wilhelm Gustloff|Wilhelm Gustloff]]'', overfilled with civilians and military personnel, with three [[torpedo]]es. Recent calculations estimate more than 9,000 people were killed, the worst loss of life in maritime history.<ref>{{dead link|date=January 2017}}[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200709/ai_n19511170/pg_1 "Greatest Wartime Sea Tragedy Becomes Major Film"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414125709/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200709/ai_n19511170/pg_1 |date=2008-04-14 }}, a ''[[Sea Classics]]'' magazine September 2007 article</ref><ref name="Kapp-03">{{cite web|author1=Irwin J. Kappes|title=Wilhelm Gustloff - The Greatest Marine Disaster in History|url=http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/wilhelmgustloff.aspx|website=MilitaryHistoryOnline.com|accessdate=9 January 2017|date=2003}}</ref><ref name="DiscoveryChannel">"Wilhelm Gustloff: World's Deadliest Sea Disasters". ''Unsolved History'', The Discovery Channel. Season 1, Episode 14. (Original air date: March 26, 2003)</ref>
On 10 February 1945, ''S-13'' sank another German military transport ship ''[[SS General von Steuben|General von Steuben]]''.<ref>[http://bob.plord.net/Ships/MS-3/Germany/GeneralvonSteuben.html Data sheet on the ''Dampfschiff General von Steuben'']</ref> 3,300 civilians and military personnel from the ship died, and 300 survived.<ref>[http://www.grani.ru/opinion/sokolov/m.134310.html]</ref>
Marinesko was posthumously awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] in 1990.
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