Ivan Travkin

Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin (Иван Васильевич Травкин; September 11 1908, Naro-Fominsk, Russia – June 14, 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet submarine commander, Captain 1st Rank, Hero of the Soviet Union (April 20, 1945).

He was commander of the submarines ShCh-303 (Щ-303) and K-52. After his discharge from the Navy, in 1956, he lived and worked in Moscow.

Ivan Vasilyevich Travkin is buried in the Kuntsevo Cemetery, Moscow.

Awards

 * Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded with the Gold Star medal; April 20, 1945, medal #5089)
 * Three Orders of Lenin
 * Two Orders of the Red Banner
 * Order of Ushakov, 2nd class
 * Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
 * Order of the Red Star
 * Medal for Combat Service
 * Navy Cross (United States)
 * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
 * Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
 * Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 * Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
 * Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
 * Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
 * Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
 * Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
 * Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"