POLYARNYY NAVAL FACILITIES POLYARNYY, USSR

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1966
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POLYARNYY NAVAL FACILITIES
POLYARNYY, USSR
NOVEMBER 1966
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INTRODUCTION
Naval facilities at Polyarnyy include Polyarnyy Naval
Base Polyarnyy Submarine Base (BE
Guba Pala Naval Base and Ship Repair
Yard , and Polyarnyy Naval Missile
Storage Facility Kislaya (Figures 1, 2, and 3). The facilities
are situated 16 nautical miles northeast of Murmansk at
69-13N 033-27E. The harbor is a narrow sheltered area
between Ostrov Yekaterininskiy and the mainland. Both of
the entrances to the harbor are protected by antisubmarine
nets. (Item numbers are keyed to Figure 3.)
POLYARNYY NAVAL BASE
Although Polyarnyy Naval Base (Figure 4) is primarily
an operating base for submarines, subchasers and mine
sweepers are also based there.
Operations Support Area. The operations support area
for submarines contains an administration area, a steam-
plant, 4 piers (items 5, 8, 9, and 10), extensive quayage, a
probable torpedo storage area, and numerous support
buildings. The probable torpedo storage area contains 2
*The BE carries the Naval Base and the Submarine Base separately,
however, no clear delineation of facilities is apparent from photography.
FIGURE 1. LOCATION OF POLYARNYY NAVAL FACILITIES, USSR.
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arch-roofed concrete buildings, 3 underground entrances, 4
buried tanks, and 10 support buildings (Figure 5). Polyarnyy
Naval Base landing facilities consist of 3 piers (items 11,
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wharf (item 12). The entire support area is fenced.
A pier (item 6) and an offshore wharf (item 7) are
across the harbor on the southeastern shore of Ostrov
Yekaterininskiy. Two other piers (items 3 and 4) are
associated with the storage areas.
POL Storage Area. The POL storage area is southwest
of the operations support area and contains 13 large buried
POL tanks, 8 groups of horizontal tanks, and a drum storage
area. Two of the groups of small tanks are sheltered in
earth cuts. A pipeline connects the tanks with a fueling
wharf (item 16). A security fence encloses the area and 3
possible guard towers are located within the fence on
high ground.
Communications Facilities. Two communications fa-
cilities are within the base. The east facility (Figure 6)
contains at least 4 dipole antennas, a tower with a probable
R-400 microwave antenna, and 4 support buildings. The
western facility (Figure 7) contains a microwave tower 85
feet high, 3 dipole antennas, 4 support buildings, and several
communications vans.
Housing Areas. Extensive housing areas, with facilities
ranging from 6-story buildings to wooden shacks, are
located south of the operations support area. Thirteen new
multistory quarters have been constructed since 1963. It
25X1eannot be determined whether any part of the area is civilian.
Utilities. A high voltage line from the south supplies
electricity. The power substation contains 2 transformers,
3 transformer oil storage tanks, a transformer maintenance
building, and 3 other buildings. Seven coal-burning heating
plants are in the area. The largest, located near the
administration area, was being razed at the time of Mission
Portions ofpowerlines and waterlines are
shown on Figure 3. Water is suppliedvia a pumping station
from a lake south of the base.
GUBA PALA NAVAL BASE AND
SHIP REPAIR YARD
This installation, situated immediately southwest of
Polyarnyy Naval Base, primarily provides maintenance for
nuclear and conventional submarines. Facilities include 4
shop-type buildings, 6 piers (items 17, 18, and 20-23), a
wharf (item 19), 8 breasting platforms, a heating plant, a
probable degaussing station (Figure 8), and numerous
support buildings. Auxiliaries which appear more or less
permanently assigned include 2 floating drydocks, a Dnepr-
class AR, an Atrek-class ASL, a Zeya-class YRSN, 4 work
barges, and 2 floating cranes. Earth scarring and ditching
on the western peninsula suggest that additional facilities
will be built.
POLYARNYY NAVAL MISSILE
SUPPORT FACILITY KISLAYA
This installation (Figures 9 and 10) is immediately
east of Polyarnyy Naval Base on the south shore of Cuba
Kislaya. Facilities consist of a pier (item 1) and an off-
shore wharf (item 2). A secured area at the base of an
escarpment and 5 build-
ings. The secured area is dividedinto4 sections by fences.
Numerous crates and a number of vehicles, including
missile transporters, have been seen in the area.
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FIGURE 6. EAST COMMUNICATIONS FACILIT
FIGURE 7. WEST COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY,
FIGURE 8. PROBABLE DEGAUSSING STATION, GUBA PA
FIGURE 9. POLYARNYY NAVAL MISSILE SUPPORT FACILITY KISLAYAJ
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RE FERENCES
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ACIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0051-18HL, 3d ed, Apr 63, Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
NPIC. R-271/64, Polyarnyy Naval Base, 41urmansk, USSR, May 64 (TOP SECRET
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