LITSA BAY NAVAL MISSILE STORAGE, DEPLOYED STRATEGIC SSM FACILITY, USSR JAJNUARY 1969

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1969
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Al is r er Interpretation Report
NATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
CENTER
LITSA BAY NAVAL MISSILE STORAGE
DEPLOYED STRATEGIC SSM FACILITY
USSR
JANUARY 1969
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Litsa Bay Naval Missile Storage
GEOGRAVHIC COORDINATES
69-23-28N 32-26-53E
USATC, Series 200, Sheet 0051-18, 1:200,000
ABSTRACT
Litsa Bay Naval Missile Storage is a large installation that
assembles, stores, and provides maintenance for the cruise and ballistic
missiles carried by submarines based in the area. Also included in the
installation are the barracks and administration buildings -for the Guba
Litsa Naval Complex headquarters. Apparently training and admin-
istrative services are provided here for submarine crews and personnel
assigned to the operating bases as well as to the missile storage facility.
This report presents a basic description of the installation with
an annotated photograph, line drawings, and construction chronology.
INTRODUCTION
Litsa Bay Naval Missile Storage is on the Kola Peninsula ap-
proximately 30 nautical miles (nm) north-northwest of Murmansk.
It provides storage and support for both naval cruise and ballistic
missiles carried by submarines based at Litsa Guba Submarine Base
South F_ I and North I The installation
has two major subdivisions: the storage areas and t e barracks and
administration area, both of which have expanded since the installa-
tion was first observed on photography in
New construction was especially evident between
BASIC DESCRIPTION
The installation consists of a probable warhead storage area, a
missile storage and checkout area, a propellant storage area, a storage
and support area, a vehicle storage area (Figures 1 and 2), and a bar-
racks and administration area (Figure 3).
Probable Warhead Storage Area (A)
Although the probable warhead storage area is secured by triple
fences and guard towers along its outer perimeter, it is not entirely
secured from the missile warhead storage area.
F Within the probable warhead storage area there are two earth-covered
drive-through buildings, an earth-covered drive-in building, and a
small guardhouse.
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Missile Storage and Checkout Area (B)
This area is also triple fenced and has guard towers. It contains
15 arch-roofed earth-covered missile-storage buildings, of which ten
are drive-in and five are drive-through buildings. Two missile storage
and checkout buildings are complete and a third is under construction.
The area also contains two small earth-covered hunkers, a large five-
story U-shaped support building under construction, and numerous
small support buildings. Five of the missile-storage buildings are
additionally secured by walls.
A probable components storage area along the main access road
is secured by a fence and guardhouse and contains a drive-through
earth-covered storage building with a bridge crane at the west en-
trance (Figure 2, item 26). Three drive-in earth-covered storage
buildings and six small support buildings are in this area, and numerous
cargo trucks have been seen here. A small vehicle storage park is
adjacent to the southwest wall of the propellant storage area.
Propellant Storage Area (C)
This area is triple fenced and has a small guardhouse at its sole
point of entry. Included in the area are a fuel storage point with buried
tanks, an oxidizer storage area with eight storage tanks, an oxidizer
service building, a support building, and a support and storage
building.
Storage and Support Area (D)
This unsecured area on the southeast side of the main access
road contains five storage buildings, three support buildings, a small
steam heating plant, and a borrow pit.
Vehicle Storage Area (E)
immediately across the road from the storage and support area,
this area is secured by a wall and has a guardhouse. It appears to be
the chief vehicle maintenance and storage area for the entire installa-
tion. One large vehicle maintenance and storage building is observed,
and numerous missile transporter trucks and other vehicles have been
observed in this area. Table 3 itemizes the vehicles and equipment
which have been seen in the last year throughout the installation.
Barracks and Administration Area (Figure 3)
This area is situated along both sides of the Litsa Bay-Murmansk
highway approximately 2 mn clue south of Litsa Guba Submarine Base
South. Four storage sections within this area are secured by walls and
gatehouses.
Structures include seven barracks, 25 multistory barracks or
apartment buildings (two of which are under construction), four
administration buildings, two vehicle storage and maintenance build-
ings, and numerous smaller storage, support, and maintenance
buildings. The great number of buildings within this area indicates
that it supports both the naval missile storage facility and the sub-
marine bases.
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FIGURE 2. NAVAL MISSILE STORAGE AND SUPPORT AREAS.
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2 Warhead storage bldg
3 Warhead storage bldg
4 Gatehouse
5-14 Drive-in missile storage bldg
15-19 Drive-through missile storage bldg
20-21 Drive-through missile assembly & checkout bldg
22 Drive-through missile assembly & checkout
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Earth-covered drive-through bldg
Earth-covered drive-in bldg
Five-story U-shaped support bldg U/C
Drive-through earth-covered components storage bldg
27 Drive-in components storage
28 Drive-in components storage
29 Drive-in components storage
30 Support bldg
31 Support bldg
32 Arch-roofed storage bldg
33 Support bldg
34 Support bldg
35 Support bldg
36 Arch-roofed storage bldg
37 Arch-roofed storage bldg
38 Arch-roofed storage bldg
39 Support bldg
40 Storage bldg
bldg
bldg
bldg
41 Probable vehicle maintenance
42 Arch-roofed support bldg
43 Support bldg
44 Support bldg
45 Support bldg
46 Support bldg
47 Oxidizer service bldg
48 Support or storage bldg
49 Oxidizer storage tanks
50 Gatehouse
5 1 Steam heating plant
52 Support bldg
53-55 Storage bldgs (3)
56 Storage bldg
57 Support bldg
58 Support bldg
59 Vehicle storage & maintenance bldg
60 Annex
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Table 2. Barracks and Administration Area
(Keyed to Figure 3. The figure in parentheses
indicates the number of buildings having the
same function and size.)
Dimensions
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1 Support bldg
Support bldg
2 Support bldg
Support bldg
3 Support bldg
Storage bldg
4 Support bldg
Storage bldg
5 Support bldg
46 Storage bldg
6 Support bldg
47 Storage bldg
7 Support bldg
48 Storage bldg
8 Support bldg
49 Storage bldg
9 Support bldg
50 Storage bldg
10 Support bldg
51 Storage bldg
11 Support bldg
52 Storage bldg
12 Support bldg
53 Storage bldgs (2)
13 Support bldg
54 Storage bldg
14 Support bldg
55 Storage bldg
15 Support bldgs (2)
56 Storage bldg
16 Support bldg
57 Storage bldg
17 Support bldgs (4)
58 Storage bldg
18 Support bldg
59 Storage bldg
19 Support bldg
60 Storage bldg
20 Support bldg
61 Storage bldg
21 Support bldg
62 Storage bldg
22 Support bldgs (2)
63 Storage bldg
23 Support bldg
64 Five-story probable barracks (2)
24 Support bldg
65 Five-story barracks (23)
25 Support bldg
66 Barracks annex
26 Support bldg
67 Five-story barracks (2)
27 Support bldg
68 Five-story barracks (3)
28 Support bldg
69 Five-story barracks
29 Support bldg
70 Three-story administration
30 Support bldg
bldg (main area)
31 Support bldg
Two-story wings (2)
32 Support bldg
Five-story administration
33 Support bldg
bldg
34 Support bldgs (2)
Probable five-story admin-
35 Support bldg
istration bldg
36 Support bldg
Vehicle storage & support bldg
37 Support bldg
Vehicle storage & support bldg
38 Support bldg
Gatehouse
39 Support bldg
Gatehouse
40 Support bldgs (2)
Steam heating plant
41 Support bldg
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and has been increased by 33 buildings.
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The installation appeared to be operational when observed in
Dimensions
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on the first coverage. Since the
probable warhead storage area has undergone considerable expansion.
The area has been triple-fenced, a gatehouse has been built adjacent
to the access road, and two drive-through buildings have been built.
In he Missile Storage and Checkout Area contained
only eight missile storage buildings and a small support building.
Construction on the seven additional missile storage buildings has
taken place since The large support building was ob-
served in the initial stages of construction in The four
earth-covered components storage buildings were first o served in the
initial stages of construction in
Little change has been noted at the propellant storage area
since it was first observed in
The vehicle storage and maintenance building (Figure 2, item
59) was under construction when first observed in
The barracks and administration area, which was present on
the first coverage, has undergone a steady rate of expansion since
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USATC 200, Sheet M0051-18HI, 4th ed, May 1967, Scale 1:200,000 (SECRET
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