SOVIET SUBMARINE ACTIVITY (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: August 1, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC:
INTERPRETATION CENTER
SOVIET SUBMARINE ACTIVITY
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AUGUST 1973
COPY NO 2
4 PAGES
PIR-032/73
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1. I I has provided the 25X1
most comprehensive coverage of Soviet submarine forces to date. The
Northern and Pacific Fleet areas were photographed on 22 days of usable
coverage.
2. The submarine order-of-battle, including missile-armed and/or
nuclear-powered units, is compiled by date and presented in the following
table.
Project 143382NS
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NORTHERN FLEET AREA
Sayda Guba Submarine Base
D SSBN
1*
Y SSBN (Total)
8
4*
9
5*
11
11 12
Dark Sorar
3
2
5
8
7 8
Light Four
4
1
4
3
3
4 4
Undetermined
1
1
H-IT SSBN
G-II SSB
1
1
Pala Guba Submarine Base and Ship
Repair Yard
Y SSBN (Total)
1?
1*
1
1
1
Dark Sonar
Light Sonar
H-II SSBN
E-II SSGN
3
3
3
3
3
N SSN
5
4
4
4
4
Olenya Guba Submarine Base
G-II SSB
3*
3
1*
2- 3
G-I SSB
2
2
2 2
G SSB (canvas covered)
1
1
1
1
lokanga Naval Base and Ship
Repair Yard
H-II SSBN
1
N SSN
3
Rosta Naval Base and Ship Repair
V SSN
1
G-II SSB
2
J SSG
5
Chalmpushka Ship Repair Yard
Y SSBN (Total)
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Dark Sonar
Underway-Kola Inlet
Y SSBN (Total)
Dark Sonar
Litsa Guba Submarine Base South
C SSGN
6
6
6
5 6
E-II SSGN
V SSN
3
2
3
6 6
V SSN (Long Variant)
1
1
1 1
N SSN
Litsa Guba Submarine Base North
E-II SSGN
6
6
6
7 7
Andreeva Bay Nuclear Sub Support
Facility
C SSGN
1
1 1
1
1
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Ura Cuba Submarine Base
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J SSG
B SS
Severodvinsk Shipyard 402
D SSBN
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Y SSBN (Total)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Dark Sonar
1
1
1
1
1
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Light Sonar
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
H-III SSBN
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
P SSGN
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
C SSGN
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
E-II SSGN
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Severodvinsk Shipyard 402
(Degaussing Facility)
E-II SSGN
402 K SSB
Severodvinsk Shipyard Yagry Island
Y SSBN (Total)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
l0
1
1
1
1
Light Sonar
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
E-II SSGN
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
V SSN
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
402 K SSB
402 M SSB
Severodvinsk Nuc Submarine Special
Support Facility
Y SSGN (Total)
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
1?
3
3
3
3
Lark Sonar
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Light Sonar
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
E-II SSGN
1
1
1
1
1
A SSU
402 K SSB
PACIFIC FLEEP AREA
Petropavlovsk Submarine Base and
Shipyard Tarya Bay
Y SSBN (Total)
4
4
Nark Sonar
3
3
Light Sonar
1
l
E-II SSGN
2
N SSN
2
2
G-II SSB
1
1
B SS
1
Petropavlovsk Naval Missile Loading
Facility
Y SSGN (Total)
Dark Sonar
Light Sonar
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Petropavlovsk Shipyard and Naval
Base Seldevaya
H-II SSBN
E-II SSGN
Underway in Avachinskaya Bay
Y SSBN (Total)
Dark Sonar
Petrovka Naval Base and Shipyard
Y SSBN (Total)
Bark Sonar
E-II SSGN
E-II SSN
N SSN
Vladimir Submarine Base
G-II SSB
Komsomolsk Shipyard Amur 199
Y SSBN (Total)
Bark Sonar
1 1 1
1 1 1
3 3 If
2 2 2
1 1 1
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