SOVIET SUBMARINE ACTIVITY (SANITIZED)

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0
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RIPPUB
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T
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7
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 9, 2011
Sequence Number: 
44
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Publication Date: 
August 1, 1973
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 25X1 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC: INTERPRETATION CENTER SOVIET SUBMARINE ACTIVITY 25X1 25X1 AUGUST 1973 COPY NO 2 4 PAGES PIR-032/73 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0 TOP SECRET RUFF 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 TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 TOP SECRET RUFF 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) - _ 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 TOP SECRET RUFF Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 TOP SECRET RUFF Ura Cuba Submarine Base 25X1 25X1 25X1 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 _ _ 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 TOP SECRET RUFF Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78TO5162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0 TOP SECRET RUFF 25X1 25X1 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 TOP SECRET RUFF Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0 TOP SECRET TOP SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/09: CIA-RDP78T05162A000300010044-0