ZHDANOV SHIPYARD 190 LENINGRAD, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 25, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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ZHDANOV SHIPYARD 190
LENINGRAD, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: PROBABLE NEW CLASS DLG, LARGER THAN ANY PRE-
VIOUSLY PRODUCED IN USSR, IN FITTING-CUT BASIN.
THIS YARD IS ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PRODUCERS
OF DESTROYERS IN THE SOVIET UNION (THE OTHER
IS NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NORTHERN 61 KOMMUNA 445).
ZEWANOV SHIPYARD 190 IS LOCATED ON NEVSKAYA
GUBA, IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF LENINGRAD.
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DIG, 2 POSS DD AND 1 POSS DE IN THE FITTING-OUT
BASIN. FURTHER ANALYSIS REVEALED A LARGE U/I
SURFACE COMBATANT (REPORTED LENGTH APPROX 530
FT) IN THE MAIN FITTING-OUT BASIN. THIS SHIP
APPEARED TO HAVE A, SIGNIFICANTLY BROADER BEAM
THAN A PROB KASHIN-CLASS DIG MOORED NEARBY.
A LARGE U/I SHIP WAS ALSO OBSERVED UNDER CON-
STRUCTION ON THE SOUTHERNMOST OUTSIDE BUILDING-
WAY AT ZHDANOV SHIPYARD 190. THE VISIBLE LENGTH,
APPARENTLY WITHOUT THE BOW PORTION IN PLACE, WAS
APPROX 480 FEET. THE STERN AND VISIBLE BRIDGE
CONFIGURATION HAVE A RESEMBLANCE TO SIMILAR
IMAGERY OBSERVED ON THE U/I 530 FOOT SURFACE
COMBATANT AT THE FITTING-OUT BASIN.
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SPECIFICATIONS: NONE.
8. MISSION READOUT: THIS MISSION REVEALS NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES.
VESSELS OBSERVED - 5 PROB DIG (INCLUDING ONE APPROX. 500 X 60 FEET WHICH
IS PROBABLY A NEW CLASS), ONE U/I VESSEL (NOT ANNOTATED), AND SIX MERCHANT
SHIPS (NOT ANNOTATED), ALL IN TEE FITTING-OUT BASIN.
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ZHDANOV SHIPYARD 190
LENINGRAD, USSR
59-52N 30-14E
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