SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444 NIKOLAYEV, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A001600060015-2
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444
NIKOLAYEV. USSR
KH-7 COVERAGE OF THE TWO LARGE POSSIBLE
HELICOPTER LANDING SHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. REMARKS:
A LARGE VESSEL UNDER CON-
STRUCTION WAS OBSERVED AT THIS SHIPYARD. IN
THIS VESSEL WAS REPORTED AS
A LARGE POSSIBLE COMBATANT HULL, AND WAS LAUN-
CHED AND MOVED INTO THE FITTING-OUT BASIN SOME-
TIME DURING THE WINTER OF 1964-1965.
II
A SECOND LARGE VESSEL OF THE SAME
HULL CONFIGURATION AND DIMENSIONS WAS OBSERVED
ON THE SAME BUILDING WAYS ON WHICH THE FIRST
PRESSED OPENING RESEMBLING A POSSIBLE HANGER
BAY WAS OBSERVED IN THE STERN OF THE LARGE UN-
IDENTIFIED VESSEL ON THE WAYS. THIS OPENING
GIVES THE VESSELS THE APPEARANCE OF POSSIBLE
HELICOPTER LANDING SHIPS.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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YUZHNY`.` BUG, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NIKOLAYEV.
5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: SHIPYARD:
6. NEGATION DATE:
THE SHIPYARD IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT BANK OF
POSSIBLE HELICOPTER LANDING SHIPS:
POSSIBLE HELICOPTER LANDING SHIPS:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 16 KH-4 AND ONE KH-7 MISSIONS
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: POSSIBLE HELICOPTER LANDING SHIPS:
LENGTH: 620 FT
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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9. MISSION READOUT:
OB - THE TWO LARGE POSSIBLE HELICOPTER LANDING
SHIPS ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AS ON
THE VESSEL ON THE
BUILDING WAYS HAS TWO RECTANGULAR STRUCTURES FORWARD MEASURING 25 X 25 FT
AND 30 X 40 FT. THIS AREA IS OBSCURED ON THE VESSEL IN THE FITTING-OUT
BASIN. A CIRCULAR OBJECT n IN DIAMETER IS LOCATED ON TOP OF THE
SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MAY BE A STACK OR A MOUNT FOR A RADOME. THE AFT
280 FT OF THE VESSEL REMAINS FREE OF OBSTRUCTION. AN AREA NEAR THE STERN
MEASURING 45 X 90 FT MAY BE AN ELEVATOR. OVERALL DIMENSIONS ARE 620 X
110 FT. OTHER VESSELS -- ONE UGRA-CLASS AS, ONE LAMA-CLASS AEM, THREE
MAYAKOVSKIY-CLASS FISH FACTORY SHIPS, TWO PEREKOP/POLTAVA-CLASS MERCHANT
SHIPS (ONE ON BUILDING WAYS), ONE SMALL MERCHANT SHIP, TWO UNIDENTIFIED
VESSELS ON THE BUILDING WAYS, AND ONE FLOATING DOCK.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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