NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 402 SEVERODVINSK, USSR

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• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 4, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE:
3. REMARKS
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 402
SEVERODVINSK, USSR
1 - IDENTIFICATION OF THE U-CLASS AS A BALLISTIC
MISSILE SUBMARINE;
2 - LARGE U/I SUBMARINE IN THE LAUNCHING BASIN;
3 - INDICATIONS OF LAUNCHING ACTIVITY AT CON-
STRUCTION HALL NO. 2 ( DIESEL SHED ) ;
4 - APPEARANCE OF A KRESTA-CLASS DLGM AT SEVERODVINSK.
SEVERODVINSK NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 402 IS LOCATED IN
THE CITY OF SEVERODVINSK, ON THE WHITE SEA, APPROXI-
MATELY 19 MILES WEST OF ARKHANGELSK.
1 - THE IRESTA-CLASS DLGM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT
LENINGRAD SHIPYARD ZHDANOV 190. THE FIRST UNIT
SEEN OUTSIDE OF LENINGRAD WAS SIGHTED ON 20 FEB 67
IN THE BALTIC SEA OFF BALTIYSK.
2 - REVEALED A KYND A-CLASS DLGM IN
THE WEST BASIN AT SEVERODVINSK (THE SAME LOCATION
AS THE KRESTA-CLASS ON THIS MISSION) UNDERGOING A
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MISSILE LOADING OPERATION. THE KYNDA AND THE
KRESTA BOTH CARRY SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES.
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION:
6. NEGATION DATE:
7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: 31 KH-4, 11 KH-7,
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: LARGE U/I SUBMARINE
LENGTH - APPROX 410-420 FT
U-CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE
LENGTH - APPROX 410 FT
9. MISSION READOUT: OB ON
LAUNCHING BASIN (FLOODED): UNIDENTIFIED AUXILIARY AND ONE TUG.
FITTING-OUT QUAY MAIN YARD: ONE U-CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (2 ROWS
OF AT LEAST 4 MISSILE TUBES ARE VISIBLE AFT OF THE SAIL. THE OPEN MISSILE TUBE
CAPS ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE SHIP ARE READILY APPARENT AND APPEAR TO BE SMALLER
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TI 1A1'1 THOSE PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED ON G- AND H-CLASS BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES),
ONE E-II-CLASS SSGN, 2 N-CLASS SSN (BOTH IN FLOATING DOCKS), 5 RECTANGULAR
SUPPORT BARGES, AND 4+ UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS.
WEST BASIN AREA: ONE J-CLASS SSG, 2 RIGA-CLASS DE, 2 KRONSHTADT-CLASS PC, 8
PATROL CRAFT (ON QUAY), ONE TRANSPORTER DOCK, AND 29 UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS.
NUCLEAR SUBMARINE SPECIAL SUPPORT FACILITY: ONE N-CLASS SSN AND ONE REC-
TANGULAR SUPPORT BARGE. TWO UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS ARE MOORED JUST OFF THE QUAY.
NORTH YARD: ONE H-II-CLASS SSBN (WITH PARTIALLY SCAFFOLDED SAIL), ONE G-II-
CLASS SSB, ONE G-CLASS SSB, ONE Z-T-CLASS SSB, ONE W-CLASS SSG (TWIN CYLINDER),
ONE ZEYA-CLASS YESN, ONE BOLVA-CLASS ALL, ONE BUSSARD-CLASS ALL, ONE YAGT, 2
RECTANGULAR SUPPORT BARGES, AND 13 UNIDENTIFIED SMALL VESSELS ALONG THE QUAYS.
ONE H-CLASS SSBN, ONE G-CLASS SSB, ONE N-CLASS SSN, AND 2 RECTANGULAR SUPPORT
BARGES ARE IN THE WET DOCK.
EAST QUAY: ONE CATAMARAN-TYPE VESSEL, 6 UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS, AND ONE FLOATING
CRANE.
UNIDENTIFIED FACILITY: ONE UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL.
CHANGES AND ADDITIONS IN OB FOR
LAUNCHING BASIN (DRY): ONE LARGE UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINE APPROXIMATELY 110 TO
420 FT IN LENGTH. THIS SUBMARINE IS NOT A U-CLASS.
FITTING-OUT QUAY MAIN YARD: ONE OF THE FLOATING DOCKS THAT CONTAINED AN N-CLASS
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IS NOW EMPTY AND IS LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF THE QUAY NEAR THE
BASIN GATE. THE N-CLASS SSN THAT WAS IN THIS FLOATING DOCK IS NOW AT THE WEST
END OF THE QUAY, AND A THIRD N-CLASS SSN IS NOW IN THE BERTHING SPACE NEAREST
THE PERPENDICULAR FLOATING DOCK. A LAUNCHING APPARATUS, CONSISTING OF 7 SETS
OF THREE CRADLES/TRUCKS, IS NOW POSITIONED ON THE SIDE-LAUNCHING WAY OF CON-
STRUCTION HALL NO. 2 (DIESEL SHED).
WEST BASIN AREA: ONE E-II-CLASS SSGN, ONE SVERDLOV-CLASS CL, ONE KRESTA-CLASS
DLGM, AND ONE RIGA-CLASS DE. THE 2 KRONSHTADT-CLASS PC HAVE DEPARTED.
NUCLEAR SUBMARINE SPECIAL SUPPORT FACILITY: THE N-CLASS SSN AND THE RECTANGULAR
SUPPORT BARGE HAVE MOVED TO THE OPPOSITE (EAST) END OF THE QUAY.
NORTH YARD: THE SAIL OF THE H-II-CLASS SSBN NOW APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY
SCAFFOLDED,
CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE NK FABRICATION BUILDING, THE WEST BASIN AREA, THE
COVERED REPAIR WAY, AND THE QUAYED AREAS AT THE NORTH YARD AND THE WEST BASIN.
A PIER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION JUST NORTH OF THE GATE TO THE MAIN LAUNCHING BASIN.
A NEW LOOP ROAD HAS BEEN ADDED IN THE MISSILE STORAGE/HANDLING AREA.
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