NEW CLASS SUBMARINE GORKIY SHIPYARD 112, USSR

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CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 28, 2016
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November 28, 2012
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1
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Publication Date: 
August 7, 1983
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REPORT
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Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE 1ECREL (Security Classification) (See inside cover CONTROL NO Z-11914/83 NPIC/PEG (8/83) COPY OF A Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions (Security Classification) 72 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions DISSEMINATION CONTROL ABBREVIATIONS NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL . . This Information has been Authorized for Release to. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 25X1 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of .i_. Copy 1. SIGNIFICANCE: Attachment to Z-11914/83 NPIC/PEG (8/83) NEW CLASS SUBMARINE GORKIY SHIPYARD 112, USSR A NEW CLASS SUBMARINE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED SINCE (SWN) 2. REMARKS: THE NEW SUBMARINE IS PROBABLY NUCLEAR POWERED AND IS ASSIGNED THE NPIC INTERIM DESIGNATOR 112G. THE SUBMARINE IS CONCEALED BY SCAFFOLDING/FRAMEWORK AND CANVAS AND IS MOORED OUTBOARD A 975-CLASS RADIOLOGICAL REPAIR BARGE. BECAUSE OF 3. MEASUREMENTS OF THE SCAFFOLDING/FRAMEWORK AND CANVAS INDICATE THAT THE SUBMARINE IS NO MORE THAN 95 METERS LONG. THE SAIL, WHICH IS PARTIALLY VISIBLE THROUGH THE SCAFFOLDING, APPEARS TO BE POSITIONED FORWARD OF AMIDSHIPS APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY FROM THE BOW TO THE STERN. THE SCAFFOLDING IS RAISED AT THE STERN INDICATING THAT THE SUBMARINE HAS AN UPPER RUDDER. SIMILAR CONCEALMENT ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED WITH THE V-II SSN LAUNCHED FROM GORKIY IN THE EARLY-TO-MID 70'S. (SWN) THE LAST NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTED AT WAS A C-II SSGN WHICH WAS LAUNCHED THE LAST SUBMARINE TO BE LAUNCHED HERE WAS DIESEL-POWERED T-CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BY (SWN) THIS SHIPYARD A COORDINATES 56-21-42N 043-52-28E COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/28: CIA-RDP84T00171R000200380001-9 25X1 25X1 25X1