UDALOY DDG WITH IMPROVED CAPABILITIES BALTIYSK NAVAL BASE, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 29, 1983
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UDALOY DDG WITH IMPROVED CAPABILITIES
BALTIYSK NAVAL BASE, USSR SWN
Z-13662/83
NPIC/IEG (7/83)
29 JULY 1983
SIGNIFICANCE: A UDALOY CLASS DDG HAS BEEN UPGRADED WITH AN
ICOPTER PAD AND A NEW RADAR. FOLLOW-ON UDALOY
UNITS ARE EXPECTED TO ALSO HAVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: UDALOY DDG UNIT 3, THE FIRST OF THE CLASS TO BE
UPGRADED WITH AN ENLARGED HELICOPTER PAD AND NEW RADAR, WAS
OBSERVED AT BALTIYSK NAVAL BASE ON IT IS
CURRENTLY ON SEA TRIALS, AND EXPECTED TO SOON BE FULLY
OPERATIONAL. ADDITIONAL UDALOY DDG UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE ENLARGED HELICOPTER PAD, AND ARE
EXPECTED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW RADAR. (SWN)
THE HELICOPTER PAD HAS BEEN WIDENED FROM 25X1
METERS, AND THE LENGTH HAS REMAINED AT IT IS 25X1
ESTIMATED THAT THE IMPROVED HELICOPTER PAD WILL BE CAPABLE OF
ACCOMMODATING TWO HELIX ASW HELICOPTERS. THE TWO SIDE-BY-SIDE
HANGARS HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED. (SWN)
THE NEW MAINMAST-MOUNTED RADAR IS PROBABLY AN AIR SEARCH RADAR,
AND REPLACES THE STRUT PAIR RADAR INSTALLED ON UNITS 1 AND 2.
(SWN)
UDALOY UNIT 2 IS IN THE REPAIR DOCK AT CHALMPUSHKA/ROSLYAKOVA
, AND MAY ALSO BE UPGRADED.
UNIT 4, CURRENTLY IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FITTING-OUT AT
KALININGRAD SHIPYARD STATE 820 , HAS A
HELICOPTER PAD IDENTICAL TO THE ONE ON UNIT 3. (SWN)
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
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