NEW EAST COAST FLEET NAVAL COMMAND SONGJON PANDO, NORTH KOREA 16 OCTOBER 1983

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• Publication Date: March 16, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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16 MARCH 1984
NEW EAST COAST FLEET NAVAL COMMAND
SONGJON,PANDO NORTH KOREA (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: NPIC BELIEVES THAT THE NEWLY FORMED 13TH NAVAL
COMMAND (NAVCOM) IS AT SONGJON PANDO, AND THAT ITS MISSION IS
AGENT INSERTION AND SEA INFILTRATION. (SWN)
2. REMARKS:I A NEW NORTH KOREAN 25X1
EAST AST FLEET NAVAL COMMAND THE 13TH NAVCOM) IN THE
MUNCHON/SONGJON AREA; HOWEVER, ITS SPECIFIC LOCATION AND
MISSION HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. NPIC BELIEVES THAT THE 13TH
NAVCOM HEADQUARTERS IS AT SONGJON PANDO NAVAL FACILITY PUG,
3 NM NORTHWEST OF THE 2ND NAVCOM HEADQUARTERS AT MUNCHON UP
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD. (GRAPHIC 1) 25X1
ANALYSIS OF IMAGERY OF THE MUNCHON UP-SONGJON AREA AND A 25 NM
NORTH AND SOUTH COASTLINE SEARCH REVEALED ONLY ONE FACILITY OF
SUFFICIENT SIZE TO BE A NEW NAVCOM. AFTER ISOLATING AND
ELIMINATING THE FACILITIES AND VESSELS OF THE 2ND NAVCOM, THE
SONGJON PANDO NAVAL FACILITY BECAME THE MOST LOGICAL CANDIDATE
FOR THE NEW NAVCOM. THE COMBATANTS SUBORDINATE TO THE 2ND
NAVCOM INCLUDE MISSILE ATTACK BOATS, FIRE SUPPORT PATROL CRAFT,
TORPEDO BOATS, AND PATROL BOATS. THE SONGJON PANDO VESSELS,
HOWEVER, CONSIST OF A UNIQUE MIXTURE INCLUDING MIDGET
SUBMARINES (SSM), NAMPO LANDING CRAFT (LCP), CHONGJIN PATROL
BOATS (PB), SPECIAL WARFARE SUPPORT CRAFT/AGENT BOATS (LCW),
AND POSSIBLE SWIMMER DELIVERY VESSELS (LSDV). THE CHONGJIN
HYDROFOIL PATROL BOAT (PBH), THE ONLY HYDROFOIL COMBATANT IN
THE NORTH KOREAN INVENTORY, HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FACILITY; THIS ASSOCIATION ADDS TO THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE
SONJON PANDO NAVAL BASE. THE CHONGJIN PB ARE THE ONLY VESSELS
AT SONGJON PANDO THAT ARE NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERSONNEL
TRANSPORT. THEY WOU PROBABLY SERVE IN A FIRE SUPPORT ROLE.
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SONGJON PANDO IS THE ONLY OPERATIONAL FACILITY ON EITHER COAST
WHERE SSM ARE BASED. THE VESSELS HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR
SPECIFIC COMMAND AND CONTROL THAT COULD BE PROVIDED BY A
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SEPARATE NAVCOM. OTHER SSM ARE SEEN IN THE MAYANG DO AND SINPO
AREAS WHERE SSM REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE.
(SWN
THE SSM, LCP, LCW, AND LSDV ARE ALL SPECIAL PURPOSE/INFILTRATION
SUPPORT VESSELS AND INDICATE AN AGENT INSERTION/SEA INFILTRATION
MISSION FOR THIS FACILITY. THE LOCATION OF TWO AMPHIBIOUS
RANGER COMMANDO UNITS, SONGJON PANDO BARRACKS AREA SE AND SOHANG
NI BARRACKS AREA, BOTH WITHIN 2.0 NM OF THE FACILITY, ALSO
SUGGEST AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEW NAVCOM. (SWN)
CHANGES TO THE FACILITY AT SONGJON PANDO FACILITY COINCIDE WITH
THE FIRST INDICATION THAT A NEW NAVCOM WAS BEING FORMED IN LATE
1981. IN MAY 1982, CONSTRUCTION WAS STARTED ON THREE LARGE
BARRACKS AT THE SONGJON PANDO FACILITY. WITH THE EXISTING
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND SMALL AUDITORIUM, THIS INCREASE IN
HOUSING FOR A LARGER NUMBER OF PERSONNEL COULD REPRESENT A
HIGHER LEVEL OF OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY AND SUFFICIENT FACILITIES
TO SUPPORT A NAVAL COMMAND. NAMPO LCP AND LCW WERE USUALLY SEEN
AT THE PIER BESIDE THE SSM THROUGH MARCH 1981. BY MAY 1982,
THEY HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PENINSULA TO A NEW
FACILITY, MUNCHON UP NAVAL DISPERSAL AREA (GRAPHIC 3). THIS
DISPERSAL AREA WAS ONLY ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT COMPLETE AT
THAT TIME. THIS MOVEMENT INDICATES THAT THE DISPERSAL AREA IS
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ANALYST'S COMMENT: IF NPIC'S ANALYSIS IS CORRECT, THIS WOULD BE
THE ONLY NAVAL COMMAND WHOSE MISSION IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED
TO AGENT INSERTION/SEA INFILTRATION. THIS WOULD BE FURTHER
EVIDENCE OF THE EMPHASIS THAT NORTH KOREA HAS PLACED, IN RECENT
YEARS, ON INFILTRATION ACTIVITIES AGAINST SOUTH KOREA. (SWN)
COORDINATES 39-22-03N 127-26-45E (S)
COORDINATES 39-18-51N 127-24-05E (S)
COORDINATES 39-21-20N 127-27-49E (S)
COORDINATES 39-20-09N 127-27-08E (S)
COORDINATES 39-18-42N 127-24-56E (S)
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