SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITY CIENFUEGOS PORT FACILITIES, CUBA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 5, 1973
• Content Type: REPORT

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MISSION GA 007, 28 AUGUST 1973
SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITY
CIENFUEGOS PORT FACILITIES, CUBA
22-OBN 080-27W
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REFERENCE TO: OLYMPIC FIRE MISSION GA007
SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITY
CIENFUE OS PORT FACILITIES, CUBA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: SOVIET NAVAL COMBATANTS OBSERVED
AT CIENFUEGOS PORT FACILITIES, CUBA
ON 28 AUGUST 1973.
ARE ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
CUBA AT 22-08-25N 080-27-20W.
3. REMARKS/
COLLA RAL :
ACCORDING TO A HAVANA DOMESTIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (FBIS DAILY
REPORT ON 31 JULY 1973), A GROUP OF
SOVIET SHIPS CONSISTING OF THE
DESTROYERS ADMIRAL ISAKOV AND
DERZKY, A SUBMARINE AND A TANKER
WAS TRANSITING THE ATLANTIC ON A
TRAINING VOYAGE AND WOULD CALL AT
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HAVANA PORT BETWEEN 4 AND 9 AUGUST.
AFTER VISITING HAVANA, THE SHIPS
REPORTEDLY WOULD CALL AT OTHER
CUBAN PORTS.
ON 5 AUGUST (OLYMPIC FIRE MISSION
GA007) AT HAVANA PORT
LIGHT CRUISER (CLGM) AND A KANIN
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (DDG)
WERE MEDITERRANEAN-MOORED AT A
QUAY JUST INSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO
HAVANA HARBOR. AN E-II GUIDED
MISSILE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE (SSGN)
AND THE KANIN DDG WERE SECURED
ALONGSIDE THE KRESTA-II AND AN
OKHTENSKIY AUXILIARY RESCUE TUG
(ATR) WAS NEAR THE STERN OF THE
KRESTA-II.
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 boards (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, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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, THE KANIN DDG WAS OBSERVED
APPROXIMATELY 12 NAUTICAL MILES
NORTHWEST OF HAVANA ON A SOUTH-
EASTERLY HEADING. THE OTHER
SOVIET SHIPS WERE NOT OBSERVED.
4. MISSION READOUT: ON 28 AUGUST AT CIENFUEGOS PORT,
AN F-CLASS SUBMARINE WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME
WITH THIS SOVIET NAVAL GROUP WHICH CONSISTED OF AN E-II
SSGN AT THE FOUR-POINT MOORING, A KRESTA-II CLGM, A
KANIN DDG AND AN OKIITENSKIY ATR. TWO SPECIAL PURPOSE
BARGES WERE AT CIENFUEGOS NAVAL BASE
MAP REFERENCES: 50-E724 SHEETS 1929-I AND II, 2029-III AND IV
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should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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ENLARGEMENT FACTORS OF INSETS: CIENFUEGOS NAVAL BASE 20X
E-II SSGN 20X
KANIN DDG 30X
KRESTA-II CLGM 40X
F-CLASS SS SOX
IEG/SGD/MEAFAB
COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS REPORT ARE WELCOMED.
THEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO
OF MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA-
AMERICAS BRANCH, SGD/IEG/NPIC, CODE 143,
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RETURN TO:
BRIEFING COORDINATION SECTION
ROOM 4N204
AISSION GA 001, 23 AUGJSI 1913
SOVIET NAVAL AUTIVITY
(IENFUEGOS PORT FACILITIES, (U3A
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