ARRIVAL OF MAJOR COMBATANTS SEVASTOPOL, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00121R000100140001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 16, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SEV STOPOL, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: TWO NEW MAJOR COMBATANTS HAVE ARRIVED AT
SEVASTOPOL.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: SOVIET KIEV GUIDED MISSILE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
(CVHG) UNIT 3 HAS ARRIVED AT SEVASTOPOL SHIP RPR YD PANAIOTOVA
BAY SINCE KIEV CVHG UNIT 3 WAS LAUNCHED AT 25X1
NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444 IN LATE 25X1
DECEMBER 1978, AND UNDERWENT FITTING OUT AT THAT FACILITY UNTIL
ITS DEPARTURE BETWEEN THE 25X1;
UNIT IS CURRENTLY IN THE LARGE GRAVING DOCK WHERE IT WILL
UNDERGO HULL MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL SEA
TRIALS. WIRES HAVE BEEN WRAPPED AROUND THE HULL IN A SERIES OF
LOOPS THAT EXTENT FROM BOW TO STERN, INDICATING THAT THE SHIP
WILL BE DEPERMED IN THE DOCK.
(S/D) SOVREMENNYY GUIDED 'FISSILE DESTROY (DDG) UNIT 1 HAS
ARRIVED AT SEVASTOPOL NAVAL MISSILE SUPPORT AND MAJOR SHIP
FACILITY WHERE IT IS 25X1
MEDITERRANEAN MOORED BETWEEN A KASHIN DDG AND A KOTLIN DDG.
THE LEAD UNIT, WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTING SEA TRIALS IN THE
BALTIC SEA SINCE JULY 1980, WAS LAST OBSERVED AT BALTIYSK NAVAL
BASE IT IS BELIEVED THAT 25X1
THE UNIT HAS ARRIVED IN THE BLACK SEA TO CONDUCT SS-NX-22
CRUISE MISSILE FIRINGS.
(S/D) THE SOVREMENNYY DDG IS EQUIPPED WITH TWO SA-NX-7
SINGLE-ARM SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND TWO
QUADRUPLE SS-NX-22 SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE LAUNCHERS. IT
ALSO IS ARMED WITH TWO TWIN 1300MM GUN MOUNTS, FOUR 21-INCH
TORPEDO TUBES, AND TWO RBU 1000 ASW ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
3. (COORDINATES 44-37-46N 033-33-O5E
COORDINATES 44-37-31N 033-33-26E
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