PRIMORYE-CLASS AGI MODIFICATION VLADIVOSTOK NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 202, USSR

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• Publication Date: March 18, 1982
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PRIMORYE-CLASS AGI MODIFICATION
VLADIVOSTOK NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD 202, USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A PRIMORYE-CLASS INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION
SHIP (AGI) HAS BEEN MODIFIED.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: ONE OF TWO PRIMORYE-CLASS AGI IN THE SOVIET
PACIFIC FLEET HAS BEEN MODIFIED AT VLADIVOSTOK NAVAL BASE AND
SHIPYARD 202. THE SHIP IS NOW IN THE DEGAUSSING AREA AT
VLADIVOSTOK MISSILE PATROL BOAT BASE THE 25X1
MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF THE AFTER DECKHOUSE AND
THE PLACEMENT OF A RECTANGULAR OPENING IN THE ROOF OF THE
SHIP'S SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE REASONS FOR THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE
UNKNOWN, BUT COULD PORTEND A NEW OR ALTERED-MISSION FOR THE
UNIT.
(S/D) PREPARATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE AFTER DECKHOUSE OF
THIS PRIMORYE, WHICH HOUSED WHAT WAS PROBABLY EQUIPMENT FOR
COLLECTION AND/OR PROCESSING OF SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE, WERE
UNDERWAY IN EARLY DECEMBER 1981. 25X1
PACIFIC FLEET PRIMORY AGI WERE INTACT. LOAI
THE ROOF OF THE AFT DECKHOUSE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE
PRIMORYE UNDERGOING MODIFICATION. THE 25X1
DECKHOUSE WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED. 211DAI
THIS VESSEL WAS MOVED FROM THE SHIPYARD TO THE 25X1
DEGAUSSING AREA. SHIPS ARE NORMALLY DEGAUSSED FOLLOWING AN
EXTENDED REPAIR YARD PERIOD AND PRIOR TO SEA OPERATIONS. IT IS
NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE REMAINING FIVE PRIMORYE AGI IN THE SOVIET
INVENTORY ALSO WILL BE MODIFIED.
3.1 I COORDINATES 43-06-30N 131-56-05E
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