PROBABLE COMBATANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION LENINGRAD SHIPYARD BALTIC ORDZHONIKID 189, USSR

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• Publication Date: March 22, 1982
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PROBABLE COMBATANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
LENINGRAD SHIPYARD BALTIC ORDZ O K D , USSR
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A PROBABLE MAJOR COMBATANT IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION HERE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: CONSTRUCTION OF A PROBABLE LARGE COMBATANT,
WHICH HS AN INCOMPLETE LENGTH OF 169 METERS AND A BEAM OF 30
METERS, BEGAN ON THE BUILDINGWAY AT REPORTING POSITION (RP) 21
AFTER THE LAUNCH OF KIROV NUCLEAR GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER (CGN)
UNIT 2 IN JUNE 1981. THE AMIDSHIPS SECTION OF THIS SHIP HAS
BEEN COMPLETED UP TO THE MAIN DECK LEVEL. IN ADDITION, A STEP
DOWN TO A POSSIBLE HELICOPTER DECK AFT AND A POSSIBLE
HELICOPTER ELEVATOR OPENING ARE DISCERNIBLE. THE
COMPARTMENTATION OF THIS SHIP IS MORE INDICATIVE OF A COMBATANT
THAN THAT OF A LOGISTICS SUPPORT SHIP, PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED TO
BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THIS BUILDINGWAY.
KIROV CGN UNITS 1 -AND -2 -ARE- THE ONLY MODERN COMBATANTS BUILT AT
THIS SHIPYARD. IN SEPTEMBER 1981, THE STERN LAUNCH ASSIST
DEVICE USED DURING THE LAUNCH OF KIROV CGN UNITS 1 AND 2 WAS
PLACED AT THE FOOT OF THE BUILDINGWAY. THE STERN LAUNCH ASSIST
DEVICE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER OF THE
WAY UP THE BUILDINGWAY. THE MID-BODY AND BOW ASSIST DEVICES
(ALL NOT ON GRAPHIC) USED FOR THE LAUNCH OF KIROV UNITS 1 AND 2
ARE ON THE QUAY NEXT TO THE BUILDINGWAY. THESE DEVICES HAVE
BEEN USED ONLY IN THE LAUNCH OF THE TWO KIROV CGN. ALTHOUGH
NUMEROUS SIMILARITIES EXIST BETWEEN THIS SHIP AND THE TWO KIROV
CGN, THIS UNIT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED AS A KIROV CGN. THE
DISTINCTIVE KIROV BOTTOM PLATE WAS NOT OBSERVED DURING EARLY
CONSTRUCTION STAGES, AND THE BEAM OF THIS SHIP IS TWO METERS
WIDER THAN THE MAXIMUM BEAM OF THE KIROV CGN.
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