112G DEPARTURE PREPARATIONS GORKIY SHIPYARD 112, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 19, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE NEWLY-LAUNCHED 112G SUBMARINE IS BEING
PREPARED FOR DEPARTURE FROM THIS SHIPYARD. (SWN)
2. REMARKS:I I THE CANVAS-COVERED 112G HAS BEEN
PLACED IN THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED, UNIQUELY CONFIGURED,
LOW-WALLED TRANSPORTER DOCK (YRD) WHICH HAS TWO PAIRS OF
FLOTATION AIDS ATTACHED. THESE AIDS, WHICH RESEMBLE THE TWO
SECTIONS OF THE RASP-A FOUR-POSTER BARGE, HAVE BEEN PLACED
BENEATH AND ALONGSIDE THE NEW YRD TO GIVE IT ADDITIONAL
BUOYANCY AND STABILITY. THE USE OF SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT IS
UNIQUE IN THE SOVIET UNION. (SWN)
THE TOTAL WIDTH OF THIS ARRANGEMENT 39 METERS, WOULD PROHIBIT
PASSAGE THROUGH THE NARROWEST LOCK ON THE SOVIET 25X1
INLAND WATERWAY. SINCE TRANSPORT TO ANOTHER FACILITY FOR FINAL
OUTFITTING, PROBABLY SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD 402 25X1
WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THIS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, THE
FLOTATION AIDS WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED DURING PASSAGE THROUGH
THE LOCKS AND REATTACHED AFTER PASSAGE. (SWN)
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112G DEPARTURE PREPARATIONS
GORKIY SHIPYARD 112, USSR
WHILE THE LOW SIDEWALLS OF THE YRD WOULD MAKE IT LESS CAPABLE
OF LIFTING HEAVY SUBMARINES THAN DOCKS ALREADY IN SERVICE, THE
ADDITIONAL FLOTATION AFFORDED BY THE NEW AIDS WOULD MAKE IT
CAPABLE OF CONSIDERABLY MORE LIFT THAN CURRENT DOCKS. THIS
SUGGESTS THAT EITHER THE 112G IS HEAVIER THAN ANY SUBMARINE
PREVIOUSLY LAUNCHED FROM THIS FACILITY (POSSIBLY DUE TO AN
ADVANCED REACTOR SYSTEM) OR THAT THE FEASIBILITY OF
TRANSPORTING HEAVY SUBMARINES IS BEING TESTED. (SWN)
COORDINATES 56-21-42N 043-52-28E
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