AIRCRAFT AND RO/RO SHIP COMPATIBILITY TEST PREPARATIONS SEVASTOPOL NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KILENBAL, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2011
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• Publication Date: September 8, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRCRAFT AND RO/RO SHIP COMPATIBILITY TEST PREPARATIONS
SEVASTOPOL NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KILENBAL, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A SOVIET SKULPTOR KONENKOV-CLASS
ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO) SHIP IS BEING MODIFIED FOR VSTOL
AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTER COMPATIBILITY TESTING. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE RECTANGULAR 25X1
TAKEOFF/LANDING PAD, APPROXIMATELY 18 BY 24 METERS, HAS BEEN
PAINTED WITH AIRCRAFT ALIGNMENT MARKINGS. THESE MARKINGS ARE
NEARLY IDENTICAL IN SIZE AND CONFIGURATION TO FOUR FORGER VSTOL
PADS AT SAKI AIRFIELD AT SAKI AIRFIELD, A 25X1
SHIP OUTLINE WAS PAINTED AROUND TWO OF THE FOUR VSTOL PADS
THE CONFIGURATION AND 25X1
DIMENSIONS OF THE SHIP OUTLINE AND THE POSITION OF THE FORGER
PAD WITHIN THE OUTLINE ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THAT OBSERVED
FORWARD OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE ON THE SKULPTOR KONENKOV-CLASS
RO/RO SHIP. UNLIKE THE TWO SHIP OUTLINES AT SAKI AIRFIELD, THE
SKULPTOR KONENKOV-CLASS RO/RO AT SEVASTOPOL ALSO HAS A
HELICOPTER LANDING SPOT FORWARD OF THE RECTANGULAR LANDING
PAD. (SWN)
THE SOVIET UNION HAS OVER 50 RO/RO SHIPS OF DIFFERENT SIZES
THAT COULD BE MODIFIED TO ACCEPT FORGER VSTOL AIRCRAFT AND
HELICOPTERS IF COMPATIBILITY TESTING PROVES SUCCESSFUL. (SWN)
COORDINATES 44-36-58N 033-33-15E
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