NEW LAUNCH AND TRANSVERSE RAIL CONSTRUCTION KOMSOMOLSK SHIPYARD AMUR 199, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 19, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEW LAUNCH AND TRANSVERSE RAIL CONSTRUCTION
KOMSOMOLSK SHIPYARD AMUR 199, USSR
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A NEW SUBMARINE OR SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
COULD BE ACTIVATED FROM LAUNCH RAIL 1 WHEN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN COMPLETED. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: SINCE EARLY JUNE 1983, NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN
OBSERVED ON THE LAUNCH RAILS AT THIS SHIPYARD. TWO TRANSVERSE
RAIL SECTIONS, WHICH WILL CONNECT LAUNCH RAILS 1 AND 2, ARE
BEING INSTALLED AT THE TWO-BAY CONSTRUCTION HALL. THE WIDTH OF
THE NEW TRANSVERSE RAIL SECTIONS IS 10 METERS, WHICH IS
CONSIDERABLY WIDER THAN LAUNCH RAILS 1 AND 2 WHICH ARE
ALTHOUGH THE ULTIMATE FUNCTION OF THE NEW
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NPIC/PEG (8/83)
TRANSVERSE RAIL SECTIONS IS NOT KNOWN, ONE POSSIBILITY IS THAT
THEY WILL BE USED TO TRANSFER SUBMARINE COMPONENTS OR HULL
SECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO BAYS OF THE CONSTRUCTION HALL. LAUNCH
RAIL 2 HAS BEEN UTILIZED TO LAUNCH K-CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINES
(SS). LAUNCH RAIL 1 HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR SUBMARINE LAUNCHES
AND HAS RECENTLY BEEN LENGTHENED AND REINFORCED. LAUNCH RAIL 1
WILL BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW PERMANENT TRANSPORTER
DOCK BOW LAUNCH ASSIST DEVICE WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON
THE FAR SIDE OF THE BASIN. A MOBILE SUPPORT DEVICE IS USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE OTHER LAUNCH RAILS. V-III NUCLEAR-POWERED
ATTACK SUBMARINES, K SS, AND I AUXILIARY SUBMARINES HAVE
RECENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AT KOMSOMOLSK. (SWN)
COORDINATES 50-32-31N 137-02-56E
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