PREVIOUSLY UNARMED SOVIET TRAWLER/INTELLIGENCE COLLECTORS (AGI) OUTFITTED WITH ASW WEAPONS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05698A000200010037-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: November 15, 1974
• Content Type: MISC

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TITLE/SIGNIFICANCE: PrevlouSly unarmed Soviet trawler/intelligence collectors (AGI)
outfitted with ASW weapons.
COMMENT: A Ma ak Class AGI armed with ASW weapons was seen at Polyarnyy Submarine Ba~~",,
and another at Tallinn in the Baltic They wer25X1
armed with four 16-inch ASW torpedo tubes, arranged semi ar y to t ose on the Poti Class
PCE. Four RBU-1800 rocket assisted depth charge launchers were mounted on the forecastle
similar to those on the SO-1 Class PCS, and a twin-mounted 25MM/80AA gun was forward of
the bridge. This makes three previously unarmed Soviet trawler/intelligence collectors
n}w~thin}the last^~ear. The first was an unidentified trawler, seen 7_c,X1
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Sevastopol Naval Base
Polyarnyy Submarine Base
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