SUBMARINE DELIVERY MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD, ALGERIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 31, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBMARINE DELIVERY
MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD, ALGERIA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: THE ALGERIAN NAVY HAS RECEIVED ITS FIRST
SUBMARINE.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: AN R ATTACK SUBMARINE (SS) OF SOVIET ORIGIN HAS
BEEN DELIVERED TO MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD SINCE
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO SOVIET SS TO BE
DELIVERED, AND THE FIRST SUBMARINE EVER IN THE ALGERIAN
INVENTORY. THE SUBMARINE IS BERTHED AT THE NORTH MOLE, FORWARD
OF A SOVIET SAMARA HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SHIP (AGS) WHICH
PROBABLY ACCOMPANIED THE R SS ON ITS VOYAGE FROM THE BALTIC
(NOSIC 291809Z JAN 82, SECRET). A MILITARY CEREMONY AND NAVAL
REVIEW (NOT ON GRAPHIC), PROBABLY RELATED TO THE TRANSFER OF
THE R SS, IS IN PROGRESS AT THE NAVAL BASE. SEVEN AUTOMOBILES,
PROBABLY FOR DIGNITARIES, ARE ON THE MOLE NEAR THE SUBMARINE.
AT LEAST 300 PERSONNEL ARE IN COLUMN FORMATION ON THE QUAY
NORTH OF THE MOLE. SEVERAL ALGERIAN NAVAL UNITS ARE ANCHORED
IN FORMATION OFFSHORE AND INCLUDE THE KONI-CLASS FRIGATE
(ALGERIA'S LARGEST SURFACE COMBATANT), TWO NANUCHKA-II GUIDED
MISSILE PATROL COMBATANTS (PGG), AND TEN OSA MISSILE ATTACK
BOATS (PTG). A VIP LAUNCH IS DEPARTING THE QUAY NEAR THE
PERSONNEL COLUMNS, PROBABLY TO REVIEW THE OFFSHORE COMBATANTS.
3.I (COORDINATES 35-43-30N 000-41-15W
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
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and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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