DDB-1210-13-62 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Soviet Navy Surface Ship Identification Guide SEPTEMBER 1982SOVIET NAVY SURFACE SHIP IDENTIFICATION GUIDE DDB-1210-13-82 Information Cutoff Date: 1 July 1982 This is a Department of Defense Intelligence Document prepared by the Soviet/Warsaw Pact Division, Directorate for Research, Defense Intelligence Agency DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT been produced for offical use within the US Gover ion is limited to US Government agencies. Requests for ‘document from outside the US Government must be referred wo the Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. 20801 Product Manager: Mary Ann McClellan Naval Forces Branch, Force Structure SectionPREFACE This document is an unclassified guide to Soviet Navy surface ships and covers most classes of surface ships operated by the Navy. It is believed that publication of this infor- mation at the unclassified level will enhance its utility by insuring its dissemination to the widest possible audience. For Soviet Navy order of battle, readers are referred to the Unclassified Communist Naval Orders of Battle, DDB-1200-124-series. For explanations of ship types, see the Glossary of Naval Ship Types, DDB-1200-47-series. Other unclas- sified publications that readers may find useful are the Soviet Submarine Recognition Guide, DDB-1220-15-series, and Understanding Soviet Naval Developments, NAVSO P- 3560 (Rev. 1/81). This publication could not have been produced without the cooperation and assistance of Mr. A.D. Baker, III, of the Naval Intelligence Support Center (NISC), who provided all of the information on technical characteristics. Particular thanks are duc to Mr. John R. Lewis, also of NISC, for the loan of many photographs. Appreciation for photog raphy is also due to Mr. Robert A. Carlisle, head of the Still Photo Branch of the Navy Office of Information, and to Mrs. Patty M. Maddocks and Mrs. Dorothy Sappington of the Photographic Library of the US Naval Institute. Special thanks are due to LT Richard R. Burgess, USN, and LT Bruce G. Martin, USN, of the Defense Intelligence Agency (Fleet Operations and Special Programs Section) for providing the primary recognition features. The tedious chore of screening several hundred photographs for use in this document was performed by CDR William K. Boland, USNR-R, LCDR Michael C. Buzas, USNR-R, and LCDR Ernest C. Milner, USNR-R. The Defense Intelligence Agency takes full responsibility for any errors in this publication Questions and comments concerning this publication should be referred in writing to the Defense Intelligence Agency (ATTN: DB-1G), Washington, D.C. 20301. Requests for additional copies should be forwarded through command approval channels, as ap- propriate, to DIA (ATTN: RTS-2A), using DD Form 1142, Interagency Document Re- quest, in accordance with DIA Manual 59-3, DIA Reference Library.