UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER, ANTILLA PORT, CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300010011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 17, 1971
• Content Type: MISC

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REFERENCE TO: OLD HEAD MISSION G-195 UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER,
ANTILLA PORT, CUBA
1. SIGNIFICANCE: AN UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER (AS) WAS OBSERVED
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN RECENT MONTHS AT ANTILLA
PORT, CUBA.
2. LOCATION: ANTILLA PORT FACILITIES ARE ON 25X1
THE-NORTHEASTERN COAST OF CUBA AT 20-49-25N
075-44-38W.
3. REMARKS: AN UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER (AS) VISITED
ANTILLA IN THE SHIP WAS OBSERV- 25X1
ED ON AND WAS MOORED ALONG- 25X1
SIDE AN F-CLASS SUBMARINE.
ON OLD HEAD PHOTOGRAPHY OF AN UGRA- 25X1
CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER (AS) WAS OBSERVED ALONG-
SIDE AN N-CLASS NUCLEAR-POWERED TORPEDO ATTACK
SUBMARINE (SSN) AT THE FOUR-POINT MOORING SITE
IN CIENFUEGOS BAY. A KRESTA-I-CLASS GUIDED MIS-
SILE CRUISER (CLGM) AND A LENINGRAD-CLASS TANKER
WERE ALSO PRESENT.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
GROUP 1: EXCLUDED FROM SECRET
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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4. COLLATERAL: A WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER, THE EVENING STAR, ON
6 FEB 1971 REPORTED THAT A SUBMARINE TENDER,
A LIGHT CRUISER, AND A TANKER WERE ENROUTE TO
CUBA. THE UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER, ACCORD-
ING TO A U.S. NAVAL MESSAGE, ENTERED CIENFUE-
GOS HARBOR AT 08002 ON 14 FEB 1971. ACCORDING
TO A DIA PUBLICATION(S), IN EARLY MAR 71, THE
UGRA (AS) PARTICIPATED IN ASW EXERCISES WITH
THE KRESTA-I GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER (CLGM) WEST
OF JAMAICA. SHE THEN PROCEEDED ALONE NORTH OF
JAMAICA AND THROUGH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. ON
7 MARCH, THE TENDER MET THE CRUISER NORTH OF
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
ON 10 MAR 1971, ANOTHER U.S. NAVAL MESSAGE
REVEALED THAT AT 090OZ THE UGRA (AS) 905 WAS
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 21-01:; 074-53W
WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 NM ENE OF ANTILLA.
5. MISSION READOUT: ON 12 MAR 1971, AN UGRA-CLASS SUBMARINE TENDER
(AS) WAS OBSERVED MOORED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE SUGAR PIER AT ANTILLA
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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PORT. A KRASNOGRAD-CLASS FREIGHTER WAS LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE
PIER. TWO KRONSHTADT-CLASS SUBMARINE CHASERS (PC) AND A SMALL TUG WERE
LOCATED AT A QUAY NORTHWEST OF THE SUGAR PIER.
ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 50X
IEG/WGD
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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