VYTEGRALES/PETROZAVODSK CONVERSION NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: September 11, 1982
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VYTEGRALES/PETROZAVODSK CONVERSION
NIKOLAYE, SHIPYARD iNOSENKO 4442 USSR
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1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: THE CONVERSION OF A
VYTEGRALES PETROZAVODSK-CLASS MERSHIP TO AN UNUSUAL
CONFIGURATION CONTINUES.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: SINCEI A 25X1
VYTEG L S ETROZAVODSK-CLASS MERSHIP HULL HAS ARRIVED FROM
SEVASTOPOL SHIP REPAIR YARD PANAIOTOVA BAY AND 25X1
A SUPERSTRUCTURE (CONSTRUCTED AT NIKOLAYEV HAS BEEN PLACED ON
IT AFT OF AMIDSHIPS. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, 25X1
WAS PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED IN THE PLATEN AREA NEAR BUILDING WAY 5
ON BOTH GOLIATH GANTRY CRANES THAT SERVICE 25X1
BUILDING WAY 5 AND THE PLATEN AREA WERE PROBABLY NEEDED TO LIFT
THE SUPERSTRUCTURE INTO PLACE ON THE HULL. THE
VYTEGRALES/PETROZAVODSK HULL UNDERWENT CONVERSION IN A LARGE
FLOATING DRYDOCK AT SEVASTOPOL NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KILENBAL
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BETWEEN 25X1
DURING THIS PERIOD, TWO SPONSO14S WERE ADDED TO THE HULL
INCREASING THE BEAM OF THE SHIP FROMI 25X1
METERS. IN ADDITION, MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE FORWARD
HATCHES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THEIR DIMENSIONS. THE LENGTH
OF THE HULL HAS NOT CHANGED DURING THE CONVERSION AND IS
APPROXIMATELY 121 METERS LONG. ALTHOUGH THE REASON FOR THIS
UNUSUAL CONVERSION IS UNKNOWN, THE EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS
COMPLETED AT NAVAL FACILITIES INDICATE THAT THE SHIP WILL
PROBABLY BE NAVAL ASSOCIATED.
3. COORDINATES 46-45-53N 031-58-19E
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