KRIVAK FFG MODIFICATION LENINGRAD, USSR (SANITIZED)

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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 22, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/IEG (7/83)
22 JULY 1983
LENINGRAD USSR SW
1. SIGNIFICANCE: MODIFICATIONS CONTINUE ON THE KRIVAK-CLASS
GUIDED LE FRIGATE (FFG) "ZHARKHIY" AT LENINGRAD SHIPYARD
ZHDANOV 190. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE "ZHARKHIY" WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER AND PLACED
ON AN OPEN BUILDING/REPAIRWAY AT THIS YARD IN MID-APRIL 1983.
IT IS NEXT TO A SOVERMENNYY GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER WHICH IS
IN THE MID-STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION. SINCE MID-APRIL, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COVERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TWO SA-N-4 SAM
LAUNCHERS, THE BARRELS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TWO 76.2MM
GUNS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HOUSING OVER THE VARIABLE DEPTH
SONAR HAS BEEN WIDENED. (SWN)
THE EXTENT OF THE MODIFICATIONS TO THIS KRIVAK CANNOT BE
DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. APPARENTLY THE SOVIETS INTEND TO
RETAIN THE SS-N-14 ANTISUBMARINE CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND
TORPEDO TUBES AS PRESENTLY CONFIGURED SINCE NEITHER HAS BEEN
REMOVED. THE SA-N-4 SAM SYSTEM, IF REMOVED, WOULD MOST LIKELY
BE REPLACED WITH THE NEW UDALOY SAM SYSTEM. THIS NEW SYSTEM IS
BEING INSTALLED ON NEWLY CONSTRUCTED COMBATANTS SUCH AS THE
UDALOY GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER AND THE KIROV NUCLEAR-POWERED
GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER. THE 76.2MM GUN BARRELS WILL PROBABLY
BE EXCHANGED FOR BARRELS THAT HAVE BEEN REBORED AND
RECONDITIONED. (SWN)
THE REMOVAL OF MAJOR COMBATANTS FROM THE WATER IS NOT NORMALLY
DONE IN THE COURSE OF A ROUTINE OVERHAUL. THE LAST TIME A
MAJOR COMBATANT WAS TAKEN FROM THE WATER AND POSITIONED ON THE
REPAIRWAYS AT THIS INSTALLATION WAS BETWEEN 1971 AND 1975 WHEN
THE KASHIN GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER (DDG) CONVERSION PROGRAM
WAS UNDERWAY. DURING THE PROGRAM THIS YARD AND NIKOLAYEV
SHIPYARD NORTHERN 61 KOMMUNA 445 WERE INVOLVED 25X1
IN THE CONVERSION OF FIVE OF THE 19 KASHIN DDG TO MODIFIED
KASHIN DDG. THIS PROGRAM INVOLVED THE ADDITION OF FOUR SS-N-2C
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22 JULY 1983
(STYX) ANTISHIP CRUISE MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND FOUR ADMG=630
GATLING GUNS, AND RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE HELICOPTER
PLATFORM. ALSO, THE HULL WAS EXTENDED BY 3 METERS IN THE STERN
AREA TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIABLE DEPTH SONAR SYSTEM. THE KASHIN
CONVERSION PROGRAM TOOK APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS PER SHIP TO
COMPLETE. THE REMOVAL OF THE "ZHA2KHIY" FROM THE WATER FOR
MODIFICATION SUGGESTS THAT ADDITIONAL KRIVAK FFG WILL BE
MODIFIED IN THE FUTURE. (SWN) 25X1
3. COORDINATES 59-52-35N 030-14-06E (S)
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