INCREASED NAVAL ACTIVITY BANDAR ABBAS PORT FACILITIES SURU, IRAN (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 28, 1983
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28 OCTOBER 1983
INCREASED NAVAL ACTIVITY
BANDAR BB
1. SIGNIFICANCE: A POSSIBLE INCREASED THREAT TO THE STRAITS
OF ORMUZ WAS POSED BY THE ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL NAVAL
COMBATANTS TO BANDAR ABBAS. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: ONE IRANIAN LA COMBATTANTE IIB (KAMAN) PTG AND
ONE PF 103 FFL WERE DEPLOYED AT BANDAR ABBAS PORT
COMBATTANTE IIB TG WAS OBSERVED IN THE ROADSTEAD
THESE SHIPS ARE NOT NORMALLY AT THIS 25X1
MAY HAVE DEPLOYED FROM BUSHEHR NAVAL BASE
FOR OPERATIONS WITHIN THE STRAITS OF 25X1
HORMUZ. THE RE-LOCATION OF THESE NAVAL COMBATANTS TO THIS
MAJOR PORT FACILITY COULD INDICATE IRANIAN CONCERN OVER
OTHER NAVAL FORCES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN AREA OR POSSIBLY TO
CARRY OUT STATED THREATS TO CLOSE THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ TO
COMMERCIAL SHIPPING. OTHER NAVAL COMBATANTS (NOT
ANNOTATED) OBSERVED AT THIS PORT INCLUDED TWO SUMNER DDG,
THREE VOSPER FFV1TWO HENGHAM LST, ONE KANGAN AWT, AND AT
LEAST THREE PATROL BOATS. (SWN)
ARRIVED IN PORT AND THE LA 25X1
FACILITIES SURU THE PF 103 FFL 25X1
ONE BATTLE DDG, ONE BANDAR ABBAS AORL AND NINE PATROL
BOATS WERE ALSO IN PORT (NOT ON GRAPHIC). (SWN)
BANDAR ABBAS PORT FACILITIES SURU IS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
IRAN AND IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STRAITS OF
HORMUZ. (SWN)
COORDINATES 27-08-25N 056-12-20E (S)
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