Kamchatka Flotilla
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Kamchatka Flotilla | |
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Камчатская флотилия Kamchatskaya flotiliya | |
Active | 1945–present |
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Garrison/HQ | Grigori Shchedrin |
The Kamchatka Military Flotilla (Russian: Камчатская флотилия, tr. Kamchatskaya flotiliya) is a flotilla of the Russian Navy. On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of
Formed in 1945, the Kamchatka Flotilla of diverse forces was reorganized during the 1960s;[citation needed] on 15 October 1979 the Kamchatka Flotilla was formed (or reformed).[1] In March 1998 the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces was created from the Kamchatka Flotilla. It was based on the Kamchatka Peninsula and had responsibility for a coastal zone of the Pacific Ocean. On April 30, 1975, the flotilla was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
The Kamchatka Flotilla's forces in 1988 included the 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Ilicheva Bay, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka); 114th Coastal Defence Brigade; 182nd Submarine Brigade (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast); and the 104th independent Hydrographic Ship Battalion at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka.[1]
Until 1 June 2002, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division of the
Order of battle
It includes:
Ship and Vessel units
- 114th Coastal Defence Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
- 117th Coastal Defence Division (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
- 66th Separate Missile Ship Division (Acha Bay);
- 10th Submarine Division (Vilyuchinsk);
- 25th Submarine Division (Tarja Bay);
- 32nd Auxiliary Unit (Zavoiko Peninsula);
Marines
40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);
Coastal Defense units
520th Separate Missile Brigade (Sakhalin and The Kuril Islands);
- Eight surface-to-surface missile divizions (battalions), three on Sakhalin, two on Iturup Island, and three elsewhere
Aviation and Air Defence units (see ru:Елизово (аэропорт))
- 865th Separate Fighter Regiment (Elizovo Airport, transferred to OKVS (Troops and Forces of the North-East) July 1, 1998);
- 317th Separate Aviation Regiment (Elizovo, status needs to be confirmed)
- 175th Helicopter Anti-ship Squadron (Elizovo, status needs to be confirmed);
- 216th Electronic Warfare Regiment (Ozyorny);
- 1532nd Air Defence Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
Command
Commanders of the Flotilla
- 1945-1946 - Rear Admiral I. I. Baykov
- 1946-1948 - Rear Admiral N. I. Vinogradov
- 1951-1954 - Rear Admiral L. N. Panteleyev
- 1954-1959 - Rear Admiral G. I. Shchedrin
- 1966-1971 - Rear Admiral B. E. Yamkovoi
- 1971-1973 - Rear Admiral V. V. Sidorov
- 1973-1978 - Rear Admiral I. M. Kapitanets
- 1978-1980 - Vice-Admiral N. G. Klitniy
- 1980-1983 - Vice Admiral G. A. Khvatov
- 1983-1986 - Vice-Admiral D. M. Komarov
- 1986-1989 - Vice Admiral G. N. Gurinov
- 1989-1993 - Vice-Admiral Y. I. Shumarin
- 1993-1995 - Vice-Admiral V. T. Kharnikov
- 1995-1998 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin
Commander of the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces
- 1998-2000 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Dorogin
- 2000-2001 - Vice-Admiral K. S. Sidenko
- 2002-2006 - Vice-Admiral V. F. Gavrikov
- 2006-2009 - Rear Admiral A. V. Vitko
- 2009-2012 - Rear Admiral K. G. Maklov
- 2012-2014 - Rear Admiral V. N. Liina
- 2014-2016 - Rear Admiral S. V. Lipilin
- Since 2016 - Acting Rear Admiral Sergei Zhuga[3]
Chiefs of Staff of the Flotilla
- 1948-1949 - captain of the first rank S.А. Canapadze
- 1951-1957 - Rear Admiral M.G. Tomsk
- 1957-1963 - Rear Admiral A.B. Teisher's
- 1963-1968 - Rear Admiral Yu.S. Russin
- 1972-1976 - Rear Admiral N.G. Customer
- 1984-1986 - Rear Admiral G.N. Gurinov
- 1986-1989 - Rear Admiral Yu.I. Shumanin
- 1989-1994 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak
- 1994-1995 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
- 1995-1998 - Rear Admiral M.F. Abramov
First Deputy Flotilla Commander
- 1976-1979 - Rear Admiral A.I. Skvortsov
- 1979-1982 - Rear Admiral N.G. Logky
- 1987-1991 - Rear Admiral N.D. Zakorin
- 1991-1994 - Rear Admiral V.F. Dorogin
- 1994-1998 - Rear Admiral M.G. Kulak
Notes
- ^ a b Holm n.d.
- ^ # 4, 2009 Moscow Defense Brief, p.17, citing http://www.ryadovoy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,86.21.html.
- ^ Air Defense Combat on Kamchatka was awarded the Combat Flag
Works cited
- Holm, Michael (n.d.). "Red Banner Pacific Fleet". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-06-23.