Pacific Fleet (Russia)
Pacific Fleet | |
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Russian: Тихоокеанский флот | |
Active | 1731–present |
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1703–1917) Soviet Union (1922–1991) Russian Federation (1991–present) |
Branch | Russian Navy |
Role | At sea nuclear deterrence; Naval warfare; Amphibious military operations; Combat patrols in the Pacific/Arctic; Naval presence/diplomacy missions in the Pacific and elsewhere |
Size | c. 46 Surface Warships (major surface units, light corvettes, mine warfare, amphibious) plus support ships/auxiliaries c. 24-26 Submarines (of which about 11 active as of 2024) |
Part of | Russian Armed Forces |
Garrison/HQ | Fokino (HQ) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Vilyuchinsk |
Engagements | Russo-Japanese War World War I October Revolution Russian Civil War World War II |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Adm. Viktor Liina |
Notable commanders | Adm. Nikolay Kuznetsov Adm. Ivan Yumashev Adm. Zinovy Rozhestvensky |
The Pacific Fleet (Russian: Тихоокеанский флот, romanized: Tikhookeansky flot[1]) is the Russian Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Established in 1731 as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fleet was known as the Okhotsk Military Flotilla (1731–1856) and Siberian Military Flotilla (1856–1918), formed to defend Russian interests in the Russian Far East region along the Pacific coast. In 1918 the fleet was inherited by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, then the Soviet Union in 1922 as part of the Soviet Navy, being reformed several times before being disbanded in 1926. In 1932 it was re-established as the Pacific Fleet, and was known as the Red Banner Pacific Fleet (Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский флот, Krasnoznamyonnyy Tikhookeansky flot) after World War II as it had earned the Order of the Red Banner. In the Soviet years, the fleet was also responsible for the Soviet Navy's operations in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Red Banner Pacific Fleet was inherited by the Russian Federation as part of the Russian Navy and its current name was adopted.
The Pacific Fleet's headquarters is located in Fokino, formerly Vladivostok with numerous facilities within the Peter the Great Gulf in Primorsky Krai, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Vilyuchinsk in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai. Following the APEC Russia 2012 summit, it was announced that the main naval base of the Pacific Fleet in the Russian Far East will be moved to the town of Fokino, Primorsky Krai. The current commander is Admiral Viktor Liina, who has held the position since April 2023.[2]
History
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In 1731, the Imperial Russian Navy created the
In 1860, the provisions of the
At the turn of the 20th century, the Flotilla was still small in numbers. Owing to a gradual deterioration in Russo-
By the beginning of the
During the Russo-Japanese War, most of the Russian Navy in the Pacific was destroyed. The Russian Baltic Fleet under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, renamed the Second Pacific Squadron, was defeated at the Battle of Tsushima.
During the
Establishment in 1932
Owing to Japanese
By the beginning of
World War II
During the
During the
Thousands of sailors and officers were awarded
Cold War
On 5 May 1965, the Pacific Fleet itself was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner.
The Pacific Fleet started deploying forces to the Indian Ocean, and established the 8th Operational (Indian Ocean) Squadron in 1968,[3] after the British government announced its intention to withdraw its military forces east of the Suez Canal by 1971. In addition to the defensive function of balancing the naval strength in the Indian Ocean against that of the United States Navy, the 8th Squadron played a role in promoting Soviet foreign policy. Regular visits and port calls were made in the Indian subcontinent, the Persian Gulf, and the East African coast.
The 8th Operational Squadron grew quite substantial at times; in 1980, a Soviet flotilla of 'about ten guided missile cruisers, destroyers and frigates and more than a dozen support ships' was juxtaposed to the U.S. Navy's
In the 1980s, Soviet naval strategy shifted to an emphasis on bastion defense, fortifying the Sea of Okhotsk for that purpose.[citation needed] By the mid-1980s, the Pacific Fleet had constituted 32% of all Soviet naval assets, up from 28% in 1975 and 25% in 1965. It included approximately 800 ships, over 120 submarines, and 98 surface combatants.[8] Two of the ships were aircraft carriers Minsk and Novorossiysk, which served from the 1970s and 1980s to the 1990s. The battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev of the Kirov class served with the fleet in the 1980s and 1990s as well.
In 1988 the Primorskiy Flotilla (Military Unit Number 20885) comprised the 165th Missile Ship Brigade (Uliss Bay (Vladivostok)); the 202nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray); the 4th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray); the 72nd Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Bolshoy Kamen, Primorskiy Kray); the 45th and 47th Coastal Defence Brigades; the 7th Minesweeper Brigade (Razboynik Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray); and the 19th Submarine Brigade (Uliss Bay, Vladivostok.[9]
Recent events
In the 1990s and 2000s, the Pacific Fleet lost many of its larger units. Within a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Fleet lost all its aircraft carriers, and by early 2000 only one cruiser remained active with the Fleet. By the end of the 2010s, the Fleet consisted of one large missile cruiser, five destroyers, ten nuclear submarines, eight diesel-electric submarines plus numerous light units, amphibious ships and auxiliaries.
May 1992 saw the first of five large ammunition explosions at Pacific Fleet storage depots, 1992–2003.[10] The blast rocked the city of Vladivostok.
Between 5–12 July 2013, warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet and the
Plans for deployment of new large units to the Fleet were announced in the early 2010s. Several new ballistic missile submarines, and large cruisers were projected to join the Fleet.[13][14] However, these plans evolved over the course of the decade with a changed focus by 2020 on light units and submarines to renew the fleet. In this regard, the focus is now on new general purpose frigates (Gorshkov-class), multi-role and missile corvettes (Steregushchiy-class, Gremyashchiy-class and Karakurt-class) as well as on a full range of new submarines (the Borei, Yasen and Improved Kilo classes). Vessels of these classes are all projected to enter service through the 2020s.[15][16] In addition, the Pacific Fleet's amphibious capabilities will be modernized in the mid-latter 2020s through the acquisition of one or more of the Ivan Gren-class landing ships and possibly one of the new Priboy-class helicopter assault ships.[17][18]
While existing ballistic-missile submarine production will fully replace and increase numbers of SSBNs in the Pacific Fleet, it is unclear that the production of the Yasen-class vessels, and potential follow-on models, will be sufficient to replace aging older nuclear attack and cruise missile submarines on a one-for-one basis. Reports suggest that Russian third-generation nuclear submarines have not been modernized to a level to avoid block obsolescence before 2030.[19] The 2016 decision to add six new "Improved Kilo"-class conventionally-powered submarines to the fleet may be partly designed to mitigate such a gap.[20]
2008 submarine accident
An
Order of Battle
The Pacific Fleet is one component of the Russian Eastern Military District established in 2010. Other components of the Eastern District include the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (providing both aviation and air defence units in the District) as well as four ground force army headquarters (the 5th, 29th, 35th and 36th Combined Arms Armies) and one independent corps HQ (the 68th) on Sakhalin island.[23]
The
Surface Warships
# | Type | Name | Class | Year | Notes |
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011 | Cruiser | Varyag | Slava | 1989 | Active;[25] Flagship of the Pacific Fleet;[26][27] deployed in the Indian Ocean as of early 2024[28] |
543 | Destroyer | Marshal Shaposhnikov | Udaloy I | 1985 | Active as of 2022[29][30][27] |
564 | Destroyer | Admiral Tributs | Udaloy I | 1985 | Active as of 2023[31][32][33][34][25] |
572 | Destroyer | Admiral Vinogradov | Udaloy I | 1988 | Refit as of 2020; upgrading to Marshal Shaposhnikov standard;[35] expected to return to service in 2024-5[36][37] |
548 | Destroyer | Admiral Panteleyev | Udaloy I | 1991 | Active as of 2022[29][38] |
474 | Destroyer | Burnyy
|
Sovremennyy
|
1988 | Inactive since 2005 and still reported in refit as of 2019.[39] |
333 | Multi-role Corvette | Sovershennyy | Steregushchiy | 2017 | Active as of 2022[29][40] |
335 | Multi-role Corvette | Gromkiy | Steregushchiy | 2018 | Active as of 2022[29][41] |
339 | Multi-role Corvette | Aldar Tsydenzhapov | Steregushchiy | 2020[42] | Active as of 2022[29][38][40] |
343 | Multi-role Corvette | Rezkiy | Steregushchiy | 2023[43] | Active[44][45] |
337 | Multi-role Corvette | Gremyashchiy | Gremyashchiy | 2020 | Active as of 2022[29][46] |
# | Type | Name | Class | Year | Notes |
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354 | ASW Corvette | MPK-221 | Grisha | 1987 | Active as of 2022[47] |
390[48] | ASW Corvette | Koryeyets | Grisha | 1989 | Active as of 2022[49] |
369 | ASW Corvette | Kholmsk | Grisha | 1985 | Active as of 2022[50][51] |
350 | ASW Corvette | Sovetskaya Gavan | Grisha | 1990 | Active as of 2021[41] |
332 | ASW Corvette | MPK-107 (former Irkutskiy komsomolets) | Grisha | 1990 | Active as of 2022[50] |
323 | ASW Corvette | Metel (Snowstorm) | Grisha | 1990 | Active as of 2022[52] |
375 | ASW Corvette | MPK-82 | Grisha | 1991 | Active as of 2022[52] |
362 | ASW Corvette | Ust-Ilimsk | Grisha | 1991 | Active as of 2022[50][41] |
423 | Missile Corvette | Smerch (Tornado) | Nanuchka III | 1984 | Active as of 2022;[50] upgraded with new AK-176MA 76mm main gun and 16x Uran anti-ship missiles[53][54] |
418 | Missile Corvette | Iney? | Nanuchka III | 1987 | Active as of 2022;[55] scheduled for upgrade as of 2020;[56] reported as possibly to be decommissioned in 2021[57] but still active off Japan as of early 2022[52] |
450? | Missile Corvette | Razliv? | Nanuchka III | 1991 | Status unclear;[41] originally scheduled for upgrade[56] may now have decommissioned in 2021[57] |
991 | Missile Corvette | R-261 | Tarantul | 1988 | |
951 | Missile Corvette | R-297 | Tarantul | 1990 | |
971 | Missile Corvette | R-298 | Tarantul | 1990 | |
940 | Missile Corvette | R-11 | Tarantul | 1991 | Active as of 2022[47] |
924 | Missile Corvette | R-14 | Tarantul | 1991 | Active as of 2022[47] |
937 | Missile Corvette | R-18 | Tarantul | 1992 | Active as of 2024[58] |
978 | Missile Corvette | R-19 | Tarantul | 1992 | Active as of 2022[47] |
921 | Missile Corvette | R-20 | Tarantul | 1993 | |
946 | Missile Corvette | R-24 | Tarantul | 1994 | |
916 | Missile Corvette | R-29 | Tarantul | 2003 |
# | Type | Name | Class | Year | Notes |
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066 | Landing Ship | Oslyabya | Ropucha | 1981 | Active as of 2022[59][60] |
055 | Landing Ship | Admiral Nevelskoy | Ropucha | 1982 | Active as of 2022[52][61] |
077 | Landing Ship | Peresvet | Ropucha | 1991 | |
081 | Landing Ship | Nikolay Vilkov | Alligator
|
1974 | Active as of 2022[52][61] |
Submarines
# | Type | Boat | Class | Year | Notes |
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K-551 | SSBN
|
Vladimir Monomakh | Borey
|
2014 | |
K-550
|
SSBN | Aleksandr Nevskiy | Borey | 2013 | Active as of 2021[62] |
K-552 | SSBN | Knyaz Oleg | Borey | 2021 | Active; arrived in the Pacific September 2022[63][64][65] |
K-553 | SSBN | Generalissimus Suvorov | Borey | 2022 | Active; arrived at the Pacific Fleet on 16 October 2023[66][67][68] |
K-553 | SSBN | Emperor Alexander III | Borey | 2023[69] | Active; In the Northern Fleet operational area as of late 2023[70] |
K-150 | SSGN
|
Tomsk | Oscar II | 1996 | Active as of 2022[71] |
K-456
|
SSGN | Tver | Oscar II | 1991 | |
K-442 | SSGN | Chelyabinsk | Oscar II | 1990 | Being upgraded to carry up to 72 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missiles.[19]
|
K-132 | SSGN | Irkutsk | Oscar II | 1988 | Projected to complete refit in 2023; |
K-186 | SSGN | Omsk | Oscar II | 1993 | Active as of 2022[71][74] |
K-573 | SSGN | Novosibirsk | Yasen | 2021 | Active; arrived in the Pacific September 2022[63][75][64][65] |
K-571 | SSGN | Krasnoyarsk | Yasen | 2023[69] | Active; In Northern Fleet operational area[76][77] |
K-329 | SSGN/Special Operations Submarine | Belgorod | Oscar II-class variant | 2022[78] | Deployed in initial experimental role in the Northern Fleet area of operations, then projected to transfer to the Pacific Fleet.[79][80][81] |
K-331
|
SSN | Magadan?
|
Akula I | 1990 | In refit originally scheduled to complete in 2022; status unknown; name may change post-refit given same name assigned to "Improved Kilo"-class boat also assigned to the Pacific Fleet[82][83] |
K-419 | SSN | Kuzbass
|
Akula I | 1992 | Active as of 2022[71] |
K-152? | SSN | Nerpa? | Akula I | 2009 | Leased to India as INS Chakra 2012 to 2021; returned to Russia, status unclear [84] |
K-295 | SSN | Samara
|
Akula II | 1995 | Inactive; Scheduled for major life extension refit as of 2020.[85][86] |
B-445? | SSK | Svyatoy Nikolay Chudotvorets? | Kilo | 1988 | Status unclear; listed as possibly decommissioned in 2020[83] |
B-394 | SSK | Nurlat | Kilo | 1988 | |
B-464 | SSK | Ust'-Kamchatsk | Kilo | 1990 | |
B-187 | SSK | Komsomolsk-na-Amure | Kilo | 1991 | Status unclear |
B-190 | SSK | Krasnokamensk | Kilo | 1993 | |
B-274 | SSK | Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky[87] | Improved Kilo | 2019 | Arrived in the Pacific November 2021.[46] |
B-603 | SSK | Volkov | Improved Kilo | 2020 | Arrived in the Pacific in November 2021.[46] |
B-602 | SSK | Magadan | Improved Kilo | 2021 | Arrived in the Pacific in October 2022.[88] |
B-588 | SSK | Ufa | Improved Kilo | 2022 | Deployed in the Mediterranean as of December 2023[89][90] |
B-??? | SSK | Mozhaysk | Improved Kilo | 2023 | Deployed in the Baltic as of November 2023[91][92] |
Other Surface Units
- Mine Countermeasures Ships:
- Natya-class: 2 Vessels (MT-264, 265);[93] both active as of 2022[94]
- Sonya-class: 7 Vessels (BT-100, 114, 215, 232, 245, 256, 325)[95][96]
- Alexandrit-class: 3 Vessels (Yakov Balyaev entered service 2020[97][94] and Petr Ilyichev in November 2022;[98][99][100][101] Anatoly Shlemov - commissioned 29 December 2022;[102][103] vessels reported to be part of the 114th Brigade of the Pacific Fleet)[104]
- Patrol/Anti-Saboteur Boats:
- Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship: 6 Vessels (P-377; P-417 Yunarmeets Kamchatki; P-420 Yunarmeets Primorya; P-431 Yunarmeets Chukotki; P-445, P-450 Yunarmeets Sakhalina)[105][106]
- Intelligence/Tracking Vessels:
- Fleet Oilers:
- Boris Chilikin-class: 1 vessel (Boris Butoma - deployed in the Mediterranean May to October 2022)[32][33][34][25]
- Dubna-class: 2 vessels (Irkut active as of 2020/2021; Pechanga active as of 2023)[31][113][114][115][116]
- Uda-class: 1 vessel (Vishera)[117]
- Altay-class: 2 vessels (Ilim and Izhora - latter vessel reported active as of 2022)[118][119]
- Hydrographic Survey Vessels: 4 Yug-class (Project 862) vessels[120]
- Vice-Admiral Vorontsov (formerly Briz)
- Gals
- Marshal Gelovani
- Pegas
- Icebreakers:
- Yevpaty Kolovrat (Project 21180M icebreaker; being transferred to the Pacific Fleet as of 2023)[121]
- Patrol ships
- Ivan Susanin-class patrol ships: Ivan Susanin (active as of 2022)[122]
- Other Support Ships:
- Project 304-class Repair Ships: 6 vessels (PM-5, PM-15, PM-52, PM-59, PM-92, PM-97, PM-156)[123]
Naval Aviation of the Pacific Fleet:[124][125]
- 568th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment – HQ at );
- 317th Mixed Aviation Regiment – HQ at Yelizovo – One Squadron with Il-38/N ASW aircraft (upgrading with N-model variant of the aircraft as of 2017);[128] One Squadron reported deploying upgraded MiG-31BM fighters (2020).[129]
- 865th Red Banner Order of Labour Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Regiment transferred to Pacific Fleet on 1 July 1998;MiG-31B/M fighters (planned as of 2019[132])
- Pacific Fleet MiG-31s (including K-variant with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ASM) also reported deployed at Anadyr airport in the Chukotka region (December 2020)[133] with further potential forward operating locations at Wrangel Island and elsewhere.[134][135]
- 865th Red Banner Order of Labour Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Regiment transferred to Pacific Fleet on 1 July 1998;
- 71st Independent Military Transport Air Squadron – HQ at Nikolayevka, Primorskaya – An-26;
- 175th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron – HQ at Yelizovo – Ka-27ASW helicopters;
- 289th Independent Anti-submarine Air Regiment – HQ at Nikolayevka – Ka-29attack helicopters.
Additional aviation and air defence assets in the Eastern Military District are deployed as part of the
Ground Forces
According to a report from the
- Fleet Headquarters, Vladivostok commanded by Admiral Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev
- Naval Infantry
- 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Pavlivka.[147]
- 42nd Maritime Recon Point (Special Forces battalion), Vladivostok
- Coastal Defence
- Coastal Defence Surface-to-Surface Missile Units
- 520th Separate Coastal Missile Artillery Brigade, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- 2 Battalions/Squadrons with K-300 Bastion Surface-to-Surface Missiles (as of 2018; additional units reported forming with the aim of 3-5 Bastion and 1-2 SSC-6 Bal battalions/squadrons).[149]
- 72nd Separate Coastal Missile Brigade (units equipped with Bastion SSM (
- New Coastal Missile Brigade reported being established in 2021 to defend Sakhalin.[154]
- 520th Separate Coastal Missile Artillery Brigade, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Naval Infantry
Commanders of the Pacific Fleet
- Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov (from April 1932)
- Grigoriy Petrovich Kireyev (from August 1937)
- Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov(from January 1938)
- Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev(from August 1939)
In January 1947, the Pacific Fleet was divided into the 5th and 7th fleets:
5th Fleet:
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7th Fleet:
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In April 1953, the Fleets were once again combined under one Pacific Fleet command:
- Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleyev(from January 1953)
- Valentin Andreyevich Chekurov (from January 1956)
- Vitaliy Alekseyevich Fokin(from February 1958)
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Amelko (from June 1962)
- Nikolay Ivanovich Smirnov (from March 1969)
- Vladimir Petrovich Maslov (from September 1974)
- Emil Nikolayevich Spiridonov(from August 1979)
- Vladimir Vasilyevich Sidorov (from February 1986)
- Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Khvatov (From December 1986)
- Georgiy Nikolayevich Gurinov (from March 1993)
- Igor Nikolayevich Khmelnov (from August 1994)
- Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroyedov (from February 1996)
- Mikhail Georgiyevich Zakharenko (from July 1997)
- Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Suchkov (from July 2001)
- Viktor Dmitriyevich Fedorov (from December 2001)
- Konstantin Semyonovich Sidenko (from December 2007)
- Sergey Iosifovich Avakyants (Acting from August 2010 – appointed Commander since 3 May 2012)
- Viktor Liina (From April 2023)
See also
- Grigory Pasko – former officer of the Russian Navy, editor of Boyevaya Vakhta (Battle Watch), in-house newspaper of the Pacific Fleet, and prisoner of conscience
- Bechevinka, former submarine base of the fleet
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Further reading
- Muraviev, Alexey D. (2007). The Russian Pacific Fleet: From the Crimean War to Perestroika (PDF). Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs No. 20. Canberra: Seapower Centre – Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-29667-2. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 March 2009.
External links
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