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January 20, 1980

Military Exercise Order of Battle of the 2nd Fleet (Polish Navy)

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ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE 2ND FLEET (POLISH NAVY)

 

as of 20 January 1980

 

[Translator's note: the ship types are at the beginning of each entry are obscured by a reproduction error; types given in brackets without the original Russian abbreviation are based on research]

 

Formation and classes (types) of ships (aircraft) in their fighting strength

Order of battle

of which

by the beginning of the war

losses

remaining

are at sea

at bases and dispersed

in combat training

repair

mothballed

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

23rd Flotilla

27

3

24

20

4

-

-

Project 641 eh 871eh pls [medium submarine]

2

-

2

Baltic

Sea -1

1

-

-

Project 613 pls

3

1

2

North Sea - 2

-

-

-

Project 56 aeh destroyer

1

-

1

Baltic Sea - 1

-

-

-

Project 205 missile boat

9

1

8

Baltic Sea - 6

2

-

-

Project 1241 missile boat

6

1

5

Baltic Sea - 5

-

-

-

Project 664 tka

6

-

6

Baltic Sea - 5

1

-

-

2?9th? Flotilla

27

3

24

20

2

2

 

Project 620 bpk [frigate]

8

1

7

Baltic Sea - 5

1

1

-

Project 912 M [cargo ship]

8

-

8

Baltic Sea - 7

-

1

-

Project 206 F tshchb

11

2

9

Baltic Sea - 8

1

-

 

2?8th ? Flotilla

63

4

59

55

2

2

 

Project 912 M

8

-

8

Baltic Sea - 7

-

1

 

Projects 770, 771 [assault landing ship]

23

2

21

Baltic Sea - 20

1

-

 

Projects 709, 719 [UI gunboat]

15

1

14

Baltic Sea - 14

-

-

 

Project 207 [missile boat]

12

1

11

Baltic Sea - 9

1

1

 

Project 361 T [trawler]

5

-

5

Baltic Sea - 5

-

-

 

2nd Fleet total:

submarines

5

1

4

3

1

-

 

surface ships

64

6

58

51

4

3

 

boats

53

4

49

44

4

1

 

including missile [boats]

15

2

13

11

2

-

-

 

Fleet aircraft

 

Formations and aircraft type

by the beginning of the war

losses

remaining

base

27th Ground Attack Fighter Aviation Regiment

 

"Su-25" [entered by hand:] MiG-23

"MiG-17"

"Il-14 pl"

"MI-14 bt"

 

Total: 20 [fixed-wing] aircraft,

14 helicopters

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

33

11

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

17

5

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

16

6

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIEMIROWICE

 

 

 

SIEMIROWICE

DARLOWO

DARLOWO

 

Coastal Missile Units

 

2nd obrp [Independent Coastal Missile Regiment] - 8 launchers - in the area of KO?OBRZEG

 

Note: The fleet was 97% manned and 100% of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters were in working order by the start of combat operations

 

EXERCISE CONTROL STAFF

 

This document details the types and current statuses of ships under command of the Warsaw Pact.

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Institute of National Remembrance (IPN-BU). Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg.

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