Kamchatka Flotilla Explained

Unit Name:Kamchatka Flotilla
Native Name:Камчатская флотилия
Kamchatskaya flotiliya
Dates:1945present
Country:
Garrison:Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Branch:
Commander1:Acting Rear Admiral Sergei Zhuga
Notable Commanders:Grigori Shchedrin

The Kamchatka Military Flotilla (Russian: Камчатская флотилия|r=Kamchatskaya flotiliya) is a flotilla of the Russian Navy.On December 14, 1849, in accordance with the Decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Okhotsk military flotilla was transferred to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Kamchatka. Thus December 14 became marked as the celebratory "Day" of the flotilla/NEGTF.

Formed in 1945, the Kamchatka Flotilla of diverse forces was reorganized during the 1960s; on 15 October 1979 the Kamchatka Flotilla was formed (or reformed). 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.

Until 1 June 2002, the 22nd Motor Rifle Division of the Far East Military District was located on the peninsula. It then became the 40th independent Motorised Rifle Brigade. In September 2007 it became the 40th Independent (twice Red Banner) Krasnodar-Harbin twice Red Banner Naval Infantry Brigade.[1] This situation lasted until March, 2009 when it became the 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment, and later the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade.

Order of battle

It includes:

Ship and Vessel units

Marines

40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky);

Coastal Defense units

520th Separate Missile Brigade (Sakhalin and The Kuril Islands);

Aviation and Air Defence units (see)

Command

Commanders of the Flotilla

Commander of the Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces

Chiefs of Staff of the Flotilla

First Deputy Flotilla Commander

Notes

Works cited

External links

Notes and References

    1. 4, 2009 Moscow Defense Brief, p.17, citing http://www.ryadovoy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,86.21.html.
  2. http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12101709@egNews Air Defense Combat on Kamchatka was awarded the Combat Flag

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