137th Coastal Defence Brigade

137-я бригада кораблей охраны водного района

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1978 in Broutona Bay, Simushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast.

Initially stayed at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, as the Broutona Bay had to be dredged before the unit arrived.

Organisation:

• 000 Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion
• 212th Minesweeper Battalion

Disbanded 1990.

Bases:

• Broutona Bay, Simushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast, 1978 - 1990 [47 08 39N, 152 15 37E]

Warships attached:

Not all of the smaller minesweepers has been identified.

• Project 159 [Petya class]:
  • SKR-18, 1978 - 4.5.89
  • SKR-92, 1978 - 1990
  • SKR-36(?), 1978 - 4.5.89
  • SKR-46(?), 1978 - 4.5.89
• Project 266 [Yurka class]:
  • MT-193, 1978 - 1990
  • MT-238, 1978 - 1990
• Project 266M [Natya class]:
  • Admiral Khoroshkhin, 1978 - 1990
  • Kontr-Admiral Pershin, 1978 - 1990