89th Missile Ship Brigade

89-я бригада ракетных кораблей

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 23.5.51 in Ilicheva Bay (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka), Kamchatka Oblast, as the 89th Torpedo Boat Brigade, from the 3rd Torpedo Boat Brigade.

Organisation 1952:

• 281st Torpedo Boat Battalion with 10 TKA
• 282nd Torpedo Boat Battalion with 10 TKA
• 283rd Torpedo Boat Battalion with 12 TKA
• depot ship "Sever"

20.2.54 the 281st Torpedo Boat Battalion was disbanded, and was replaced by the 183rd Torpedo Boat Battalion.

Organisation 1957:

• 282nd Torpedo Boat Battalion with 12 Project 183 boats
• 283rd Torpedo Boat Battalion with 12 Project 183 boats
• 183rd Torpedo Boat Battalion with 12 Project 183 boats

1.10.62 renamed 89th Missile Ship Brigade with:

• 523rd Missile Boat Battalion with Project 205 boats
• 282nd Torpedo Boat Battalion
• 283rd Torpedo Boat Battalion
• 690th Communications Center

8.5.64 the 66th Missile Ship Battalion was activated, and 8.6.54 the 283rd Torpedo Boat Battalion was transferred to the 165th Missile Ship Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

• 66th Missile Small Ship Battalion [Project 1234 and 205]
• 523rd Missile Boat Battalion [Project 205]
• 690th Communications Center
• 1011th Coastal Base

Disbanded 1.5.90, and the 66th Missile Small Ship Battalion became independent.

Bases:

• Ilicheva Bay (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka), Kamchatka Oblast, 5.51 - 5.90 [52 57 53N, 158 39 51E]

Warships attached - 523rd Missile Boat Battalion only:

• Project 205 [Osa I class]: those marked * had by 9.85 been transferred to the 66th Battalion - exact date unknown
  • R-3, 6.63 - ?*
  • R-14, 6.63 - 1.1.90
  • R-121, 7.63 - 1985
  • R-122, 7.63 - ?*
  • R-123, 7.63 - 1.10.87
  • R-107, 10.62 - ?*
  • R-108, 10.62 - 1.5.90
  • R-106, 10.62 - ? [this is not the later R-106 Osa II class vessel]
  • at least 6 more unknown