Red Banner Pacific Fleet

Red Banner Pacific Fleet (TOF)

Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский флот (ТОФ)

Military Unit: 62665

Commanders:

Flag Officer of the Fleet (1st Rank) Mikhail Vladimirovich Viktorov, 14.1.35 - 8.37
Flag Officer of the Fleet (2nd Rank) Grigoriy Petrovich Kireev, 8.37 - 1.38
Flag Officer of the Fleet (1st Rank) Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, 1.38 - 3.39
Admiral Ivan Stepanovich Yumashev, 3.39 - 17.1.47
Admiral Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleev, 16.4.53 - 16.1.56
Vice-Admiral Valentin Andreevich Chekurov, 16.1.56 - 10.2.58
Admiral Vitaliy Alekseevich Fokin, 12.2.58 - 30.6.62
Admiral Nikolay Nikolaevich Amelko, 30.6.62 - 10.2.69
Fleet Admiral Nikolay Ivanovich Smirnov, 10.3.69 - 11.9.74
Admiral Vladimir Petrovich Maslov, 11.9.74 - 31.8.79
Admiral Emil Nikolaevich Spiridonov, 31.8.79 - 7.2.81
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Vasilevich Sidorov, 7.2.81 - 12.86
Admiral Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Khvatov, 27.12.86 - 11.3.93
Admiral Georgiy Nikolaevich Gurinov, 2.4.93 - 5.94
Admiral Igor Nikolaevich Khmelnov, 4.8.95 - 23.2.96
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Ivanovich Kuroedov, 4.4.96 - 11.7.97
Admiral Mikhail Grigorevich Zakharenko, 11.7.97 - 19.7.01
Vice-Admiral Gennadiy Aleksandrovich Suchkov, 19.7.01 - 4.12.01
Admiral Viktor Dmitrievich Fedorov, 5.12.01 - 6.12.07
Admiral Konstantin Semenovich Sidenko, 6.12.07 - 7.10
Counter Admiral Sergey Iosifovich Avakyants, from 29.10.10

Commanders 5th VMF:

Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Sergeevich Frolov, 17.1.47 - 20.2.50
Vice-Admiral Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, 20.2.50 - 8.7.51
Admiral Yuriy Aleksandrovich Panteleev, 20.8.51 - 16.4.53

Commanders 7th VMF:

Vice-Admiral Ivan Ivanovich Baykov, 17.1.47 - 16.10.51
Vice-Admiral Georgiy Nikitich Kholostyakov, 12.11.51 - 4.4.53

Activated 14.1.35 in Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray, from the Far East Naval Forces (the origins goes all the way back to the formation of the Okhotsk Military Flotilla 21.5.1731).

17.1.47 the Pacific Fleet was divided into two:

5th Navy (5th VMF) at Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray
7th Navy (7th VMF) at Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk Kray

25.4.53 the 5th Navy and the 7th Navy was united again as the Pacific Fleet.

7.5.65 awarded the Red Banner.

15.10.79 the Primorskiy, Sakhalin and Kamchatka Flotillas were activated.

Organisation 1988:

000 independent Protection and Security Battalion (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
140th Communications Center (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
1863rd Communications Center (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Khabarovsk Kray)
2nd Submarine Flotilla (Vilyuchinsk (Krasheninnikova Bay), Kamchatka Oblast)
- 8th Submarine Division (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
- 10th Submarine Division (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
- 25th Submarine Division (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
- 42nd Submarine Division (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
- 45th Submarine Division (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
4th Submarine Flotilla (Pavlovsk, Primorskiy Kray)
- 21st Submarine Division (Pavlovsk Bay, Primorskiy Kray)
- 26th Submarine Division (Pavlovsk Bay, Primorskiy Kray)
- 29th Submarine Division (Rakushka, Primorskiy Kray)
10th Operational Squadron (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray)
- 175th Missile Ship Brigade (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray)
- 183rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray)
- 201st Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Zolotoy Rog (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray)
8th Operational Squadron (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
17th Operational Squadron (Kamran, Vietnam)
Primorskiy Flotilla (military unit: 20885):
- 165th Missile Ship Brigade (Uliss Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray)
- 202nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray)
- 4th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
- 72nd Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Submarines (Bolshoy Kamen, Primorskiy Kray)
- 47th Coastal Defence Brigade (Paris Bay, Russkiy Island, Primorskiy Kray)
- 45th Coastal Defence Brigade (Severnaya Bay (Vladimir), Primorskiy Kray)
- 7th Minesweeper Brigade (Razboynik Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray)
- 19th Submarine Brigade (Uliss Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray)
Sakhalin Flotilla (military unit: 40011; activated 7.79 from Sovetskaya Gavan VMB; 1990 again renamed Sovetskaya VMB):
- 193rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Zavety Ilicha (Sovetskaya Gavan), Khabarovsk Kray)
- 79th Brigade of Constructed and Overhauled Ships (Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk Kray)
- 33rd Coastal Defence Brigade (Aniva Bay (Korsakov), Sakhalin Oblast)
- 137th Coastal Defence Brigade (Broutona Bay, Simushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
- 196th Coastal Defence Brigade (Postovaya Bay (Sovetskaya Gavan), Khabarovsk Kray)
- 376th Reserve Ship Battalion (Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, Khabarovsk Kray)
- 110th independent Hydrographic Ship Battalion (Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk Kray)
Kamchatka Flotilla:
- 173rd Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade (Ilicheva Bay (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka), Kamchatka Oblast)
- 114th Coastal Defence Brigade (Avacha Bay (Zavoyko), Kamchatka Oblast)
- 182nd Submarine Brigade (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
- 104th independent Hydrographic Ship Battalion (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Kamchatka Oblast)
22nd Naval Landing Division (Ivantsova (Russkiy Island), Primorskiy Kray)
- 14th Landing Ship Brigade (Novik Bay (Russkiy Island), Primorskiy Kray)
- 100th Landing Ship Brigade (Novik Bay (Russkiy Island), Primorskiy Kray)
- 77th Landing Ship Battalion (Novik Bay (Russkiy Island), Primorskiy Kray)
89th Missile Ship Brigade (Ilicheva Bay (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka), Kamchatka Oblast)
38th Reconnaissance Ship Brigade (Zolotoy Rog, Primorskiy Kray)
35th Space Surveillance Ship Brigade (Krasheninnikova Bay, Kamchatka Oblast)
34th Rescue Ship Brigade (Uliss Bay (Vladivostok), Primorskiy Kray)
453rd indpendent Oceanographic Research Ship Battalion (Abrek Bay (Fokino), Primorskiy Kray)
Department of Coastal Troops
- 55th Naval Infantry Division (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
- 1st Fortified Area Pacific Fleet (Artem-Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)
- 648th independent Coastal Missile Regiment (Korsakov, Sakhalinskaya Oblast)
- 482nd independent Coastal Missile Regiment (Timofeevka, Primorskiy Kray)
- 528th independent Coastal Missile Regiment (Kozmino, Primorskiy Kray)
- 21st independent Coastal Missile Regiment (Anglichanka Guba, Kamchatka Oblast)
Department of Naval Aviation Pacific Fleet
- 25th Maritime Missile Aviation Division (Knevichi, Primorskiy Kray)
- 143rd Maritime Missile Aviation Division (Mongokhto (Alekseyevka), Khabarovsk Kray)
- 173rd independent Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment (Pristan, Primorskiy Kray)
- 311th independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment (Pristan, Primorskiy Kray)
- 304th independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Khorol, Primorskiy Kray)
- 77th independent Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment (Nikolaevka, Primorskiy Kray)
- 289th independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment (Nikolaevka, Primorskiy Kray)
- 310th independent Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment (Mongokhto (Alekseyevka), Khabarovsk Kray)
- 710th independent Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment (Novonezhino, Primorskiy Kray)
- 51st independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron (Novonezhino, Primorskiy Kray)
- 55th independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Squadron (Korsakov, Sakhalin Oblast)
- 317th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Elizovo, Kamchatka Kray)
- 593rd independent Transport Aviation Regiment (Knevichi, Primorskiy Kray)
- 123rd independent Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray)

Bases:

Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray, 1.35 - today [43 06 50N, 131 53 23E]