184th Coastal Defence Brigade

184-я бригада кораблей охраны водного района

Military Unit: 87377

Activated 1.11.61 in Poti, Georgian SSR, as the 184th Anti-Submarine Warfare Brigade, from the 352nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion.

1.9.76 renamed 184th Coastal Defence Brigade.

Organisation:

• 181st Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion [Project 204 and 1124M]
• 182nd Minesweeper Battalion [Project 266, 1258, 1265 and 1330]
• 82nd Training Ship Battalion [Project 159, 1400, 205 and 206 - disbanded 7.96]
• 39th Landing Ship Battalion [Project 1176 - disbanded 7.94]
• 136th Underwater Commando Force
• 1171st Coastal Base

The 182nd Minesweeper Battalion was replaced by the 170th Minesweeper Battalion in 1993(?).

Organisation 2010:

• 181st Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion [Project 1124M]
• 170th Minesweeper Battalion [Project 1265, 266M, 12660, 02668, 1258, 1176 and 11770]

Bases:

• Poti, Georgian SSR, 11.61 - 11.92 [42 09 34N, 41 39 22E]
• Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray, 11.92 - today [44 43 02N, 37 49 51E]

Warships attached:

Not all of the smaller minesweepers has been identified.

• Project 204 [Poti class]:
  • MPK-19, 2.66 - 19.4.90
  • MPK-68, 2.65 - 19.4.90
  • MPK-100, 11.66 - 19.4.90
  • others left the brigade before 9.76
• Project 1124M [Grisha III class]:
  • MPK-207 (Povorino), from 6.89
  • MPK-217 (Eysk), from 2.90
  • MPK-199 (Kasimov), from 1996
• Project 1265 [Sonya class]:
  • BT-241 (Mineralnie Vody), from 1.90
  • Khersonskiy Komsomolets, 2.78 - 30.7.96
  • BT-40 (Leytenant Ilyin), from 1994
  • BT-728, 2.77 - 5.7.94
• Project 266 [Yurka class]:
  • Ivan Maslov, 9.76 - 2.93
  • Aleksandr Kazarskiy, 9.76 - 19.4.90
• Project 266M [Natya class]:
  • Valentin Pikul, from 3.2001
• Project 12660 (Gorya class):
  • Zheleznyakov, from 1996
• Project 02668:
  • Vitse-Admiral Zakharin, from 1.2009
• Project 1330:
  • BT-42, 8.82 - 30.6.02
  • BT-259, 1983 - 2004(?)
• Project 1258 [Yevgenya class]:
  • RT-46, from 1996
  • RT-278, from 1996
  • RT-439, to 8.78
• Project 159 [Petya class]:
  • SKR-27, ? - 3.7.92
• Project 1400 [Zhuk class]
  • AK-382, 2.80 - 1996
  • PKZ-202, ? - 1996
• Project 206T:
  • TK-127, ? - 30.7.96
• Project 205ER [Osa II class]:
  • R-370, ? - 30.7.96
• Project 1176 [Ondatra class]:
  • D-236, 2.75 - 24.8.93
  • D-393, 2.77 - 24.8.93
  • D-634, 8.76 - 24.8.93
  • D-237, 2.75 - 1992
  • D-304, 2.79 - 1994
  • D-263, 1.88 - 1994
  • D-289, 1979 - 5.7.94
  • D-293, 1980(?) - 1992
  • D-106, from 11.2009
• Project 11770 [Serna class]:
  • D-144, from 4.2008
• auxiliaries:
  • UTS-292
  • UTS-384
  • Sh-15
  • Sh-16
  • Sh-17