January 20, 1980
Military Exercise Order of Battle of the 2nd Fleet (Polish Navy)
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ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE 2ND FLEET (POLISH NAVY)
as of 20 January 1980
[Translator's note: the ship types are at the beginning of each entry are obscured by a reproduction error; types given in brackets without the original Russian abbreviation are based on research]
Formation and classes (types) of ships (aircraft) in their fighting strength | Order of battle | of which | |||||
by the beginning of the war | losses | remaining | are at sea | at bases and dispersed | |||
in combat training | repair | mothballed | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
23rd Flotilla | 27 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 4 | - | - |
Project 641 eh 871eh pls [medium submarine] | 2 | - | 2 | Baltic Sea -1 | 1 | - | - |
Project 613 pls | 3 | 1 | 2 | North Sea - 2 | - | - | - |
Project 56 aeh destroyer | 1 | - | 1 | Baltic Sea - 1 | - | - | - |
Project 205 missile boat | 9 | 1 | 8 | Baltic Sea - 6 | 2 | - | - |
Project 1241 missile boat | 6 | 1 | 5 | Baltic Sea - 5 | - | - | - |
Project 664 tka | 6 | - | 6 | Baltic Sea - 5 | 1 | - | - |
2?9th? Flotilla | 27 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 |
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Project 620 bpk [frigate] | 8 | 1 | 7 | Baltic Sea - 5 | 1 | 1 | - |
Project 912 M [cargo ship] | 8 | - | 8 | Baltic Sea - 7 | - | 1 | - |
Project 206 F tshchb | 11 | 2 | 9 | Baltic Sea - 8 | 1 | - |
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2?8th ? Flotilla | 63 | 4 | 59 | 55 | 2 | 2 |
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Project 912 M | 8 | - | 8 | Baltic Sea - 7 | - | 1 |
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Projects 770, 771 [assault landing ship] | 23 | 2 | 21 | Baltic Sea - 20 | 1 | - |
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Projects 709, 719 [UI gunboat] | 15 | 1 | 14 | Baltic Sea - 14 | - | - |
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Project 207 [missile boat] | 12 | 1 | 11 | Baltic Sea - 9 | 1 | 1 |
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Project 361 T [trawler] | 5 | - | 5 | Baltic Sea - 5 | - | - |
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2nd Fleet total: | |||||||
submarines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
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surface ships | 64 | 6 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 3 |
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boats | 53 | 4 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 1 |
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including missile [boats] | 15 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | - | - |
Fleet aircraft
Formations and aircraft type | by the beginning of the war | losses | remaining | base |
27th Ground Attack Fighter Aviation Regiment
"Su-25" [entered by hand:] MiG-23 "MiG-17" "Il-14 pl" "MI-14 bt"
Total: 20 [fixed-wing] aircraft, 14 helicopters |
10
33 11 11 |
6
17 5 3 |
4
16 6 8 |
SIEMIROWICE
SIEMIROWICE DARLOWO DARLOWO |
Coastal Missile Units
2nd obrp [Independent Coastal Missile Regiment] - 8 launchers - in the area of KO?OBRZEG
Note: The fleet was 97% manned and 100% of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters were in working order by the start of combat operations
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