| Date |
Event |
| Jan 2 |
Research vessel "Admiral Vladimirskiy” arrived in Cape
Town, South Africa; departed on Jan 4 |
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| Jan 3 |
Cruiser “Varyag” entered Mediterranean Sea via Suez Canal; to
relieve “Moskva” |
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| Jan 6 |
Destroyer “Bystryy” arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam; departed Jan
9 |
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Project 18271/Bester-1 deep-submergence submarine rescue
vehicle “AS-40” recently arrived in Pacific Fleet; to be temporarily embarked
on submarine rescue ship “Alagez” until “Igor Belousov” transfers to Pacific
Fleet |
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Frigate “Admiral Grigorovich” returned to Baltiysk following
28-day deployment to Northern Fleet to conduct weapons testing |
|
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| Jan 9 |
Cruiser “Moskva” returned to Sevastopol following 108-day
deployment to Mediterranean Sea |
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| Jan 10 |
Ocean-going tug “MB-97” departed Kronshtadt; subsequently
arrived in Baltiysk on Jan 12 for permanent basing; to be commissioned in Feb
2016 |
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| Jan 12 |
Crew of new-construction frigate “Admiral Makarov” sent to St.
Petersburg to undergo specialized crew training |
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| Jan 13 |
Hull numbers on several Black Sea Fleet combatants changed as
early as Jan 13 – specifically, the middle digit was changed. Over the course
of several days, the following changes were noted (old > new): cruiser
“Kerch” (713 > 753), frigate “Ladnyy” (801 > 861), frigate “Pytlivyy”
(808 > 868), destroyer “Smetlivyy” (810 > 870); no other hull number changes noted in the Black Sea Fleet or any other fleet area |
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| Jan 14 |
Northern Fleet’s Arctic Oceanographic Expedition recently
stood up; to perform systematic research of the water areas of the Arctic Sea
and territories of Russian arctic islands; successor to Northern Hydrographic
Expedition (1924-2011) |
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| Jan 17 |
Destroyer “Bystryy” arrived in Shanghai, China; departed Jan
21 |
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| Jan 18 |
Research vessel “Admiral Vladimirskiy” reached Lazarev Sea and
began its Antarctic survey work |
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Crews of new-construction submarines “Kolpino” and “Velikiy
Novgorod” sent to Obninsk to undergo specialized crew training |
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| Jan 23 |
Landing ship “Korolev” returned to Baltiysk following 249-day
deployment to Mediterranean Sea |
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| Jan 25 |
Fire broke out on “PD-41” floating dry dock at Shipyard 30 in
Dunay; no reporting on any damage to ships that were inside the dock at the
time |
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| Jan 26 |
Destroyer “Bystryy” returned to Vladivostok following 85-day
deployment |
