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Russian Navy Pacific Fleet

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Russian Navy Pacific Fleet
Sleeve Insignia of the Russian Pacific Fleet[File/Photo]

The Pacific Fleet is the part of the Russian Navy that is stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the Soviet Union. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok and a number of fleet bases are located in the Vladivostok area. Another important fleet basing area is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in Avacha Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula with a major submarine base at Vilyuchinsk in the same bay.

Major active surface ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet

Type  Name  Class  Year 
011  Cruiser  Varyag  Slava class cruiser  1983 
543  Destroyer  Marshal Shaposhnikov  Udaloy I  1983 
564  Destroyer  Admiral Tributs  Udaloy I  1985 
572  Destroyer  Admiral Vinogradov  Udaloy I  1988 
548  Destroyer  Admiral Panteleyev  Udaloy I  1991 
715  Destroyer  Bystryy  Sovremenny  1989 

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