485th Missile Small Ship Battalion

485-я дивизион малых ракетных кораблей

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1962 in Liepaya, Latvian SSR, attached to the 36th Missile Ship Brigade.

Disbanded 2002.

Bases:

• Liepaya, Latvian SSR, 3.74 - 1.6.94 [56 31 15N, 20 59 45E]

• Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 1.6.94 - today [54 38 12N, 19 56 59E]

Warships attached:

Initially with 8 Project 183R (Komar class) missile craft, including R-127. Later probably replaced with 8 to 10 Project 205 (Osa class) missile craft.

• Project 12341 (Nanuchka III class):

  • Geyzer, 2.90 - 2002

  • Meteor, 2.88 - 2002

  • Zyb, 11.89 - 2002

  • Passat, 2.91 - 2002

  • Liven, 1.92 - 2002

  • Priliv, 1.86 - 2002

  • Burun, 1986(?) - 10.4.02