37th Rescue Ship Brigade

37-я бригада спасательных судов

Military Unit: 26979

Activated 15.11.75 in Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast, from the 409th independent Rescue Ship Battalion.

Organisation 1988:

• 138th Rescue Ship Battalion (Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast)
• 162nd Rescue Ship Battalion (Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast)
• 172nd Rescue Ship Battalion (Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray)
• 1054th Coastal Base (Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast)

1.5.98 renamed 183rd Rescue Ship Battalion.

Bases:

• Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast, 15.11.75 - 5.98 [44 35 55N, 33 28 10E]
• Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray, 5.98 - today [44 43 02N, 37 49 50E]

Warships attached:

• Project 537 [Elbrus class]:
  • Elbrus, 4.81 - 10.6.97
  • Alagez, 5.89 - 1990
• Project 05360 [Mikhail Rudnitskiy class]:
  • Mikhail Rudnitskiy, 1978 - 9.98
• Project 532 [Valday class]:
  • SS-50 (Shakhter), 11.75 - 1990
  • Kazbek, 11.75 - 24.6.91
• Project 527 [Prut class]:
  • SS-26, 11.75 - 1989
  • SS-21, 11.75 - 7.1.92
• Project 733S [Okhtenskiy class]:
  • SB-5, 11.75 - 1990's
  • SB-15, 11.75 - 1997
  • Orion, from 11.75
  • SB-4, from 1997
• Project 712 [Sliva class]:
  • SB-922 (Shahkter), 3.86 - 1990's
• Project 714 [Goryn class]:
  • MB-108 (SB-524), 1983 - 1997
• Project 1388R [Shelon class]:
  • KRKh-321, 1981 - 1990's
• Project 1893 [Katun I class]:
  • PZhS-123, 11.75 - 1990's
• Project 535:
  • VM-413, 11.75 - 2009
  • VM-416, 11.75 - 2009
• Project 1415 [Flamingo class]:
  • RVK-1403, 1981 - 10.1.96
  • RVK-1447, 1982 - 1990's
• Project 522:
  • BM-86, from 1998(?)
  • BM-108, from 1998(?)
• Project 364:
  • PZhK-58, from 1998(?)
• Project SK-620:
  • PSK-1321, from 1998(?)