The Ukrainian Sea Guard ( uk, Морська охорона, Morska okhorona; full name uk, Морська охорона Державної прикордонної служби України, , Sea Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine) is the
coast guard service of
Ukraine
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, subordinated to its
Border Guard Service.
The Sea Guard is the local successor of the
Soviet Border Troops Naval Units that were similarly responsible for coast guard tasks. However, there were some interchanges in units, ships and personnel between the Sea Guard and the
Ukrainian Navy.
Service personnel of the Sea Guard wear either a black uniform similar to the Ukrainian Navy, but decorated with some green elements (traditional for border guard), or a common uniform of the Border Guard Service. Sea Guard vessels bear the ''Морська охорона'' inscription on their boards.
Organization
The Sea Guard operates four sea guard detachments: in
Balaklava,
Odessa,
Izmail and
Kerch; a sea guard cutters division in
Mariupol
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; a special-purpose sea guard cutters division in
Yalta; and a riverine
Dnieper
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sea guard cutters division in
Kyiv
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. Sea guard administration is split between the Azov-Black seas regional administration in
Simferopol
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and the Southern regional administration in Odessa.
Squads of Marine Security
* Kerch Squad of Marine Security (from the
Cape of Mehanom across the
strait of Kerch and the
Sea of Azov to administrative border between Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions)
* Yalta Squad of Marine Security (special assignment)
* Sevastopol Squad of Marine Security (Main base in
Balaklava)
* Odessa Squad of Marine Security (Southern regional administration)
Battle fleet
Major vessels.
Prospective additions
Decommissioned, sold, destroyed, captured
Future
From 2012 to 2014 there were plans to build 39 small guard ships of different classes, including 6
Koral-class and 8
Orlan-class vessels. From 2015 onward, there are plans to build a multipurpose guard ship, with displacement around 1000 tons, which can carry one helicopter.
Notes
References
External links
Sea Guard page on the official site of Border Guard Service
Sea Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine
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State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
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