The 24th Submarine Division (Russian: Дивизия АПЛ СФ 24) is a unit of the

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of the Russian Navy. The Russian name consists of (diviziya - division) (APL as an abbreviation of - Atomic Submarine) (SF as an abbreviation of Severni flot - Northern Fleet) and the division number 24 together.

History

With the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

launching submarines equipped with

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, the Soviet Navy, formed new formations to operate them. The formation of the 24th Division was ordered by the Chief of Staff of the Navy from 11 May 1985 and implemented in the same year largely. Established 30 October 1985. Submarines were taken from existing formations and assigned to the newly formed division. First commander of the newly created division was

Captain First Rank Captain 1st rank (russian: Капитан 1-го ранга, Kapitan 1-go ranga, lit=Captain of the 1st rank) is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of Communist state#Former communist states, former communist states. The rank is the mos ...

Mikhailovich.

Commanders

*Jul 1985-Oct 1987 VADM Vladimir Mikhaylovich Monastyrshin *Oct 1987-Dec 1989 VADM Nikolay Ivanovich Mazin *Dec 1989-Jun 1992 RADM Boris Sergeyevich Bogdanov *Sep 1992-Jun 1996 RADM Sergey Anatolyevich Bliznyuk *Jun 1996-Sep 1998 RADM Aleksandr Nikolayevich Bukin *Sep 1998-Aug 2000 RADM Aleksey Vitalyevich Burilichev *Aug 2000-xxx 200x RADM Vladimir Ivanovich Korolev *xxx 200x-present RADM Anatoliy Minakov

Ships

*{{sclass, Akula, submarine I-class SSN ''Pantera'' (K-317) *Akula I-class SSN ''Volk'' (K-461) *Akula I-class SSN ''Leopard'' (K-328) *Akula I-class SSN ''Tigr'' (K-154) Kommersant VLAST No.7(760), 25 Feb 2008 *Akula II-class SSN ''Vepr'' (K-157) *Akula II-class SSN ''Gepard'' (K-335)

References

External links

* http://www.ww2.dk/new/navy/24dipl.htm Naval units and formations of the Soviet Union Submarine units and formations Military units and formations established in 1985 1985 establishments in the Soviet Union