The Primor'ye class are a group of
spy ships built for the Soviet Navy. Two ships are operated by the
Russian Navy. The Soviet designation was ''Project 394B''.
Design and role
The ships were designed to gather
SIGINT
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of '' signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ...
and
COMINT
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of '' signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ...
electronic intelligence via an extensive array of sensors. The data could be transmitted to shore via satellite link antennas. The ships were converted from the hulls of large
trawlers.
Ships
Two ships are in service with the
Black Sea Fleet:
*SSV-590 Krym
*SSV-591 Kavkaz
Four further ships were retired in the mid-to-late 1990s.
See also
*
List of ships of the Soviet Navy
*
List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
References
- page from Hazegray
Signals intelligence
Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy
Auxiliary surveillance ship classes
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