Operational squadron

Operational squadrons ( Russian Оперативная эскадра - ОПЭСК ) were operational-tactical units of the Soviet Navy and later the Russian Navy .

Duration

The following OpEsk were set up between 1967 and 1971.

• 5th Squadron : it operated in the Mediterranean Sea and had moorings in the Syrian port of Tartus - from 1982 it operated in flotilla strength
• 7th Squadron : it operated in the Atlantic and had moorings in the ports of Guinea ( Conakry ), Guinea-Bissau , Benin ( Cotonou ), Congo - Brazzaville and Angola ( Luanda ).
• 8th Squadron : it operated in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf , the base was the Yemeni port of Aden
• 10th Squadron : it operated in the Pacific from the Vietnamese port of Haiphong .

task

Accompanying the carrier combat groups of the US Navy in peacetime, their task in the event of a crisis was to combat the enemy's strategic submarines. In their battle structure they were adapted to the respective theater of war. The operational squadrons were either formed from the stock of the neighboring fleets (7th Squadron - Northern Fleet , 10th Squadron - Pacific Fleet ) or by delegation from all fleets (5th and 8th Squadron) and consisted mainly of surface forces. In 1992 the 5th and 8th, in 1998 the 10th and in 2005 the 7th squadron were disbanded after a new threat analysis.

literature

• В. Н. Чернавин: "Оперативная эскадра" in: Военно-морской словарь, Воениздат, Moscow 1990, p. 288. ISBN 5-203-00174-X