The Leningrad Naval Base is part of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy .
5-595: The Naval base was created on the basis of Order No. 117 as of March 15, 1919 of the Baltic Sea Fleet. The Naval Forces of Petrograd were transformed by the order into the Petrograd Naval Base. The Petrograd, then the Leningrad naval base has since that time been sometimes abolished, reformed and again created. In the summer of 1919, the crews of torpedo boats Gavril and Azard , and also
10-728: The ship is in port. In the United States , the United States Department of the Navy 's General Order No. 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to naval terminology described a naval station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy. It may also include several establishments". A naval base, by contrast, was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted". In most countries, naval bases are expressly named and identified as such. One peculiarity of
15-541: The submarine Pantera under Aleksandr Bakhtin's [ ru ] command scored the first successes ('kills') for the base, sinking the submarine HMS L55 and the destroyer HMS Vittoria of the British Royal Navy . During the Great Patriotic War from the headquarters of the naval educational institutions and fleet units a sea defence of Leningrad and Lake area headquarters
20-807: The water line of the Road of Life alone. From October 1988 the base consisted of the: Since 1994 the base has been part of the Baltic Fleet . During Soviet times, the post was known as the Commandant of the Kronstadt naval fortress. Naval base A naval base , navy base , or military port is a military base , where warships and naval ships are docked when they have no mission at sea or need to restock. Ships may also undergo repairs. Some naval bases are temporary homes to aircraft that usually stay on ships but are undergoing maintenance while
25-568: Was created. About 100,000 military seamen fought on the Leningrad front. In 1941-1944 naval vessels of this base participated in carrying out of landing operations in areas Strelna , Peterhof , on Lake Ladoga , in the Vyborg and in the Narva gulfs . During the blockade of Leningrad the fleet provided communication of the besieged city with the country through Lake Ladoga. 1.7 million tons of cargo were transported and 1 million people were evacuated on
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