BASKUNCHAK (102) class

 0 BASKUNCHAK-class OILER (WAO)

 Name                     Pendant   In Service        Status

 SOVETSKIY POGRANICHNIK   102       March 31, 1967    Stricken

This was the final survivor of a class of 19 units, all of which were completed between 1966 and 1968. One unit, USEDOM, served the East German navy until that regime collapsed; two units served the Soviet Border Guard; and 16 others served in the Soviet Merchant Marine (all since scrapped).

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