The 1st Northern Detachment of the NKVD Border Courts — a unit of the naval border troops of the NKVD of the USSR that took part in the Great Patriotic War .
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| Armed forces |  USSR Armed Forces | |
| Type of Armed Forces |  NKVD | |
| The type of troops (forces) | border troops | |
| Formation | June 18, 1941 | |
| Dissolution (transformation) | summer of 1941 | |
| Combat areas | ||
Barents Sea | ||
| Continuity | ||
| Predecessor | 35th Marine Border Detachment | |
| Successor | Yokang Naval Base | |
History
Organized on June 18, 1941 on the basis of the 35th Murmansk Marine Border Detachment
On June 22, 1941, the detachment, numbering 829 personnel, was based in the village of Kuvshinskaya Salma . [1] . The squad included 4 patrol ships (PSK-27 Zhemchug, PSK-28 Rubin, PSK-29 Brilliant and PSK-30 Sapphire) [2] , 2 patrol boats, and raid boats. The division was informally called the "division of precious stones."
According to some reports, in the morning of June 22, 1941, a German bomber was shot down by forces of the division. [2] On 3–24 June 24, 1941, the detachment left the base in Yokanga and attacked a German submarine along the way.
On June 26, 1941, a detachment by order of the Northern Fleet was accepted into the Navy and on the basis of the detachment, including headquarters, ships, rear services, transport and material supplies, the Yokang Naval Base was formed, and on August 2, 1941 it became part of the White Sea Naval Flotilla [3] .
Since August 23, 1941, by Order No. 00346/001403 “On the Acceptance and Transfer from the NKVD to the NKVMF of naval units and units of the border troops,” officially transferred to the USSR Navy
On September 20, 1941, the 2nd division of patrol ships of the White Sea Flotilla was formed on the basis of the ships of the detachment.
Commanders
- captain 2nd rank Alexander Ivanovich Dianov
Notes
- ↑ Border troops
- ↑ 1 2 Alexander TARASOV. “PRECIOUS STONES” DIVISION: dedicated to the brave North Sea heroes - sailors of the Northern Fleet - MTK article “Eternal Memory!” (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 27, 2011. Archived October 27, 2012.
- ↑ GREMICH (p. 3)