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In particular, to repel the attack of the Russians who arrived on numerous boats and tried to take possession of the city.

With the collapse of the Persian empire of Nadir Shah, which included the lands of Azerbaijan, in the middle of the 18th century, several small khanates appeared at war with each other, including Baku, whose ruler from 1747 to 1768 was Mirza Muhammad Khan - a man not alien to maritime affairs. Under him, the construction of ships began in Baku, not only commercial, but also military.

Little is known about the ancient Azerbaijani sailors. It is unlikely that their ships were masterpieces of shipbuilding, but the fact remains: attempts to create their own navy in Azerbaijan go back centuries.

MAIN BASE OF THE CASPIAN FLOTILLIA

The Baku military port is located in the western part of Baku Bay (Bailov district). In 1867, the main base of the Russian Caspian flotilla was transferred to Baku from Astrakhan. The February revolution and the October coup of 1917 had a disintegrating effect on the Caspian flotilla - thus, at the request of the sailors, the commander, Rear Admiral E.V. Klupfel, was expelled.

Revolutionary sailors supported the Bolshevik Baku Commune. Then the dashing brothers with the same ease supported the Menshevik-SR Centrocaspian (Central Committee of the Caspian Flotilla). After the fall of the Baku Commune, and after it the short-lived dictatorship of the Central Caspian Sea, almost the entire Caspian flotilla of the former Russian Empire came under the jurisdiction of the Musavatist Azerbaijan Republic.

At first, during the occupation of Azerbaijan by the Turks, who took Baku in September 1918, bringing here the Musavatist government, Azerbaijan did not have a navy. In November of the same year, the Turks, defeated in the First World War, were replaced in Baku by the British - a 5,000-strong garrison led by General Thomson. The British handed over to the government of Azerbaijan the ships and vessels of the Russian Caspian flotilla, which were taken by order of the Centrocaspian to Petrovsk (now Makhachkala), but returned to Baku after the departure of the Turks.

At the end of August 1919, the evacuation of British troops from Baku began. The forces of the English navy (Royal Navy Caspian Flotilla), led by Commodore Norris, which had been operating in the Caspian Sea since 1918, also completed their mission in the theater. The British Navy transferred to the Azerbaijani Navy part of its warships and auxiliary watercraft - vessels of the Russian commercial fleet captured and armed by the British. Among them, in particular, were the auxiliary cruiser "Pushkin", the gunboat "Greece", the messenger ships "Kursk" and "Orel" and the hospital ship "Alesgerye".

Ultimately, in the spring of 1920, the entire Azerbaijani Navy went over to the side of the Bolsheviks. They were headed by the Azerbaijani Bolshevik, engineer, and ethnic Kurd Chingiz Ildrym. After the Bolshevik victory, Ildrym became the People's Commissar of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic for military and naval affairs and the commander of the Red Fleet of Soviet Azerbaijan - this is how the national Navy was now called.

In the summer of 1920, the Red Fleet of Soviet Azerbaijan was merged with the Caspian Military Fleet of the RSFSR into the Naval Forces of the Caspian Sea (from 1931 - the Caspian Flotilla). At this point, the history of the national Azerbaijani navy itself was interrupted for 72 years.

SOVIET LEGACY

The collapse of the USSR also affected the Caspian flotilla. In the summer of 1992, the division of its main forces, based in Baku, took place between Russia and Azerbaijan. In addition to warships and vessels of almost all classes and auxiliary vessels available to the flotilla, Azerbaijan received at its disposal a well-equipped Baku naval base with large reserves of ammunition and materiel, military ship repair plant No. 23 and other elements of naval infrastructure.

The first ship to raise the state flag of Azerbaijan was the patrol ship "Bakinets". This happened on July 26, 1992. This date marked the revival of the national Azerbaijani Navy. The commander became Captain 1st Rank Rafik Askerov, who had not shown himself to be anything special in this post, and in 1999, the Azerbaijan Navy was headed by a graduate of the navigation department of the Caspian Higher Naval Red Banner School named after S. M. Kirov, now Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov.

In the first years of independence, the Azerbaijani leadership, mired in internal political and economic turmoil and the inglorious war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, had no time for the national navy and the maintenance of its ships in proper order. And the sailors were heading to the land front.

Baku craftsmen, having discovered several old 130-mm B-13 naval artillery mounts in the warehouses of the Caspian Flotilla that they had inherited, placed them on railway platforms and sent them to fire at Armenian positions from the Yevlakh-Stepanakert railway section. The ships of the Azerbaijani Navy were involved in suppressing the rebellion of separatists in the south of the country, where they tried to proclaim the Talysh Mugan Republic.

In 1994, on the initiative of the then President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh were stopped, which saved this country from a national catastrophe. At the same time, Aliyev, a talented politician and an experienced statesman, made vigorous efforts to restore order in the armed forces, and it was under him that Azerbaijan began systematic military construction.

It is noteworthy that in 1997, the Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan approved a system of naval flags and pennants, the design concept of which clearly shows the influence of the Soviet system. From an aesthetic point of view, the blue and white stern flag of the Azerbaijani Navy with an anchor and a red crescent can be considered one of the most beautiful in the world. For ships and vessels of the naval units of the border troops, a flag of the traditional Soviet design (a green field with a naval flag in the roof) has also been adopted.

With the appointment of the energetic Shahin Sultanov to the post of commander of the Navy, a qualitatively new stage in their history began. Vice Admiral Sultanov turned out to be a smart organizer: under him, the combat effectiveness of the ships inherited by Azerbaijan was restored and, in addition, some auxiliary ships were turned into combat units.

FORCES, MEANS, NUMBERS

The personnel of the Azerbaijani Navy today is about 2500-3000 people. Training of officers of the fleet and maritime units of the border troops is carried out at the Azerbaijan Naval Academy (formerly KVVMKU named after S. M. Kirov) and military educational institutions of Turkey, and midshipmen and chavush (foremen) of the contract service - at the Navy training center.

The flagship of the Azerbaijan Navy is the 1040-ton patrol ship "Bakinets" ("SKR-16") of Project 159A, built in 1967, renamed G121 "Kusar" (after the name of the Azerbaijani city of Kusar, in Soviet times - Kusary). During the long-term repair, two 400-mm five-tube anti-submarine torpedo tubes PTA-40-159 were removed from the ship (some time later two torpedo tubes were installed in the stern), a pair of RBU-6000 rocket launchers were retained, and the artillery armament was strengthened - in addition In addition to two standard two-gun 76-mm AK-726 artillery mounts, the Azerbaijanis installed a pair of double-barreled 30-mm AK-230 anti-aircraft guns on it.

To replenish the composition of the combat naval forces, the Azerbaijanis converted the former radiation-chemical reconnaissance ship of Project 1388R (former KRKH-1) into patrol boats, installing two 14.5-mm twin 2M7 anti-aircraft machine gun mounts on it (it received the hull number P212), and a former Project 368U rescue boat (hull number P219). The latter was armed more seriously: a twin 25-mm 2M3M anti-aircraft machine gun and a 14.5-mm 2M7 anti-aircraft machine gun, as well as two RBU-1200 rocket launchers. The result was a kind of small hunter of the level of the 50s.

Three former training boats of the Caspian Flotilla of the Polish project UK-3 also received 2M7 anti-aircraft machine-gun "sparks" - now they also belong to the patrol class and bear hull numbers P213, P214 and P215. There are also two patrol boats P217 and P218 of project 722, built in Poland (former Soviet messenger boats, after being accepted into the Azerbaijani Navy, each also armed with a 2M7 installation).

The Azerbaijani fleet also has a patrol boat R222 of the Soviet project 1400M “Grif”, well known in many countries of the world, with a 12.7-mm coaxial machine gun mount “Utes-M”.

The only foreign acquisition of the Azerbaijani Navy was the old anti-submarine boat P223 "Araz", built in 1949 - a former Turkish AB-34 of the "Turk" type.

The mine-sweeping forces of the Azerbaijani Navy are represented by ships that more or less meet modern requirements: three basic minesweepers of Project 12650 Yakhont (M325, M326 and M327) and two raid minesweepers of Project 1258 Korund (M237 and M328).

The group of amphibious forces of the fleet includes small landing ships - four Polish-built (project 771A - D433, projects 770MA and 770T - D431, D432 and D434) and two projects 106K (D435 and D436). There is also a landing craft D437 project 1785.

The auxiliary fleet of the Azerbaijani Navy is represented by more than two dozen different vessels, of which we can note the deep-sea diving support vessel A671 (formerly "Sviyaga") of project 10470, the raid tanker T752 of project 1844, two small hydrographic vessels of projects 871 (side number H561) and 872 (both Polish-built), two fire-fighting vessels (former PZhS-551 and PZhS-552) of project 1893, two fire-fighting boats A643 and A644 of project 364, small cable ship T750 (formerly "Emba") of Finnish project 1172, diving boats of project 1896 ( A641) and project 1415 (A648), ambulance boat A649 of the Polish project SK-620, raid tugs of project 737 (T757) and project 9.8057 (built by the GDR - T758), etc. There is also a 106-meter non-self-propelled repair floating dock .

SWIMMERS, SUBMARINES, AIRPLANES

Almost all ships and vessels are based in Baku (the historical naval region of Bailov). The Navy also includes a battalion of marines and a naval sabotage and reconnaissance center for special purposes - military unit 641 (detachment of combat swimmers), stationed on the seashore, in the Zykh area on the outskirts of Baku (not far from the Naval Academy). In some sources this unit is called a brigade. It was created on the material basis of the former maritime reconnaissance point of the Caspian Flotilla of the USSR Navy.

Military unit 641 is armed with ultra-small submarines (group carriers of combat swimmers) of the Triton-1M and Triton-2 types left to Azerbaijan, as well as individual underwater vehicles for reconnaissance divers - torpedo-shaped carriers of the Siren type and others. Nowadays, instructors from NATO countries have taken over the baton in training the special forces of the Azerbaijani Navy from former Soviet officers, in particular the SEALs of the US Navy SEAL sabotage and reconnaissance units and instructors from the private American company Blackwater USA.

An obvious drawback of the Azerbaijani Navy is the lack of its own specialized aviation: several Ka-27PS helicopters and three Be-12 amphibious seaplanes that Baku once inherited have already exhausted their service life. However, to support and air cover the fleet, Azerbaijan can use combat aircraft and helicopters of the Air Force (for example, Su-24M front-line bombers, Su-25 attack aircraft, L-39 combat training aircraft, MiG-29 front-line fighters, Mi-8 and Mi-8 helicopters). 24). The mobilization reserve of naval aviation is the Mi-8, Sikorsky S-76, Eurocopter "Super Puma" and "Dofen" helicopters of the Azalgelikopter civil airline, which actively uses them to supply Caspian oil platforms. The latest Be-200ES rescue amphibious seaplane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan, recently acquired in Russia, can also be used in the interests of the Navy.

The current reserve of the Azerbaijani Navy is the coast guard of the maritime units of the country's border troops. In addition to three patrol boats (according to the Soviet classification - border patrol ships of the 3rd rank, in the Navy - artillery boats) of Project 205P (now S-005, S-006 and S-007), inherited from the Caspian Flotilla and the 17th separate brigade patrol ships of the USSR Border Troops, as well as the above-mentioned former missile boat S-008 of Project 205U, it includes the patrol boat S-201, built in 1969, decommissioned by the US Coast Guard (former Point Brower of the "Point" type, D series).

Plan:

1. History
- 1.1 Soviet Azerbaijan Fleet
- 1.2 Rebirth
2 Organizational composition
3 Base points
4 Combat composition
- 4.1 Navy
- 4.2 Marines
- 4.3 Navy Special Forces
5 Equipment and weapons
- 5.1 Navy
- 5.2 Marines
6 Prefix of ships and vessels
7 Flags of ships and vessels
- 7.1 Official flags
8 Rank insignia
- 8.1 Admirals and officers
- 8.2 Petty Officers and Sailors
- 8.3 Signs on hats

Introduction

Flag of the Azerbaijan Navy

Azerbaijan Navy(Azerb. Azərbaycan Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələri) - one of the branches of the armed forces of Azerbaijan.

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in 2005 the strength of the Azerbaijani Navy was 1,750 people. As of 2007, the strength of the Azerbaijani Navy was 2,500 people.

1. History

In 1867, the main base of the Russian Caspian military flotilla was transferred to Baku from Astrakhan. After the collapse of the Russian Empire, the ships of the Caspian military flotilla came under the control of the government of the Central Caspian Sea.

In the spring of 1920, the Azerbaijani Navy supported the local Bolsheviks who overthrew the Musavatist rule and was renamed the Red Fleet of Soviet Azerbaijan, which was led by Chingiz Ildrim. On May 1, the ships of the Volga-Caspian military flotilla entered Baku, where the Caspian military fleet was soon formed, consisting of 3 auxiliary cruisers, 10 destroyers, 4 submarines and other ships. On May 18, ships of the Volga-Caspian and Azerbaijan flotillas and landing detachments occupied Anzali, also capturing ships and vessels taken away by the White Guards and interventionists. In the summer of the same year, the Caspian and Azerbaijani fleets were combined into the Naval Forces of the Caspian Sea, renamed on June 27, 1931 the Caspian Flotilla of the USSR Navy. Russian military specialist Alexander Shirokorad notes that the Azerbaijani fleet ceased to exist no earlier than 1921.

1.2. Second birth

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the property of the Caspian Flotilla was divided between Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. In the summer of 1992, the division of the Caspian Flotilla was completed, as a result of which 30% of the floating and 100% of the coastal base of the Caspian Flotilla came under the command of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani Navy received the Bakinets patrol ship (project 159A), a missile boat (project 205U), two artillery boats (project 205 M), a patrol boat (project 1400M), three base (project 12650) and two raid (project 1258) minesweepers , three small (project 770T and 770MA) and medium (project 771A) landing ships, the hydrographic vessel "Resonance" and other watercraft.

2. Organizational composition

Organizationally, the Azerbaijan Navy includes:

Main Headquarters

Surface Ship Brigade
- Water District Protection Division
- Landing craft division
- Minesweeper division
- Search and Rescue Vessel Division
- Training Court Division
Patrol boat brigade
Marines
Naval sabotage and reconnaissance brigade
Reserve
- Azerbaijan Coast Guard
  - Patrol boat brigade
Mobilization reserve
- Azerbaijan Merchant Navy
Educational establishments
- Azerbaijan Higher Naval School- training of officers of the fleet and naval units of the border troops.
- Azerbaijan Navy Training Center- training of midshipmen and foremen of contract service.

3. Base points

Naval Base Baku(Main Headquarters of the Navy).
Naval Base Zykh(Marines)

4. Combat composition

As of 2006, the Navy included:

4.1. Navy

[specify]

Type	Board number	Name	As part of the fleet	State	Notes
Patrol ships
Project 159A patrol ship	G121	Qusar	no data	in service
Missile boats
Project 205U missile boat	S-008	no data	no data	in service	former RKA "R-173"
Torpedo boats
Project 205P torpedo boat	S-004	no data	no data	in service
Project 205P torpedo boat	S-005	no data	no data	in service
Project 205P torpedo boat	S-006	no data	no data	in service
Project 205P missile boat	S-007	no data	no data	in service
Patrol boats
Project 1388R patrol boat	P212	no data	no data	in service	former radiation-chemical reconnaissance ship (KRKH-1)
Project 368T patrol boat	P219	no data	no data	in service
Project 1400M patrol boat	P222	no data	no data	in service	former AK-55
Turk-class patrol boat	P223	no data	no data	in service	former Turkish AB-34
Point-class patrol boat	S14	no data	no data	in service
Mine minesweepers
	M325	no data	no data	in service
basic minesweeper project 1265	M326	no data	no data	in service
	M327	no data	no data	in service
raid minesweeper project 1258	M328	no data	no data	in service
Landing ships
	D433	no data	no data	in service	former SDK-107
Project 771A small landing ship	no data	no data	no data	in service
Project 771A small landing ship	no data	no data	no data	in service
	D431	no data	no data	in service	former SDK-36
small landing ship project 770	D432	no data	no data	in service	former SDK-37
small landing ship project 770	no data	no data	no data	in service
	D435	no data	no data	in service
small landing ship project 106K	D436	no data	no data	in service
small landing ship project 106K	no data	no data	no data	in service
Landing craft 1785	D-437	no data	no data	in service	former D-603
Tankers
shallow draft tanker type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
small base tanker type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
Auxiliary ships and vessels
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service
	no data	no data	no data	in service
small hydrographic vessel type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
	no data	no data	no data	in service
fire fighting vessel type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
cable ship type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
hospital-hospital boat type????	no data	no data	no data	in service
Training ships
no data	no data	no data	no data	in service

4.2. Marines

4.3. Navy Special Forces

5. Equipment and weapons

5.1. Navy

5.2. Marines

6. Prefix of ships and vessels

7. Flags of ships and vessels

7.1. Official flags

President of Azerbaijan	Commander-in-Chief of the Navy	Chief of the General Staff of the Navy

Braid pennant of the commander of a group of ships	Braid pennant of a ship division commander	Braid pennant of the senior on the roadstead

8. Insignia

8.1. Admirals and officers

Categories	Admiral			Senior officers			Junior officers
Shoulder strap
Sleeve badge
Azerbaijani title	Admiral	Vitse-Admiral	Counter-Admiral	Birinci Dərəcəli Kapitan	İkinci Dərəcəli Kapitan	Üçüncü Dərəcəli Kapitan	Captain-Lieutenant	Bas Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Kiçik Lieutenant
Russian correspondence	Admiral	Vice Admiral	Rear Admiral	Captain 1st rank	Captain 2nd rank	Captain 3rd rank	Lieutenant Commander	Senior Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Ensign

8.2. Petty Officers and Sailors

Categories	Midshipmen			Petty Officers			Sailors
Shoulder strap
Azerbaijani title	Bas Miçman	Miçman	Kiçik Miçman	Birinci Starşina	İkinci Starşina	Üçüncü Starşina	Bas Dənizçi	Dənizçi
Russian correspondence	Senior midshipman	Midshipman	Chief petty officer	Chief Petty Officer	Petty Officer of the first article	Foreman of the second article	Senior sailor	Sailor

According to xttp://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sng/azerb.htm

Navy
Number of people, thousand people 2004-1.75 2005-2.2

Azerbaijan received the Project 159A patrol ship "Bakinets" (interestingly, the second ship of this project, "Komsomolets Dagestan", which went to Russia, was scrapped in the same 1992), a Project 205U missile boat, two Project 205M artillery boats (three more their Project 205P counterpart, according to some information, was left to Azerbaijan by border guards), a Project 1400M patrol boat, 3 base (Project 12650) and 2 raid (Project 1258) minesweepers, 3 small (Project 770T and 770MA) and medium (Project 771A) landing ships and a tank landing boat of Project 1785. The Azerbaijani Navy also received the training ship "Oka" of Project 888 (control ship T-710), two fire-fighting vessels, the small cable ship "Emba", the hydrographic vessel "Resonance" and some other auxiliary vessels.
According to the unofficial website of the Azerbaijani Navy, organizationally they include water area protection divisions, landing ships and special-purpose vessels. The Navy includes a patrol ship, 3 missile boats (which is doubtful, unless the Azerbaijanis, in addition to the existing boat of Project 205U, managed to restore 2 missile boats of Projects 205 and 183R that were previously scrapped), 3 base and 4 raid minesweepers, 7 landing ships, 2 training vessels and about 20 auxiliary vessels. The number of personnel in the fleet is about 2,500 people. The naval forces of the border troops are united into a brigade. At present, some of the Soviet ships inherited by Azerbaijan no longer have combat value due to their technical condition. The navy and maritime border guards are being replenished with assistance from the United States and Turkey. In 2001, the border troops received the first of two patrol boats promised by the Americans. In Turkey, in addition to the AB-34 boat (Turk type) it transferred, another 30 fast patrol boats were purchased). Azerbaijan has its own production base and professional personnel for the construction of small warships and auxiliary vessels, as well as their repair. The basis of this base is a complex of four shipyards of the former production facility "Kaspsudoremont", as well as a military shipyard (former shipyard - 23 USSR Navy) in Baku. Here it is possible to build or assemble patrol and landing boats, minesweepers and support vessels from imported components and sections.
1 SKR Bakinets (formerly SKR-16 pr. 159A, in service since 1967)
2 RKA pr.205U,
2 AK pr.205M (former AK-234 - (production No. 137) 1972, and AK-374 - (production No. 139) 1978)
1 AK pr.1400M (former AK-55),
3 BT pr.1265-Magomet Gadzhiev
2 RT pr.1258
4 recreation centers (3 MDK pr.770, 1 SDK pr.771)
o SDK-36-770MA/26 04/15/1965 01/12/1966 06/11/1966 KVF. From 06/03/1992 MDK-36. Since 07/03/1992 Azerbaijan. In service
o SDK-37-770MA/27 05/10/1965 02/05/1966 06/24/1966 Black Sea Fleet. Then KVF. From 06/03/1992 MDK-37. Since 07/03/1992 Azerbaijan. In service
o SDK-107 -771A/20 02/16/1968 10/22/1968 02/28/1969 KVF. From 06/03/1992 MDK-107. From 07/03/1993 Azerbaijan. In service

In 2004, the naval personnel of the national navy and border forces will continue to be replenished with assistance from the United States and Turkey. It is planned (at the Kaspsudoremont Production Association, as well as at the military ship repair plant) to create its own shipbuilding base for the assembly of small warships and auxiliary vessels, as well as their repair. The number of naval personnel will be increased from 2,500 to 3,000 military personnel.

Jane's-2005
Type-Role-Quantity-Delivered
Petya II-Light Frigate-1-1992
Osa II-Fast-Attack Craft-Missile-1-1993
Stenka-Fast-Attack Craft - Patrol-2-1992/93
Svetlyak-Patrol Craft-1-n/a
Turk(Araz)-Patrol Craft-1-07.2000
Zhukov-Patrol Craft-1-n/a
n/a-Coastal Patrol-2-2001/02
AV-34-Fast Coastal Patrol Craft-30-2001/03
Sonya-Minesweeper-3-n/a
Yevgenya-Minesweeper-2-n/a
Polnochny-Landing Ship-Tank-2-n/a
Vydra-Landing Craft-Utility-2-n/a
Vadim Popov-Research-1-n/a
Valerian Uryvayev-Research-2-n/a
Woodnik II-Training Ship-1-n/a

In the photo - a patrol boat received from the USA somewhere in 2001.

Some Baku historians claim that a semblance of a military fleet appeared in the feudal state of Shirvan, located on the territory of modern Azerbaijan, in the 12th century - during the reign of Shirvanshah Akhsitan I. Having warships and relying on the walls of the Baku fortress, Akhsitan I was able to repel the attack of those who arrived on numerous boats of the Rus who tried to take possession of the city.

Main base of the Caspian flotilla

Baku craftsmen, having discovered several old 130-mm B-13 naval artillery mounts in the warehouses of the Caspian flotilla that they had inherited, placed them on railway platforms and sent them to fire at Armenian positions from the Yevlakh-Stepanakert railway section. The ships of the Azerbaijani Navy were involved in suppressing the rebellion of separatists in the south of the country, where they tried to proclaim the Talysh Mugan Republic.

Forces, means, numbers

The Azerbaijanis removed container launchers of P-15U anti-ship missiles from the Project 205U Tsunami missile boat R-173, renamed it S-008 and transferred it to the coast guard of the maritime units of the border troops. A pair of Project 205P Tarantul artillery boats (formerly AK-234 and AK-374) were also transferred there. 400-mm anti-submarine torpedo tubes have been removed from Project 205P boats.

To replenish the composition of the combat naval forces, the Azerbaijanis converted the former radiation-chemical reconnaissance ship of Project 1388R (former KRKH-1) into patrol boats, installing two 14.5-mm twin 2M7 anti-aircraft machine gun mounts on it (it received the hull number P212), and a former Project 368U rescue boat (hull number P219). The latter was armed more seriously: a twin 25-mm 2M3M anti-aircraft machine gun and a 14.5-mm 2M7 anti-aircraft machine gun, as well as two RBU-1200 rocket launchers. The result was a kind of small hunter of the level of the 50s.

The Azerbaijani fleet also has a patrol boat R222 of the Soviet project 1400M “Grif”, well known in many countries of the world, with a 12.7-mm coaxial machine gun mount “Utes-M”.

The only foreign acquisition of the Azerbaijani Navy was the old anti-submarine boat P223 "Araz", built in 1949 - a former Turkish AB-34 of the "Turk" type.

Swimmers, submarines, airplanes

In addition, the United States received two small patrol boats of the Silver Ship 48-foot type (S-11 and S-12) and smaller watercraft, including inflatable motor boats with a rigid frame S-09 and S-10 of the RIB type -36.

The Azerbaijani Coast Guard has accepted large ocean tugs and supply vessels that previously belonged to Kaspnefteflot. These are four Polish-built vessels: the Whirlwind type (project B-99) - S-703 and the Naftegaz type (project B-92) - S-701, S-002 and S-003. A special feature of the Neftegaz-type supply vessel for offshore oil platforms is the possibility of using it as an auxiliary landing transport. On the deck of the Neftegaz it is possible to place 13 floating armored personnel carriers BTR-60/70/80, and it is possible that such armored vehicles can be dropped into the water from the stern. One of the Coast Guard's "Neftegaz" has a helipad for the Mi-8 helicopter, the other is equipped with a powerful antenna system, which allows us to assume that it performs the functions of a radio and electronic reconnaissance and control ship.

The most powerful economic potential in the post-Soviet Transcaucasus, the basis of which is oil production, fully allows Azerbaijan to have a small, but significant military fleet as a factor of strength in the Caspian Sea.

The current stage in the Azerbaijani Navy.

On June 25, 2015, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took part in the opening of a new base of the Naval Forces in the village of Puta, Garadagh district of Baku. The opening of a new base and the N military unit of the Naval Forces took place.

The current view of the base shows that its construction is not yet completed.

Another type of base

Construction of administrative and service buildings, structures of the new naval base, which is the largest and most modern military facility in the Caspian basin, and the N military unit began in October 2010.

Base diagram.

Navy personnel on the parade ground.

The base command post controls the Naval Forces and creates all opportunities to monitor the surface situation in the sector of the Caspian Sea belonging to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Operational data on the surface situation is received at the point through radar stations installed at coastal and island radio technical posts belonging to the Navy. All detected targets are reflected on monitors in real time. Data received from the coast guard of the State Border Service and the State Maritime Administration in connection with the surface situation in the sector of the Caspian Sea belonging to Azerbaijan is also collected at the command post of the Naval Forces, analyzed and an appropriate decision is made. The installation here of equipment based on the most modern technological innovations allows us to build the work of the point at a high level.

On a plot of land with an area of 254.5 hectares allocated in the village of Puta, Garadagh district, headquarters buildings, 2 office residential buildings, 10 coastal sailor dormitories, soldiers' canteens, checkpoints, a boiler room and a bath-laundry complex, berths for ships, and hangar-type parking lots were created. for the Navy and military units.

There is also a well-equipped clinic. In which both treatment and examination of soldiers and officers can be carried out. The clinic has 11 functional departments and 4 functional rooms. The ophthalmology, physiotherapy, neurology, ENT, dentistry, surgery, therapy, ultrasound, dermatology and x-ray rooms operating here are equipped with modern medical technical equipment. The clinic has also created a laboratory where biochemical, chemical and serological examinations, treatment rooms, a pharmacy, and a canteen will be carried out. This medical facility also has 7 wards with 32 beds. The conditions created in the wards allow military personnel to be treated at a high level.

On the territory of the base, two five-story buildings were built for the personnel of the country's Navy. Each of the five-block buildings has 50 three-room apartments. The total area of each apartment, equipped with all necessary equipment, exceeds 110 square meters. Both buildings are equipped with a centralized ventilation system. Large-scale landscaping work has been carried out in the adjacent territory, landscaping has been carried out, and recreation areas have been created.

At the second stage of construction of the military unit, it is planned to create areas for the maintenance and repair of ships and cars, additional berths, warehouses, an officers' house, a kindergarten and school, a club and a sports town.

Navy ships

SKR G121 - former patrol ship SKR-16 "Bakinets"
Staff ship T710 - former training ship "Oka"

Another view of the ships.