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The Maritime Frontier Guard is a small quasi-naval organization roughly comparable to the US Coast Guard. It cooperates closely with the regular navy would be integrated with the navy in wartime. Administratively, the Maritime Frontier Guard is organized as elements of three Frontier Guard brigades. Operational control is largely handled by the navy, which also provides logistics support.
2. Strength, Composition, and Disposition
The overall personnel strength of the naval forces is about 26,000. Of these, about 23,400 are regular navy, apportioned as follows:
| Unit/Role | Personnel Strength |
|---|---|
| Afloat | 5,900 |
| Staff and Support | 4,800 |
| Coast Artillery | 2,000 |
| Coast Defense Missiles | 1,500 |
| Naval Air | 1,500 |
| Anti-Aircraft Artillery | 700 |
| Observation and Communications | 2,000 |
| Naval Sappers | 1,000 |
| Naval Police | 1,500 |
| Trainees | 2,500 |
Of the men afloat, about 1,700 are based at Hel, 2,200 in the Gdynia-Oksywie area and 2,000 at Swinoujscie. Of those in staff and support, Gdynia-Oksywie has about 3,000 (including 500 at naval headquarters), Hel 400, Kolobrzeg 300, Swinoujscie 700, and Ustka 400. The Coastal Artillery Division, whose batteries are scattered along the coast at about 10 strategic sites, mans conventional artillery; grouped by broad areas, there are about 920 men in the vicinity of Gdynia, 270 near Hel, 420 near Kolobrzeg, 270 near Swinoujscie, and 120 near Ustka. The 1,500 men of the coast defense missile arm are believed to be equally divided among the Gdynia, Kolobrzeg, Swinoujscie, and Ustka areas. The Naval Air Division is largely concentrated at Cerise, about 30 miles west of the Gdynia-Gdansk area. The 28th Sea Rescue Flight operates from Darlowko. The 60th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment has about 460 personnel around Gdynia and 120 each at Hel and Ustka. The Observation and Communications Service personnel are distributed by broad areas as follows: Gdynia-Oksywie, 870; Hel, 100; Kolobrzeg, 200; Swinoujscie, 630; and Ustka, 200. About 500 naval sappers are located in the Oksywie area, with 200 at Hel, and 100 each at Kolobrzeg, Swinoujscie, and Ustka. There are 500 military police at Gdynia-Oksywie and 250 each at Hel, Kolobrzeg, Swinoujscie, and Ustka. There are about 900 trainees in the Gdynia area, 200 at Kolobrzeg, and 1,400 at Ustka.
The other 2,600 personnel in the naval forces comprise the Maritime Frontier Guard. They include 1,100 men afloat, 1,000 ashore support, 200 in aviation, and 300 trainees.
Naval ship strength consists of four destroyer types (including one SAM-armed), four submarines, one large and nine small submarine chasers, 12 large guided missile boats, 25 motor torpedo boats, 24 fleet minesweepers, 25 minesweeping boats, 23 medium landing ships, 15 personnel landing craft, 32 auxiliaries, and 114 service craft. The submarines, two destroyer types, and large guided missile boats, and the motor torpedo boats are based at Gdynia. One destroyer type, the submarine chasers, and about half of the minesweepers are stationed at Hel. The other destroyer type, the remaining minesweepers, and the
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