Strength of the Russian Pacific Fleet in September 1942

 American naval attaché at Moscow, Russia reported in September 1942 that according to information given by Russian official to the Astalusna, Moscow the Russian Pacific Fleet consisted of 6 minelayers, 9 destroyers, 2 net layers, 63 submarines, 12 patrol vessels of about 400 tons, 40 minesweepers, 99 coastal motor boats and 61 motor torpedo boats. “Alusna was told by the Soviets that the above data was give to no other nation. Alusna asked that this information be kept in strict secrecy.”

Source

National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports. Estimate of potential military strength (pt.). Summaries. Reports from London, Paris, Brussels, Rome and Berlin. Roll M975-001