BALAKLAVA SUBMARINE BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000200010002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 24, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. NUE=OUS REFUGEE AND POW REPORTS NTr?TICN A SUBMARINE PEN OR PENS
ON THE N`W SIDE OF BALAKT AVSKAYA GUBA. SEV EAL OF TH E REPORTS
MAP THE AREA OF THESE PENS. ALL OF T =SE REPORTS DATE PRIOR TO
1956.
2. THE BALAIDAVA SUBMARINE BASE FIRST COVERED BY ME TALENT MISSION
AND BY THIRTEEN KH MISSIONS T=OUGH
3. REANALYSIS OF TALC ,I?ISSIOid REVELS CONSIDERABLE
CUTTING INTO THE NW BANK OF BcKLAVSKAYA CUBA AT THE SUBMARINE
BASE. CONSTRUCTION WAS EVIDENTLY COA2LETED BY KH
THE NEXT MISSION TO COVER THE AREA WITH GOOD, CLEAR
PHOTOGRAPHY.
I+. THE 155th SUBMARINE BRIGADA IS BASED AT BALA'AVA AND CONSISTS OF
9 W-CLASS SUBMARINES AND ONE SUBMARINE TENDER.
REPORTED ONE POSSIBLE SUBMARINE, REPORTED 5
MEDIUM SUBMARINES. REVEALED 4 PROBABLE W/R-CLASS
SS, 4 U/I SS AND ONE PROBABLE ATREK-CLASS ASL.
REPORTED 4 PROBABLE W/R-CLASS SS, 3 U/I SS AND ONE PROBABLE ATREK-
CLASS ASL. REVEALED 3 W/R-CLASS SS, 4 SS, TWO POSSIBLE
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BALAKLAVA SUBM=-UB BASE
1. NU:VEROUS REFUGEE AND POW REPORTS MENTION A SUBMARINE PEN OR PENS
ON THE EW SIDE OF BALAKLAVSKAYA GUBA. SEVERAL OF THESE REPORTS
MAP THE AREA OF THESE PENS. ALL OF THESE REPORTS DATE PRIOR TO
1956.
2, THE BA? "..LAVA SUBMARINE BASE ~;^AS FIRST COVERED BY TALENT MISSION
AND SUBSEQUENT= WAS COVERED BY ONE TALENT MISSION
AND BY THIRTEEN KH MISSIONS THROUGH
IEVEALS CO !SIDERABLE
CUTTING INTO TEE NW BANK OF B AL OKLAVSNAYA GUBA AT THE SUBMARINE
BASE. CONSTRUCTION WAS EVIDENTLY CO.?-ETED BY
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REVEALED 4 PROBABLE W/R-CLASS
SS7 - U/I SS AND ONE PROBABLE ATREK-CLASS ASL.
REPORTED 4 PROBABLE W/R-CLASS SS, 3 U/I SS AND ONE PROBABLE ATREK-
CLASS ASL. REVEALED 3 W/R-CLASS SS, 4 SS, TWO POSSIBLE
SS, AND TWO SMALL AUXILIARIES.
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5. THIS MISSION REPORTS A PROBABLE SUBMARINE PEN IS LOCATED IN THE 5T
SECTOR OF BAIAKGAVSKAYA CUBA, THE ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY IS
APPROXIMATELY 65-70 FT WIDE WITH CONCRETE LINTEL AID SIDE SUPPORTS.
THE WATER APPEARS AS DEEP AT THE ENTRANCE TO TIE PROBABLE PEN AS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY. FIVE POSSIBLE W/R-CLASS SUBMARINES, ONE
PROBABLE ATREK-CLASS ASL, AND SEVERAL SMALL UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS
ARE ALSO OBSERVED.
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PROBABLE SUBMARINE PEN
BALAKLAVA SUBMARINE BASE, USSR
44-29N 33-35E
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