NAVAL CENTER IS USTKA/SCHOOL OF NAVY SPECIALISTS IN USTKA/RECRUIT TRAINING IN USTKA/FURTHER SPECIALIZATION AND SEA DUTY/SHORE LEAVES/ SUMMER COMPAIGNS/BUILDING BATTALION IN GDANCK/ MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLISH NAVY

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• Publication Date: June 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Naval Center in Ustka/ggch of f Navy Specialists in Ustka
~_ Recruit T airing in Ustka91yrther Specializatior_ and Sea
Duty~hore Leaves/ Summer Campai$ghss/Building Battalion in Gdansk
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INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
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DATE (OF INFO.
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1. The following information dates from -
L( Lt ion
2. 1'r'he Kcdra ;.Iarynarki hojennej 13zkola Specialistow Morskich (SSM) is
located in the old German barracks of the Herman Goering Armored Division,
c;iLuated 5 Ien west of,Ustka. It ie connected with the town by a good highway
and a railway sidaline. A second highway leads from the Center southwards
to Uuninowo. The Center is a 'town is itself'. The buildings are in good
condition, well constructed, modern, and comparatively clean. They are ieil-
nrovideii with sanitary installations which are all in working order. The
Center lies in a wooded terrain; the ground is sandy, in some places a
little boggy.
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3? '3ntering the Center by way of the Ustka road,one meets a level crossing and
beyond it a guardhouse (No. 1) his and following numbers correspond to
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the on sketch of the Naval Center at Ustka and available
Ol: the CIA K Ay Librar7 in a small house which serves also as a detention
baracks. Further to the left., there isa building (No. A+?), the purpose of
'which
a building battalion was working on. its construction. :i,till further to the
left, there is a' squarb (.No. at 'the far end of which stand:: the :.eedquarte'rs
building (No. 2). From the?middle.ei'.that.building,a tower sticks u.;, in
which the radio station is installed.
4. "Continuing by the same road, one observes the following at the left: canipaniLs'
quarters a building of the Naval NCOs School (No. 16) and another
building of companies' quarters (No. 8). The NCOs school stsnds little
farther back. from the road Toriaing a small square.
5. 'Beyond the second building of companies' quarters, (No. 8) Caere is a boiler
house (11o. 28) which provides central heating for the Center. I .:_ :otremember
very well. hoer the companies were distributed. remember that apan,, --lo.
Ii was accommodated in the building nearer the to (No. 8).
r. "rin tiie right side of the same road, starting again from the gate and guard-
house, at a good distance from the road is the Informacja building. This is
the ?Navul?,Coupter-lnte}.ligunce -of which .the Navy personnel is ac-much afraid
as the civilians are of the UB. Characteristically, the Informadja'offices are
always; located somewhere in a discreet backgrounds
7. "Continuing on the right are the garages and repair workshops.for-motor Vehicles
(No. 6), and farther on,. two=story buildings used as compaiies0'quarters:(No. 7
and Si. Company Ncs IV which had its quartere in No. 7 build-
ing arid.the nearbst No. 8 building. 'The following buildings '(No. 9, 10 and-11)
surround a large square (No..a6) 500.x -600 meters. in size which is called 'Plat
A].Grmowy'. In this square, roll.calls of the..ei+iiire School and of companies
t?ake..place. as well as celebrations, parades', etc Four buildings (No. 10) 'are
used-.as more quarters for companiesand'as C.SM lecture?hails In the'building
(Iio.' 9) surrounded by a pretty and well=kept garden; the School of Radio-
telegraphists is located. In.a large, .long;building. (Wo.;i1) there are
kitchens, dining: rooms and the .camp cinema,,
8. ' Tc the uorth of the square (No.'. 26),, lie more quarters or companies and. .:3I4
(No,,. 13). and .the i:C11 or-.military shop oantesn(~No'.. 12),. Further -north, two
buildings (io. 14) accommodate family quarters of officers and regular NCGs.
I,iere are some villas scattered in the wood (No. 15) which stretches down to 25X1X
the seashore where higher officers of the SS14 and Navy Cadre live. -
"Turning from the square towards the north along the kitchen and dining hall
building (iio. 11) one observes - at the left a, long, building, in which there are
laundries.,, baths, and in the northern end -- the infirmawy (No.' 22)?. ?ruaeedin43
farther in northwesternd:irection by road, one walks b'etweer. rows of' -wooden
barracks which serve various purposes (No. 25). In the southern end of the
first barracks on the right is the officers' mess. After pessing'these, bar
racks, one turns west and, at some distance, arrives at another level crossing
and guardhouse No. 2.(No. 27). Farther west,, behind a barbed wire enclosure,
lie shooting ranges, add'farther still coastal sands and terrains on which
mines were laid and a system of alarm wiring installed.
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"1. Guardhouse No. 1; and detention barrack
2. Headquarters with radio station tower"
3. Square before the' rail
4. Building under constrsction.at the end of 1952
'5. Counter-intelligence (Inormacja).building.
6. "Garages and motorcar repairNaorktliiops
'11. Kitchens, dining rooms and cinema
l2. NCH - military shop-canteen
13 Companies and School of Ilavy Specialists
14. Officers" family quarters
17. Villas for higher officers
16. NUOs school
17. Loading platform
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10. 'Returning once more to the main road leading from the entrance. gate,
at the point where'it passes between the buildings (no.. 3) and (No. 10)
and crosses another road leading to the north, one find's at the right
a row of buildings. (No. 23).'" They serve as quarters for' families of.'
rn '! S i~ rs~`(tt~Ctrci:ed to the SSM and Cadre. The' buildings. lie': in a: wooded
terrain.
11, "Continuing along the same. rcied 'which, crosses another road leading
northwards, one finds en'the rigrit four ratiner large buildings
occupied by Soviet officers. and men. The officers"Piave?their'families
with them. In these buildings, the soviet unit operates its own radar
inztallat~on and radio Fitation. :. :.
12. ??ome 300'm from that point there is another level cross:Lng and gvtaidhouse
nor 3 (Nn. 21)s? after? which one comes, to atriple'row of barbed o::.re.
In this enclosure military food stores; arms and ammunition dumps are
situated. Those are low barracks hidden. in the woods, connected with a.,,.,
network of paths. Further westwards in this prohibited area, some
coaCtructions were allegedly. going,on,.but annot describe'thsn.
I.c.cording to ruriors, they were. bunkers.
l3." turting once more .from, the:,eroQsroads between, the buildings, (.4o.? 8),,.
(No. 11) and' (11.o.'. 22)., and going' in a southern: direction' . at. the right='.
nand side one observes +ank;e eds.(?No:, 3$) with a long,-narrow space in
between : (a''o. .20) . ? soi?e tanlFs of"Soviet -production ?btit
.cannot' describe tiie.type.?
14. "Beyond the tank sheds the-road turns westwards and runs parallel to the,.,.
railway line from 3 tka, coal stores';QNd;.18) And the leading .platform.
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15. ''3outh of the Center,, beyond the woods, lie the training grouAdo.'and po~.
gon. .These grounds extend to two small lakes which are located. 'southw V'
of' the. Center. 25X1 A.
joidilablr.? at..the CIA. M &p i.lbrary 3e a sketch map as of - showi1 g
the layout of tine' jzkola Spec jalistow ?Morskich. (School of Navy Specialists
in Utska) it 1.a dawn to a'schle' of approximately
le300 m. This scale does not apply to the buildings. The following legend
applies: * r.
7. and 8. Buildings of Company No. 4 and other Companies
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~?'i. iri^? ?^.:Atulclzie~,..'baths~ infiz 'y
?3. Officers' family quarters
:184 Coal : tares
:rank sheds
2tk'.. Buildings of Soviet personnel, Radar and radio.station
54' wooden barracks for? companies. and. ;school of ATavy 3iiecialisto
26: Cewtral roil.cal1 square
21;.' Guardhouae,. No.: 2
2. Boilers
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Also: avad:ldblc at the =_MHp ,:~i:orary is a. 9ketcli of tbbe Pox't .'oi' Wst
on t:ie marl is dated
Tne -following legend applies: .
0, Coal harbor
? q. Goal ba:iin
1Q. Bunkers ?{- rolribited area)-
11?. Ferry
12. (a) Fishing boats' repair yard
6._ . Large, vi1l1a,? former nand -Ueatp.ial
6;. Place wher& Iskra?? berthed
2. ',..ighthouse
~.. ? ?PWrt?pilots'`. post
(b) - 'Marine pout,. probably It southern part of the area
13. Fisiiing harbor'-& basin
14.:' -Railway bridge
15., isoaa bridge over Slupsk River.?
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ftc:6ruite Training in-Ustka
16. ''Th -normal scheri.a?. recruits' day in the Naval Cantor in Ustka was, as
fo11ews
5 u.m. - ri siren sounded to wake up the soldiers. Then
-whey had one hour to wash (with cold water), make
up beds and tidy the dormitories and corridors.
7?a.m. - breakfast consisting of black coffee without
sugar, bread and groats (usually peeled barley).
r'rom the building-of the ifourth Company the
recruits had about 600 m to go to the canteen;
11iey had to sing while marching.
extracts from daily papers indicated by the
olitical officer.
8 -n.m. - the `whole camp had roll call. an the large at square
(Plac Alariowy). Afterwards companies went for
general drill training in the training grounds.
The training almost always took place in the camp's
polygon beyond the wood, in the southern part of
the center. Afterwards, training with weapons took
place on the shooting range in the northwest cornea
of the Center.
* To borrow map map call code 143, ext. 2596. Map call number VF75533-2.
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l1;30 a.m. - the-soldiers,. very hungry and very tired,
;ptnr. - return from training, cleaning of company
quarters.
o P.M. - 'supper: groats, bread, coffee.
7 p.m. - ? political occupations, lectures about the .,,,viet
Union and 'social problomsr etc. :sometimes -
public reading of-books. The soldiers were so
tired. that.theyr.:ailept with their eyes open. These
political occupations took six hours every week.
B-9 i a - one hour. cz'Y duty, during which most of the soldiers
simply rested.
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12 noon - lunch: first, .5, afterwards meat or groats,
potatoes?and'black coffee.. Tha?time allowed
for-'meals?was very .short. Whoever, was unable
L'n.ru d4} :4~ s} in time, packed the rest of the meal
into his pocket and ran to join his company.
l .p.m:.: - training; .in the polygon or in companies. The
soldiers were also taught to sing. -
o:,rtmejabCrrxntQm.. Soviet songs in Polizh. transla-
tion: ?'Ziemia :.;pndla Na Ciald,', and' !i-lynie
Oka ,Ja .Ilsla E zermka'.
9-10 p..m. tidying yp of the promises..
- evening roll .call in the cprriAox'e, and--no bed.
Division if the Naval bohool for Recruits
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commanded by (laptain rf nJ Abramowitz.; names-.ol .;tl,e.
obhoi caiananders. In :autumn there were 14+ companies DPyuty
commanders of the companies were political officers. The Commander of the
entire-school in Ustka.was Lieuti, Commander Lfnu7 former Lieut.
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Colonel of the army. who was a decent man.
Political Propaganda
18. Political propaganda surrounded the..recruits. In,the canteen and in the
company quaxters, radio loudspeaker .,_were installed through which.,politica.l
talks were broadcasted. Once a week,-films were shown in the canteen;
nearly always they were ;oviet propaganda f ilzw .
.school of Navy specialists
i '' f ter the tiir:e months of recruit training., the . snilces. are directed to
the :,cheoi of Navy specialists where they are trained. in,vchxlous special
branches, e.g. as radi -tclegraphists, navigators, mechanics, artillerymen,
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"-training in a guard' company- because the
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:;tool. guard in front of one of the -three guardhouses in the Center., or in
the prohibited area west of Che-Contcr, behind a triple row Of barbed wire,
where rsmnuaition and bomb dumps were situated:
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Buis lding Battalion
21. The Center- at Ustka? also had ?' -building ?batta4iiqn, which carried . n various
sorts of construction... ^his bettelimn, was composed mostly' of sailors
against whom there were objections on account of their 'unreliability',
e.g. oP-bourgeois 'social origin. . ....?. ? ,
22. "After their training, in t}ie School of: Navy Sppeial~ebe,; sailors arc
transferred to different-naval.. ships and, units. to cojnpletio??iheir military
service which lasts three years in all. Some of them may sign a declara-
tion:to ? serve for 1.2 ye .ids, and . they. are, directed either ;to =Navy NCO,'
School (which is, located' in U3tka centers in the. southern-part of the camp)
or to the Boatstiralru~}e,:i~pk;:OlcB~tctle.
'service on the ships
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of conditions of service on the flotilla
mat Okgywieb , . ..
24. Aaiilgonmrcsnt s
were assigned to one: of the.'sections' (Dzialy) existing on
every trawler. There were five sections:
a j ...a
b) .;ubmar Le weapons (Bgoni :Oodxodnych)
c) signals
d) Artillery
e) Navigation
The appointments were made-accord ing to the branch of specialization
hich- sailor had undergone in Ustka. These were,
(a l.1echanics, technicians, t mo0orti tllo 3~$~33 3r0- to bell.
(b) Artillery comprising torpedo operation, mine-laying,
distance -nfeaeuring
%,e) Radio- 1;'clegiap,hists
(d) Navigators
(a) Deck und 'off ice personnel..
LL`very 'secti'on.' had its chief who had the title of 'Gospodarz? Dzialu?'.
25. "Occupations and training on the trawlers were conducted according to
.these branches, of specialization. In the crews, various classes of
recruits were mixed together.: The conditions were much better than in.
Ustka, and the discipline less harsh. However, the sailors were. constantly
overworked and very exhausted. vihen the ships lay in harbor? the. work
lasted only eight hours a day, - but at .sea it could last up to 1I+ hours.
Watches changed every eight hours in harbor, and every two hours at sea.
'6-. The sailors got up at 6 a.-m:. At 6:15 &-=. half or the crew. (4n Navy
language 'Polowa Burty') were peeling potatoes-; and another, half .haul.
P`1 exercises. Later followed varioRs.d?ily.occupations according to..the
plan fixed every week.
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