BLACK SEA STATE DRY CARGO STEAMSHIP COMPANY

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL -INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
. SZCBBT
SECURITY. INFORMATION
This Document contains Information seating the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Section 793 and 784, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its conten m
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT Black Sea State Dry Cargo Stesaship
OoNvany
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 2 April 1953
NO. OF PAGES 6
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIQMS+'TN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The Black Sea State Dry Cargo Steamship Company (Chernomorskoye aosudaretvennoye
Sukhogrusncye.Parokhodstvo - UObP , ravleniye Ohernomc'e]ago Parokhodstva - old
tern which was retained as an abbreviation).was a steamship company subordinate
to the Ministry of the Merchant Pleat through the Chief Directorate of the Southern
Pleat, The administration of this company was located in Odessa on Nabereshnaya
Rishelye. The director of UOhP was General Director Merchant Pleat Third Class
(fnu),Daachenko. Danchenko had three deputies.cad a head of political adminis-
tration. The first deputy was Chief Engineer; the Second was Chief of the Plset
Operation@ Division; and the third was Chief of Personnel, UOl has existed with
its present setup since 1939, the year in which it was reorganised and some of its
fleet taken away for the formation of the Sochi and Azov steamship companies.
3. The UOhP maintained. operation of permanent freight and passenger transport lines
between' the main Black Sea ports: Odessa, Ismail, Nikolayev, Pedosiya, Novorossiys
use, Sochi, Poti, 3atiai,.Osipeako, Zhdanov, and Rostov na Donu. Ports of
secondary importance served occasionally by UOhi'were; 8iliya, Zherson, Tevpatoriy
$erch, Taganrog, and, Sukhumi. .On ips to forei
ports, mainly to Rumania, Bulgari 25X1
3. The main cargoes transported by UOhP worst.
(a) Manganese ore from Tunas (mined in Maykop and Ohiatury).. to Zhdanov, Osipenkc
and Odessa;
(b) Iron are from.OsipenkO and Xeroh (originating from Zaporoshe Oblast) to
Nikolayev and Odessa;
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(e) Black coal. from Zhdan?v (originating mainly in Don:bas#). to
Odessa and Nikolayev. (The Caucasian regions utilize their own
coal, which comes mainly from the Tkvarohelli mines.).
>(d) Grain From Novorossiysk and Odessa to all other Black Sea ports;
(.e) Raw cotton from Batumi (originau g in Aserbaydahaniaf cotton
plantations) to Odessa and.Rostow &a Donu;
(f) Timber and lumber from Nikolayev and Rostov na Donu'(originating
on the Upper Dnieper and on regions) to all other Black Sea
ports;
(g) Machinery and equipment from Rostov ma,Donu, Zhdanov, Nikolayev,
and Odessa. to all other Black Sea ports;
(h) Foodstuffs (butter, fish, tea, fruit, ve etables):from:Batumi,
Poti, Sochi, and Keroh to all other Black-Sea ports;
(i) Processed metals from Osipenko and Zhdanov to Nikolayev, Odessa,
Novororsiysk, and Batumi;
(,j) 0onstruc ion materials from Novorossiysk and Rostov na aonu to
Kherson (for construction of Rakhovka hydroelectric power plant),
Feodosiya, and Yalta for reconstruction of cities and ports
destroyed during World War ZI;
(k) Cattle, wool, hemp, *to-,to various ports of the Black Sea.
The UOhP maintained the following passenger linest
(a) Crimea=Caucasian line (mail and tourist liner Odessa=
Yevppatoriya-Yalta-Feodosiya-Anapa-Novoroesiysk-Tuapse-loohi-
Sukhumi-Poti.Batumi;
(b) .Express lines, for i ortant Soviet government officials )l
Odessa-Yalta; Odessa-Sochi; Odessa-Sukh ij 0dessa4at m#
(c) Regular linen Od,essa?=smailj Odessa-Nikolayev=Mhersons
Y?vpatoriya~ Odessa-Feodosiya-Keroh-Osipenko4Manov-Taganrog'
Rostov na aonu,
The 1991 VON. transport plays called for transport of nine million
.tons of freight as follows t
Manganese ore
Iron ore
Blank Goal
Grain
Raw cotton
Timber and lumber
Machinery and equipment
Foodstuffs
Processed metals
Construction materials
Ostt,2e, wool, hemp, *to
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The titration of UCbP was organized in the following :
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b. Radio Bureau. T/O: chief, three senior radio
technicians, three radio technicians, three typists,
three messengers, and one cleaning woman. The radio
bureau was located in the UChP administrative building..
o. Radio Repair Shop. T-7o: chief, one engineer, three
senior radio technicians,, three radio technicians, and,
three radio mechanics. , e,radio repair shop was
attached to the UChP radio station.
d. Telephone Switchboard and Repair Shop. T/O: chief,.
on* engineer, four senior telephone operators, three
mechanics, and one technicia *
(L) Maritime Inspeotorate. T/Os 30 employees: chief, deputy
chief, two senior maritime inspectors, four maritime
inspectors, and 12 instructors. To the Maritime Inspeotorato
was subordinates
a. The Navigation Room and Repair Shop withs chief,
three deviators (s4 two sloe tro-radio navigators, and
four mechanics,
Under the third UChP Deputy Director, Chief of Personnel, were:
(1) Personnel Section. T/Os A employeess' chief, one senior
inspector. This section was divided into three subsections:
as Domestic Lines Ship Personnel Subsection: chief, two
senior inspectors, and four inspectors;
b. Overseas (foreign waters) Lines Ship Personnel
Subsections chief, one senior inspector, and two
inspectors;
c. Shore Personnel Subsections one senior'inspeotor. and
two inspectors.
(2) Mobilization Section. T/O: seven employees: chief, one
senior inspector, two inspectors, one senior inspector for
PVO (AA defense), one inspector PVO, and one secretary.
?(3) Billeting Section. T/Os 108 employees: four subsections:
a. Administrations six employees;
b. Apartment Houses Subsection: 60 employees;
c. Maintenance Subsections 30 employees;
d. Work Shop Subsections 12 employees.
(4) Building Repair and Maintenance Subsection.(Remontno-
Stroite Uohastok). T/0: 62 employees: chief, three
contractors (engineers), three technicians, two construction
material supply agents, one warehouse manager, two ware-
house receptionists, and 50 workmen.
(d) Directly under the UChP director were:
(S) Office of the Director. T/0. six employees: legal
advisor, inspector, engineer, and three secretaries.
(2) Planning Section (Planovyy Otdel). T/0: nine employees:
chief, senior engineer (eputy chief`), and two engineers.
To. this. section"was subordinate the Statistical Subsection:
chief, one engineer statistician, mind two economists.;
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Labor and Wage Section. T/0: eight employees:, chief,
senior engineer (deputy chief), one senior.engin eer.,?
three engineers, and two technicians;
Accounting Office. T/O 16 employees: chief, deputy
chief, four senior acoou tants, eight accountants, and
two bookkeepers,.
Finano Section. T/O: six employees: chief, economist,
senior economist, senior cashier, and two cashiers,
Secret Document and Cipher Sections T/Q: 16 employees:
chief, three senior inspectors, and 12 inspectors,
(7) Administrative Section. T/O: 22 employees.
Under the Head of Political Administration:
Propaganda and Agitation Sections eight.employees
;s,doctrination Section (Sektor Messovoy Raboty)8. 12
sloye~s
Homsomol Sections 12 employees.
Library. two employees,,
(6)
Editorial office of the newspaper Oher omorskis Mor~ak':
1 em aloyess.
Printing Offices 20 employees.
-7. The fleet of the Slack Sea State Dry Cargo Steamship Compan was
Composed of approtately 120-130 vessels, which could be divided
into the following groups:
(a) Three eleotro-dissel ships: and (both of
pr?matel r 25 thousand tons disp acement , and the
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det s on the two first shi s The
a displacement of 15 thousands ton? ' cad was ?qm with "two
stealer turbines of total app aeity eight thou.san, 300 rpm,
two water-tub boilers of Babcock and Wilcox make with steam
pre sure of 1 atm and superheated stem temp; ature up to
3w Cents eo The diesel engines of this ship operated on
masut fuel ? The ! 0 4P. 4 7, M L had a speed of 22 mph,
An emergency diesel engine was located in the mock chimney.
(b) Approa tely 10 freight-passenger ships received after World
War 11 as reparations from Italy, Germany, and Rumania. All of
them had two propellers and diesel engines of total capacity
10-12 thausand hp. I know of the following ships belong g to
this grog: MT U-P QV9 T~RLTW S Z?IA
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ppproa tely 20 two- :propeller freight ships with displacement
(a) pp
or 11530 tons, equip ed with two diesel engines type XSP 216 mla~
(bore/310 a (stroke), manufactured at the Gans-Yondrashek
lent, These were tour-cycle, eight-cylinder, diesel engines of
total oepaci t0 bp, 300 rpm Speed, of these ships was 14-15
k ty. ]two ships belonging to this group: the 25X1
and thee.
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(d) Approximately 40 diesel ships with displacement from three
thousand to eight thousand tons manufactured in 1928-29 and
1936-38. About 30 of them had two propellers, the rest one
propeller. They were equipped with diesel engines manufactured
by IAN, Deutz, Burmeister & We-1n,, and. Sultzer-6SD-12 (six
cylinders, Sultzer, without compressor, 12-cm bore). Engine
total capacity was 1200 to 2500 bp, 120-200 rpm. The speed
of these ships empty was 12-15 ~,, loaded 9-12 mph.
to this group:
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e) Approximately 60 steamships with displacement of two thousand to
10 thousand tons. About 35 of them had two propellers, the rest
one propeller. They were equipped with steam engines of triple
steam expansion) capacity of 800 to three thousand hp, 120-150 rpm.
They had; two,to four fire-tube boilers with steam pressure of
12-18 atmospheres When empty, their speed was 9-14 mph,
loaded, 7-12 mph. the following ships belonging to this 25X1
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(f) Approximately 12 lighters and barges with a displacement of
100 to three thousand tons,
(g) Approximately five two-propeller icebreakers of the type of small
tugboats, equipped with triple steam-expansion engines with total
capacity of 800 to one thousand hp, 200 to 250 rpm. Their speed
was 15-18 mph. two of them a the ' T and the ' 0 < 25X1
(h) Ten two-propeller tugboats, equipped with triple (team-expansion
engines with capacity of 400 to 600 h , 200-250 rpm. Their
speed empty was 15 mphi when loaded,teir speed was nine mph.
(1) About 25 small auxiliary vessels, launches, cutters, eto.
Maintenance and repair of the UCh? fleet was done at the Ship Repair
Tard isseni Marti in Odessa, at the ship repair lard imeni Osershinsk?2o
in.Tuapee, at Nikolayevskiy ship Rapair TArd in Nikolayev, at
Novoressiyskiy ship Repair hard in Ncvorossiysk, at Zhdanovskiy ship
Bveeppair rard in hdanov, and sometimes at the Poti ship repair ard.
All these ship repair yards belonged to OlavMorprem of the Ministry
of the Merchant Fleet,
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