NAVAL VESSELS IN MURMANSK BAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000400060003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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-CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 784, of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
USSR (Murmansk Oblast)
Naval Vessels in Murmansk Bay
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DATE DISTR. 17 April 1953
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Two cruisers were observed at anchor in Vayenga Bay.(N69-05, E33-26). They had two
funnels and two masts.
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2. At Niktin Point (not located) there is a floating dock with an estimated capacity of
15,000 tons. The dock was in lifted condition and filled with motorboats.
At Murmansk shipyard, eight destroyers were seen. Seven the el th
was on the slip, red-lead painted and apparently new. 25X1
which resembled the type mounted on German naval vessels during World War II. These
destroyers were supposed to have been of the,O and 0 II classes, but they may not have
been all of the same class, and there may have been minesweepers among-'them.
There was a large submarine, at the shipyard,, about 120 meters long and very streamlined.
The bow was higher than the deck, and from above it looked like a barrel. No guns
were seen on deck. The submarine might have been one of the K-class, but could also
have been one-of the new anti-submarine submarines., similar to.the American type.
5. Ten large destroyers were observed entering port. They were described as longer than
those seen at the shipyard,. of modern design, with two funnels and two single masts
with the after mast in front of the after funnel. They had radar as seen on merchant
ships. The antenna was working and revolving very slowly, about one revolution every
20 seconds.
6. The ten destroyers- appear to-have been of the SILNYY class, but the number was so large
that there may have been other types or minesweeperi> among them.
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