ORGANIZATION OF MARITIME HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTflAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Fast Germany
SUBJECT Org tizaation of lip-- .tune Hydro ^aa hl.c Service
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surveii.rng vc sselo JuuMN. L. ^ti. UEG? R? and M(GN 0 GE under its orders..
The Seehydrograaph.i; cbe *Uens% (HNgritiirne nydrograpiaic ervioe in
Berlin (SHD) was subordinate to the See ~iices. re a{ enkapitaer.
GM WO ('nu) was appointed head of the SHD after Dr Bruns (fnu) had
resigned in January 19531 Korvottenkapit,.ien Scheib (fnu) waas deputy
head anon Korvetten' pitaaen Richter (fnu) was political officer,.
Zalnikov (fnu) was Soviet liaison officer to the ?i * The SlID :fin
Berlin included Section 1 for Planning and Sw ervision which dealt
with the suN.rvislon of hydrographic ate : geodetic surveys and vraae
headed by KorYettea to i ta~:n Raukc~r (frnu) who y s aaast~ tef e~tl dry
Leohrner (fnu) Grad u 41-9.1 a civilian employee ~ The SHD! nautical. section
was headed by Korar,3ttenkaaraite,ern Karlheinz Balzer -,rho had Korve-l tenlsax ita.e:.n.
Zuehladcrf (fnu) as assistant. The personnel section was headed by
Y.-mr,re ;t?enke.pitaen Tuerpe (fnu) and the cartographic section was headed
by . x ot:x (f`nu), a civilian erp? oyreo a Section V for Supply of I, ' eriais
and drjirnistrstfcsn was
.I. ded by Korvettenkapitaen Tietz (fnu) with
Cosa ^ Captatn Oerlike (fnu) serving des Pi-,ancia1 adviser and Sciiraede
(fnu) u an civilistn serving as adviser for materi,.lc. The oceawgraphin
section %a.s headed "I,rj Dr l ittss1:nejear (fzxu), a civilian and had the
2 SID Etralsm-A, S11N Wolgast, SHD Werneruenc1e and the Wissenschaftli.che
i'orschungs?anstalt in Frledriooh,ehagenn (Research institute) were
eubord1nate to the S11D }3erl in., head of the SHD Stralsund was Kor -
vettenkapitaaenz Magner (frnu) with Korve ttenkapitaen Jualke (fnu)
as his deputy. Kapitaaonlautrant Schuman (Thu,) was political officer
and A&:iMte (.fnu) ; a civilian ea ployee was head of the ado inietrat;ion
section. Westphal (fnu), a civilian enployee, was responsible for
the employment of seagoing surveying vessels, rsotos vehicles and
instrurtiients. 8I1Stra.lstnnd cor.prised three of'f'ices 4 The first office
which was headed by Korvettenkapitaen Juelke with Kapi.taaen leutenant
Idler (fnu) as his doputy included a nautical section, a hydrographic-
group and a section for sea lights and buoyage which w x headed by
Petersen (fu), a civilian enplovtee and had sea -mark 1rspectioaz v esHel
MiMLENBUtG and buoyage tender MOE' NE under J.ts orders., This latter- 1311p,
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steamer of about 500 GRT, ran ashore near Frerow in
1950 ALFRED M Z was temporarily attached
to this section while MOEWE was under repair In February 1953. The
nautical section was headed by Korvettenkapitaen Adler, included
Kapitaenleutnant Leithold (fnu) and, as compass adjusters, Schulz (fnu),
Schnabel (fnu) and Burr-eister (fnu), who were civilian employees. The
hydrographical group for the hydrographical checking of harbors and
sea-marks included Oberleutnant Weichbrot (fnu) as chief, four surveying
engineers ranking as chief petty officers and was equipped with motor
launch KIZANICI for surveying. The second office included sections for
hydrographic survey operations, a drafting group, three maritime surveying
groups, the Hinz special group and the geodetic surveying group. The
hydrographic surveying operations section was headed by Korvettenkapitaen
Fliogner with Army Captain Herold (fnu) as deputy. The drafting group
was headed by Captain Herold and included surveying engineer Ramous
(fnu), a civilian employee as advisor for hydrographic survey and,
surveying engineer Sobotka (fnu), a civilian, as advisor for geodetic
survey. The first maritime survey group had a surveying personnel of
nine, was equipped with motor launch FBNA, was headed by surveying
engineer Wilke (fnu), a civilian employee and included survey ng engineer
Hoffmann (fnu) and surveying technician Baler (fnu). The second surveying
group which also had nine men was equipped with 24-meter cutter JORDAN
as surveying vessel and was headed by surveying technician Pehrens (fnu). 2
Tho third maritime surveying group, with a surveying staff of nine and
24 -meter cutter HYIROGRAF, was headed by surveying engineer Schwarz (fnu),
a civilian. The special surveying group Hinz, with a 15-man sta._ff, was
headed by Lieutenant Hinz (fnu) and was equipped with seiner KARL F. GAUSS
as surveying vessel.3 The geodetic surveying group was headed by surveying
engineer Stopp (fnu), a civilian engineer and had a personnel of nine
surveying men including surveying engineers Gollert (fnu) and Gloss
(fnu), two civilian employees. The third office of SEiD Stralsund was
responsible for equilxent, maintenance and shipyard supervision of SHI)
ships and vessels, and was headed by Korvettenkapitaen (Eng) Frese (fnu).
alID Stralsund had trucks and sedan
3, SlID Wolgast, which vlas headed by Korvettenkapitaen Schomarts (fnu), had
about, the missions and personnel strength of the first office of SHP
Stralsund. SHD Wolga.st supervised the adjusting office and the
hydrographical checking of the Peene River.
/+ SHD Warneiruend.e was headed by Peterson (fnu
SLID Warnemuende had a surveying group headed by
surveying engineer Wilhelm (fnu), a civilian, had Leutnant Rebentrost
(fnu) as surveying technician and was equipped with launch ROLAND as
surveying vessel.
5. The compass adjusting station in Sassnitz, headed by Captain Block
(fnu), rester mariner and civilian employee, and the hydrographic
observation points in Earhoeft, Dareser Ort and Cape Arkona were
attached to the MD,,
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1. LI Comr1ent a IV Fru!xs was replaced
by Coi r:ander Grave as head of the Perlin SI!D in Decerbor 1952.
was a new ship,
Coment. Surveying vessel. KARL F. GAUSS, a new seiner .type
ve; re1 constructed in a Soviet Zone shhi:yardy was handed to the
3110 Stralsund in January 1953.
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