MERCHANT SHIPS ATTACHED TO THE PORT OF SZCZECIN

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
This Document contains information affect ug the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
lug of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.8. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of h A contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
Merchant Ships Attached to the Port of DATE DISTR.
Szczecin
PLACE ACQUIRED
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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a. S,S. Gross tannagA: roximately 2 00. The cargo was usually
coal and iron ore There wa3 no
radar aboard this ship and no guns either h en or exposed. The ship
was about 40 years old The vessel's
dpeed was about 10 kno s. The crew, o about , included: Captain Jan
ZLODZINSKI, Third Mate (fnu) SCHULTZ, Cultural Officer (fnu) MICHALOWSKI,
First Mate (fnu) WIERZBICKI, Boatswain (fnu) MAK, and (fnu) MARCZAK
who was the steward as well as Party secretary for the crew.
b. (formerly the LIDA), Gross tonnaze approximately 3,000.
his ship carried lumbe There was a crew of
about 30. The shi s old, and had a
speed of 13 knots.
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5 Jima 1953
1. D ing 194 Polish merchant ships in the port of Szczecin
5325N-l435 . These ships were attached to the Polish Steamship Company
(Polska Zegluga Morska). On the ships' smokestacks the letter "Z" appeared,
indicating that t to the state-owned company located in Szczecin.
Most of the ships were of the light to the medium displacement
classes. A listing of these ships follows:
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c. S.S. JEDNOSC ROBOTNICZA. This ship was built in Gdansk in about
1939. Gross tonnage.-' R,600-3.,000; cargo: iron are and coal;
speed: 13 knots.
d. S-S SOLDEK. This ship was similar to the S.S. JEDNOSC ROBOTNICZA
25X1 e. S,.S. BRYQADA MAKOWSKIEGO. This ship was similar to `he S.S.
JEDNOSC ROBOTNICZA
f. S..S. POZNAN. The vessel was about 10 to 15 years old. Gross
tonnages approximately . ?
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USSR; crew: about 30 members; speed: about 13
1~rjtLg- There was no refrigerator nor radar aboard.
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B.S. OLSZTYN. This ship was about 15. years old. Cargo: iron
and coal; gross tonnage; 3,500-4,000; crew: 35; speeds 13
knots.
h. S.S,. PUCK. This ship was similar to the POZNAN.
is B.S. HEL. This ship was also similar to the POZNAN. It
about eight years old. Gross tonnage: about 3,600.
ZOREK.
Cargos coal and iron or
k. S.S KATOWICE. A freighter and cargo ship which broke in two
and sank in a storm in 1949.
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