SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS IN VENTSPILS HARBOR

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100020003-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the iPiaoage Lave, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 'IN. the traoemission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law.
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COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels in
Ventspils Harbor
DATE OF INFO.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 15 October 1954
NO. OP PAGES 1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. On 14 February 1954, when ship entered Ventspils Harbor, about
located on the starboard side of the incoming vessel.
A submarine tender., similar to the, former German submarine
tender TSINGITAU but much smaller in size.,was moored near the submarines.
2. Another vessel, between 50 and 60 meters long, with a rather heavy armament
for a ship.of its size. was berthed at the naval pier. It had a forward
twin turret with two guns of an estimated caliber of 125 millimeters each.,
with a twin-barreled 20-mm gun on top of the turret. There was also a
single turret aft with a 125-mm gun,with two 20-mm guns on top of the turret.
A 37-mm gun was on the forward section of the forecastle. The two open rear
sides of the two turrets were canvas-covered. A sicklec.shaped radar scanner
was on the bridge. This vessel was unmarked and painted gray.
vh1bh looked rather neglected had. been hauled up ashore; informant believed
that' they were one-man submarines.
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STATE T X F ARMY i . NAVY i AIR X FBt AEC
Two small. submarines
/P 11-11 ..
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INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels in Ventspils
Harbor
PLACE ACQUIRE4
DATE DISTR.
15 October 1954
NO. OF PAGES 4
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
For a sketch of the harbor area see page 4 .
ship was in the port of Ventspils
While
DATE IN
March
22
in harbor, the following movements of Soviet naval
TIME (hours)
0700 - 0800
DISTINGUISHING NUMBERS OF VESSELS
Submarine
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22
1000
Vessel
Arrived port -
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1200
Vessel
Left port.
22
1720
Vessel
Arrived port
23
1725
Submarine
24
0700
- 0800
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Left port.
]together with
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10 KRONSHTADT Class vessels
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1500
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from seaward
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Put, in without
25
1300 No warship movements
26 1300 Vessel
submarine)
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probably entered
port during the
night as it was
in harbor the
next morning.
Put in with
six mines on
the port side
of the fantail.
4. The KRONSHTADT Class vessels, when entering or leavi 7, carried a
black ball at the starboard arm of the signal 25X1
yard. also flew a red
pennant with a white ball in the middle at the port yardarm. While moored at
night, these. vessels carried a white light vertically above a red lignt in lieu
of the ball. The inside vessel of one group of KRONSHTADT Class vessels tied 25X1
up one abeam the other. showed international signal flag "J" (blue-white and
blue horizontally) on the starboard yardarm, and that of the following group
flag "M" (blue with a white St. Andrew's cross). Each boat of the two groups 25X1
carried'two international flags "z" (black-yellow-blue-and-red) one above the
other.
5. A totwl of 21 crew members was seen on deck I,ihen it entered 25X1
or eft harbor. Six men were--on the foredeck 10 on on the
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:'cu,on the foredeck, four men on the conning tower and four men on the
l ly~'~: ?7_ i. All naval vessele observed were in good condition, showed very good
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Legend to the Sketch of Ventspils Harbor:
1. Berth of
2. Berth of
3. Berths of submarines
4. Berths of
accommodation ship.
6. Berths
7. Berth of
8. PT boats
9. Berths of PT boat
10. Berths of
ship.
the T-301 Class.
two other vessels as well as submarine
T-301 Class.
which were hauled ashore.
another vessel with two stacks.
11. Berths of~(KRONSHTADT Class vessel) an T-43 Class.
12. Berths of another KRONSHTADT Class vessel.
13. Berths of
l+. Berths of
15. Berths of
16. South jetty.
17. North jetty.
two other MO-Class vessels.
another KRONSHTADT Class vessel.
two other KRONSHTADT Class vessels.
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Sketch of Ventspils Harbor:
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