1. PORT OF MURMANSK 2. AIR ACTIVITY AT MURMANSK

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• Publication Date: January 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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'COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT I`l"` Port of ?Murmansk
2. Air Activity at Murmansk
DATE OF INFO.
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1. At 1430 hours on 30 June 1954, when
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to identify the ship
it belonge
d~to, the OTLICHNYY
Class (see sketch No. 1).
shi
was at~'N 69
35 E 33-25
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en route to Murmansk,, a Soviet destroyer was seen on a course.?
of 080 degrees,
about seven nautical miles away. The destroyer's course wa.
350 degrees and
its speed about ten knots. Poor visibility and rain showers
made it difficul
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2. At 1445 hours,, a mi the T-301 Cbass wa o-bserved. The mine -
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'i!ne -mine?swe.e,per
was approximaytelya 200-ton eel and it
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one three-inch gun on t e;,f orecastle, and a,120 mi113meter g,,. ounted on a high.
carriage, (see sketch No. 1).
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3. At 1500 hours, four minesweepers of the T-371 Class were .? seen ;patrolling at
low speed on a 045 degree course ten nautical miles off ~Se't ~Na-volok Light (N 69-24,
E'33-30) They steered various courses and were checkingjkkrawlers and fishing
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boats which were entering the Kola. Inlet.
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(see sketch No. 1).
In the northern.part' of 'the, Kola Inlet,
ship4~passed two patrol
vessels "of the same type as t4he Shetlan
d busses. .
Each of them had one 20-
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millimeter gun mounted on the forecastle. They proceeded slowly on no steady
course. In..addition, there were several small. patrol vessels without guns.
.A submarine came out. of 001enya Bay (N 69-13, E 33-21) ald submerged one mile south-
west of'Svedolvatyy Island (N
69-15, E 33-29).
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At 1825; ho
al cruiser was
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observed lying :at a
nchor in, the bay south of Saln
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he crudse~r had
one
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triple sixch gun, a. number
triple six-inch guns on_~the .a
of anrcraft. ma
fterdeck-.:.:, cThere.._w
chine guns amidshiPp ss and two
as .a,~de,stroyer. near. the.-cruise
r.
It. had two masts and
el of,the
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OTLICHNYY Class. About fifte
en destroyers
were of th
e
same class lay at anchor in t
he bay (see sketch
No. 2).
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6. Another cruiser lay at anchor at Velikiy Point (N 69-05) E 33-17).
A third cruiser lay at anchor at Pinagoriy
Point (N 69-03, E 33-05). South of Pinagoriy Point
(see sketch No. 2) there were two submarines and five destroyers.
he fifth destroyer was in a floating
drydock. There was an
airfield in a little bay about two miles east of Pinagoriy Point. In a hangar
there were five seaplanes, two of which were at anchor. (See sketch No. 2) On
30 June, three jet fighters were seen f ying in formation. Their position was
i 69-Oh., E 33-05. heir speed to be about 800 kilometers
per hour. The aircraft were on a southerly course (see sketch No. 3).
7. On the northern edge of the dense settlement Just above the quay where
ship lay at anchor, there was a naval depot. Outside the building there were about
twenty five-inch shipb guns which looked new.
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principally of military barracks. Ninety per cent of the men were
soldiers in uniform. The remainder were elderly persons who were poorly clothed
and acted disinterested. It was raining hard and the road, which was always bad,
was nearly impassible.
the settlement above the quay, which consisted
the vessels at anchor in the inlet was the same-"as when g
ship came
in (see sketch No. 2) except that the cruiser that had been observed at Velikiy
Point was no longer there. A destroyer went ahead of ship going out
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ship left Murmansk The situation concernin
10. At 1720 hours on 2 July, six MTBs were seen in line formation in a position 070
degrees off Set Navolok Point and five nautical miles away.. The vessels travel-
led at a speed of about forty knots on no set course; they were laying a smokescreen
around a cruiser that was travelling at about ten knots in a northerly direction.
The distance was too great to be able to identify the cruiser.
11. At the same time, seven other MTBs in line formation were also observed. These
vessels were going north around Kildin Island (N 69-21, E 34-10) and later they
came out of Kildin Strait. estimated the speed of the vessels to be
forecastle, one 20 millimeter machine gun aft, two torpedo tubes, and no radar.
Informant noted that the MTBs were copies of American PT boats; but, in contrast
to the latter one could hardly hear their motors when they were running. The
weather was clear and visibility good when ship was departing.
of about two nautical miles. Each MTB had one 20 millimeter machine in on the
ship passed three MTBs. They lay at anchor at a distance
Comment: This vessel is probably the ALEKSANDR NEVSKCY, a SVERDLOV
Class cruiser. However, this vessel is equipped with two triple six-inch gun
mounts forward.
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SketchApo 1:
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SketchNo. 3:
Soviet Aircraft:
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