SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS OBSERVED IN KRONSHTADT HARBOR

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Baltic)
Soviet Naval Vessels Observed
in Kronshtadt Harbor
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tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the 19spionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sees. 799
and 794. the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 24 January 1955
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1. On 13 August 1954, six submarines of different types and sizes were moored in 25X1
the western section of the large harbor basin in Kronshtadt. Vessels seen in
the central section of r included a large submarine salvage vessel
destroyer a four:masted barque, probably the former PADUA:
and fleet auxiliary vases 1 Numerous medium-sized and small naval 25X1
vessels were moored at the rear of the harbor basin. Two ships with heavy
superstructures, apparently coast guard monitors, were seen. A medium-sized
floating dock with the inscription "Danziger Werft" (Danzig Shipyard) was moored
at the inner side of the harbor. A large floating dock of over 10,000 tons
capacity was moored off the eastern shore of Kronshtadt Island. Two large cranes
were fitted on the walls of the empty dock. 25X1
2. On 27 August, several submarines of different sizes were moored in the submarine
basin in the western section of Kronshtadt harbor. The former battleship MARAT,
a large four-masted barque painted gray, and a large floating dock of about 25X1
10,000 tons capacity with the inscription "Danziger Werft" were moored in the
central basin. The masts and smokestacks of a cruiser were observed in the graving
dock in the background. The cruiser was partially blocked from view by the MARAT.
Numerous medium-sized and small naval vessels were moored in the eastern section
of the harbor. A large floating dock painted gray was seen on the east side of the
island. 25X1
3, On 5 September, two SVERDLOV-Class cruisers, destroyer ~ and two four-masted
barques were berthed in the central basin. Six submarines and five or six PT boats
were seen in the harbor basin after nightfall. The large floating dock moored
at the east side of the island was brightly illuminated but empty at the time it
was observed. Two SVERDLO -Class cruisers, one single-stack cruiser, an old
battleship, and a fleet auxiliary vessel were secured to mQoring buoys in Kronshtadt
roads. 25X1
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