1. PORT OF ARKHANGELSK 2. AIR ACTIVITY AT ARKHANGELSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2008
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• Publication Date: January 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contain Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of thaValted states within the mean-
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and 794, the transdiwNa or revelatiofp of which In
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COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
3UINICT 1. Port of Arkhangelsk
2. Air Activity at Arkhangelsk
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two submarines and a surface vessel, probably a destroyer, executing maneuvers.
Each submarine had a long conning tower without angular corners, and peri-
scopes) pes) guns were visible on the conning tower. The destroyer had a forecastle which
extended almost to the bridge, and two stacks. Other details ware not observed
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The half-submerged submarines vent toward land in ling
ormat on, travelling at a low speed. The destroyer cruised around the submarines
on a sigeag course and then it lay almost still in the water. The vessels were 25X1
observed from a comparatively great distance and the weather was hazy during
the observations.
the floating dock at the repair shop at Solombala was
dust a or narY_= -a- there was a cargo ship of about 3,000
DWT in the dock.
5. Just south of Sawmill No. 16-17, there was a small-boat construction yard. There
was a large number of completed fishing boats on shore there. The vessels were
about twenty-five feet long, open, and made of oiled wood. Down on the river
there was a small slipwa , and there was a smack on the slipway.
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6. Just south of Sawmill No. 16-17 there was a small carbarns.
7. The bridge between Solombala and Arkhangelsk was a floating bridge which was
in a weakened condition.
passing on the bridge.
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workers had new bicycles and it was evident that they had not been bicycling
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nine minesweepers were seen in a group on the river a short distance south o
the ship's berth. They proceeded in line formation down the river. All the
vessels were of the same type. Each ship had a plumb bow, a forecastle, a
bridge, and one stack. Each ship's armament consisted of: a small gun on the
forecastle] two small antiaircraft guns near the stack, one on each side] and
two small guns, one behind the other, in the center of the afterdeck. Each
ship also had two upright aravanes eaidships and two upright paravanes on
the afterdecks there were the same number of paravanes on
the port side. There was a large drum on the afterdeck; a boom hung down at
an angle from the bow that the nearest one looked like a Mayer bow. The
vessels bore pennants
In the afternoon sons of the mina sweepers came up the river again,
one at a time,
11. In the forenoon twin.jet aircraft which was flying
low seemed to land at 1Csg Island (N 64-32, a 40-28). The wings on
the aircraft had tips that were out straight; one side was out at a right angle
and the other at an obtuse e.
F Engines jutted out on both sides of the wings. The entire aircraft
was a shiny metal and it was not painted gray like other Soviet aircraft
"e :~W its fuselage was thin and very long. yp c ne a
d be beard
12. In the forenoon observed three single-engined jet aircraft
with swept-back wings in the air over Arkhangelsk. The flew in formation, one
behind the other in a diagonal line. In the afternoon two single-
engined jet aircraft of the sae type were seen. In the forenoon
two jet aircraft of the same type were seen.
13. the following vessels were seen along the quay at the naval workshop
at Solombala:
a. Minesweeper
and another aineswbeper of the same type with pennant
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b. Trawler
its after end was unusually low in the water, an
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slightly rounded boy, one stack, and two masts . Thelship wasP. It had a
p painted gray,
but notl -~ anv wr. An +U- ----n
d. Vessel
which was I ` r than a mineswee er
T e ship was painted with red lead, and
it was undergoing a major overhaul. There were spots of red lead fore an
aft
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This vessel is probably the submarine tender
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