PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005900430013-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: March 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning 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.
COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT Port of Arkhangelsk
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
a large submarine was seen off Cape
Orlov (N 67-13, E ~+1-28) on a northerly course at a speed of eight to
ten knots. The only detail noted was that there were guns in both the
forward and after edges of the tower.
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7 March 1955
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The torpedo tubes were up on deck, one on each side.
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half meter out from the quay, where the ship had to lie because of two
poles in the water at this distance from the quay. At low tide they stuck
out of the water. There are two storage sheds on the quay, but no cranes.
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ridged up at any time.
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Sketch of Quaff Installation
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