PORT OF MURMANSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the I1$-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 7q and Its, of the VA. OsM, as
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kv (54-05.f E 33-26).
the bay behind thecrLrserb -LUy several destroyers.
o. at Rosta:
the following naval vessels (see sketch
a. One destroyer in the floating dock.
b. Three destrovers moored side by side out from the south quay,
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]noorea alongside, There was a gangway from the nes up-:to the
mother ship.
d. At the north quay lay a camouflagged destroyer,, and north of this two
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the following naval ships were seen in Kola Inlet:
a. Cruisers re at anchor in Vayengq Bay, and another
cruiser was at anchor on the west side of the inlet directly opposite
Vayenga.
b. At Rosta there was still a destroyer in the floating dock and three
ers were moored side by side at the south qua
c. The mother ship still la at quay with one submarine alongside
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s royers moored side by side out from the quay. One was painted with
red lead; the other half with red lead and half with camouflage paint. The
camouflage consisted of irregular black and gray diagonal stripes.
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!. On the west side of Nileitin Point (N 69-01+-30, E 33-18) a sea- 25X1
plane anchorage (see sketch No. 2). A very broad ramp led up from the water;
it seemed to be made of logs. At the ramp lay a large hangar with arched roof
and large doors on the ramp side. eight 25X1
..twin-engined flying boats on land outside e hangar.
5. On the east side of Chelmpushka Bay (N 69-03, E 33-1+) lay two floating dry-
docks. There was a quay on the west side of the bay.
6. On the highest point at Khlebnaya Pakhta a round structure was being built.
It resembled the foundation for a large oil tank. The structure was three
to four meters high with a flat or slightly bowed roof. From the west a
stairway without a handrail led up to the structure. There had been con-
siderable progress in the construction 25X1
On the earlier date there were power shovels and trucks around the construc-
tion, and the entire structure was boarded up. On the second date the site
was tidied up. At this time a man was seen on the roof.
7. Quays were observed in the innermost part of Vayenga Bay. It appeared 25X1
that one of these went f m west to ea nd then was bent toward
east-northeast. something resembled a wooden bridge 25X1
over the narrowest point o the sound at the south of Yekaterininskiy Island 25X1
(N 69-27, E 33-27).
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num er or submarines in the harbor at Polyarnyy (N 69-12, E 33-28).
Sketch No. 1:
Naval Vessels at Rosta:
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DESTROYER DESTRpY~Rs. D} :.,TRo DESTKoWFKS
Sketch No. 2:
Seaplane Anchorage:
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