PORT OF NAKHODKA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700640001-0
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 1, 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 Zspionage 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 (Primorskiy gray)
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In mid-June 1954, work on the harbor building plan of Nakhodka was progress1 g
satisfactorily and was well up to schedule. If present progress is maintained,
the work will be completed by the end of 1956 (see sketch No. 2 of Nakhodka
Harbor).
The face of the hills adjacent to the main wharf has been and is being blasted
away, and the rock and rubble is being used to build the wharves (see sketch
No. 1 of the wharf layout). This work has been in progress for as long as
three or four years. When the work is completed, the main wharf will have
22 berths, each 150 meters 'ong.1 There will be 14 berths allocated for
general cargo vessels, four berths for passenger ships, and the remaining four
will be coaling berths.
In mid-June, there were 22 electric cranes on the main wharf; the safe working
loads of these cranes were 3, 5, 10, and 15 tons. There was also one 41-ton
crane. There were also two floating cranes, one of which can lift 120 tons.
All of the port cranes span t~ree sets of railway tracks, which run parallel
to the quay. Several new cranes were being assembled on the wharf, and there
were also many cranes of various shapes and sizes on the wharf for construction
purposes.
4. There were five large warehouses on the wharf; warehouse No. 7 is a four-
story building.2 Each warehouse was equipped with automatic cargo-lifting
arrangements which service all floors. Three large warehouses were under
construction.
5. There were three fresh-water hydrants on the main wharf, but ohly two were
in operation. Ships requiring water must use their own hooeIj the water is
excellent.3 Fresh vegetables are not .Mailable in Nakhodka before the-middle
of July.
6. One 13eagoing tug, five small tugs, and one icebreaker were based in Nakhodka.
A breakwater was to built across the bay from Novitskogo Island in the direction
of the newly laid light buoy. Green leading lights were located on the hill
south of the main wharf; these lights mark the way into Nakhodka Bay, but
their exact location is not known.
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1. The total length of the wharf is probably correct; previous reports
estimated that the main wharf and fisheries wharf together could berth
and work 13 cargo ships.
2. Six warehouses have been reported previously, with two larger warehouses
behind them. The latter warehouses have been reported with cargo lifts.
3. It is known that fresh water is available on the main wharf and that it
can be supplied to ships at about 25 tons per hour.
Sketch of Layout of the in Wharf:
More space is being obtained here by blasting
face of rock.
hree sets of rail
way lines spanned
by overhead crane
Area approximately 30'in depth, where
cargo, which is not loaded in railway
-cars., is dumped before it is trans-
ferred to warehouses in rear.
Distance 8' approx.
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Legend to Sketch No. 2 of Nakhodka Harbor:
1. Fish Harbor, in process of development.
2. New concrete wharf. This wharf may extend further to the southwest.
3. Two floating drydocks. The most southerly tdocklis the lacger; rough
estimate of size was 6,000 tons and 9,000 ahes
4. Continuous blasting in progress to provide a larger area to the rear
of the wharf. In general,the area in front of the hills facing the
main wharf is being enlarged to give greater depth to the main wharf.
5. New main concrete wharf. This will have 22 berths, each 150 meters
long. The harbor is being dredged to a uniform depth of 31 feet. There
is 29 feet of water alongside the wharf, abreast No. 7 shed; No. 7
shed is four stories high and is near the arrow point.
6. Coaling berths. There will be four coaling berths when the work is
finished.
7. Oiling berths. Vessels lie stern to the wharf, with two anchors out
forward.
8. Blasting in progress.
9. Novitskogo Island, which is connected to the mainland by a concrete
wharf. Four cranes were seen working on this wharf.
10. Approximate position of new cement works.
11. Leading marks, position approximate; rear post is painted white and red,
and the front dome is also red and white.
12. Direction of discharge pipes, supported on pontoons, which carry spoil
from the suction dredge to share.
13. Two-funneled suction dredge, position approximate.
lk. Line of proposed breakwater.
15. Light buoy, position approximate.
16. Bucket dredge, serviced by four power-driven lighters which carry the
spoil to the spoil ground.
17. Blasting in progress.
18. Spoil ground,
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Sketch No. 2:
'Sketch of Nakhodka Harbor:
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