PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300240002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USS6R (Arctic)
SUBJECT port of Arkhangelsk
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 13 July 1955
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1., (vessel visited Arkhangelsk ,in November 195~+e At least 20
small. naval vessels each with one tall mast and a short sternaw~re~at
Solombala.
2. In the main channel of the TJvinap a short distance above Axkh~ngelsks ry, .,.
a combination freight and passenger vessel of?5~000 to 6s000'D1~Tawhich.had a
~sho~tLis~am~~~a~d , a diatinci;ive. bo~ra ~.e?. `Uert~.~a~. .down ~ `~o~'~h~y?~load l,ineq them
slant~.n;~' inwaz+d~?witho~~i..~curve?:~aee~~?s~~ah .on. page? 2)91ay at anchor. ?
3. On 1~+ Novembers the icebreaker I~NIN.arrived in Arkhangelsk..; On the ,
same days ice 'carried away three- Soviet. mer'chaftt vessels.s grounding
them on the south paint of Rre~veanik:. Island ~ N ~?39~ E ~+0~32) ..
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~+. The quay of ,Sawmill No. 3 is located on Route T XVII on the?~.German city
map. The quay.is at. least 1000 feet long, and consists of twoparts
about equal in length d. About. one- toot. from the edge of the quay i>~ a
double row of pile, 'spaced about, one foot apart. Th,e piles are visible
only at low tide;? Sounding indicated a depth of T5 feet. at low tide
at the upper end of the quay9 at. the lower end, vessels may be loaded to
a draft of 19'feet, but at such drafts they touch .bottom at low t3.de,?,
5. A large ~6quare storage yar,ds~;;enclbsed.-on three,_.sde~., by a:"wovd~fencey :.?
_Taas..ob.se~ied,,~uE;t downstream from the quay of" Sawmill No< 3.e. Toward
the water., the yard opens and: there t~.s a small floating landing.
Old wires. chain, and gther scrap iron. wa.s stored in the yards The
scrap w>~s brought to the yard in lightersb. Harameringp possibly from
a small shc~Ia, was heard in .the ax?ea.. Between the storage yard .and
Arkhangelsk an unusually large lumber yard was obser~-ed: -
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