PORT OF ODESSA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT Port of Odessa
DATE OF INFO.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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3. There was a signal mast on the tip of Quarantine Harbor. The pier in
Quarantine Harbor was Ponstructed of stone, and had a cobblestone
surface. The pier in New Harbor was constructed of stone and wood; the
surface consisted of cobblestones, with the exception of the outermost
six or eight feet, which were wooden planks. The tip of the New Mole
appeared to have been damaged by an explosion.
4. The tip of 4uarantine Mole did not have an extension in a northwesterly
direction as shown on the Admiralty chart. Potaporskiy Mole was not
as long as was indicated on the same chart; there was a buoy in the
position shown on the chart at the end of the mole.
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A large, two?story, concrete warehouse was under construction in the
northwest corner of Quarantine Harbor.
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The warehouse could not accommodate more
than 30,000 orange crates. In the northwest corner or Cabotage Harbor,
there was a large new construction, which was either a warehouse or a
repair shop. it was a repair shop, as
many workers entering and leaving the building.
7. There were large lots for the storage of cargo in quarantine Harbor.
Large quantities of steel pipe, lead, and tin were stored in the area.
There were also many bulldozers and tractors in this same area. On the
square at A1eksandr Park, there were approximately 50 new half-ton (liton ?)
trucks. Between the new warehouse and the pier in Quarantine Harbor
there is a railway track; all the railway tracks were flush with
the surface of the pier.
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8. In New Harbor, there were faar, assembled mobile cranes, and one partly.
assembled mobile crane. The tracks for the cranes end at the old warehouse.
There were crane tracks, and cranes on both sides of Military Mole. Most of
the cranes were electric, but a few were steam-driven. These cranes were
the usual size, with a lifting capacity of five tons. There were a few,
American-manufactured, tractor-cranes in the harbor. On the northwest side
of Flatonovskiy Mole, there was a large floating crane.
9. There was a coal dump in New Harbor, and a coal and sand dump on the
Military Mole. There was a large amount of coal in these dumps in the
middle of winter, but there was very little remaining at the end of the
winter. It was apparently not bunker coal.
10. The entire port area was surrounded by a wall, which had been partially
demolished. There were two or three gates, but the main gate was in the
northwest corner of Cabotage Harbor. Pratique Harbor was being used as
a naval base. There was a 12-foot concrete wall with steel gates
surrounding this area. At the innermost part of Military Mole, the wall
ran along the edge of the pier.
11. In the northwest corner of Cabotage Harbor, there was a large floating
drydock. It was covered with concrete on the outside, and was possibly
made entirely of concrete
In FlIstique Harbor, there was a small floating drydock. In the Repair
Basin, there were four or five floating drydocks. One of these drydocks
was large, but the others were small; none of the drydocks had its own
crane.
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At the signal station on Quarantine Mole, there were two passenger freighters,
one of 2,000 tons, and the ether of 2,500 tons. They appeared to be
undergoing repairs. In the southeast corner of Quarantine Harbor, there
were five or six cargo boats undergoing repair. On the southwest side of
Flatonovskiy Mole, there was a large passenger vessel being overhauled
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to be ODNSSA. it was a former Polish vessel,
which before the war sailed to New York. In the large floating drydock
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it had two funnels. Inside the large
breakwater, a number of vessels were laid up. At the southeast end, there
was a 4,000-ton freighter, with the stern tied up to the breakwater and the
two anchors out. Several smaller vessels, which appeared to be concrete
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of any shipbuilding activity in the harbor.
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On one occasion, a sister ship to the ODESSA arrived in the harbor.
It tied up to the end of the Military Mole, commonly called the
passenger pier. A small coastal steamer of about 800 to 900 tons
tied um on one occasion on the southeast side of the Military Mole.
it went to Novorossiysk (N 44-439 E 37-47).
There was a great deal of tanker traffic in Petroleum Harbor.
several tankers of about 129000 or l3,000 tons. A
small icebreaker was tied up in the southeast corner of New Harbor.
The vessel was old, and had two funnels; it did not have an icebreaker
bow.
15. There were approximately 10 or 15 tugs in the harbor. Most of them
were old steam vessels, but some appeared to be new, and were
diesel-powered.
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a large naval vessel with its stern tied UD
to the northeast corner of the New Mole. It departed
with the assistance of a tilt,. I it was a. cruiser.
the vessel was a new type
with one funnel
17. There were some small destroyers and MTB's in Pratique Harbor at all
times. On the northwest side of Military Mole, there were two vessels
tied up together. The outboard Ship was an old passenger vessel
equipped with a large gun aft, as well as antiaircraft guns. It was
steam driven, and had a radar antenna just forward of the bridge.
bugle calls in the morning and evening on this ship.
it was an auxiliary cruiser, or possibly a training
There was a training ship tied up inboard of this vessel.
18. Jet aircraft were frequently aeon avAr
vessel.
the harbor area.
No seaplanes were observed.
probably steam-drivor9.9 in
the
it was
19. There was a large electric plant, which was
the northwest corner of Aleksandr Pnrk,
plant had been completely destroyed during the war, but
in full operation again.
20.
a large, new building in Odessa, the trade un
building, which was directly ODDORitA that nnarm
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