1. BLACK SEA PORT FACILITIES AND INSTALLATIONS 2. NAVAL VESSELS AND MILITARY OBSERVATIONS IN BLACK SEA PORTS

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• Publication Date: September 9, 1957
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I N FO RMATI ON REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
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.
S-E-C-R-E-T
COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT 1. Black Sea Port Facilities and DATE DISTR.
Installations
? 2. Naval Vessels and Military Observations NO. PAGES
in Black Sea Forts REQUIREMENT
NO.
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL 0
The following reports on Black Sea ports
of particular interest or on a subject outside these generally defined lim4+n
Inlor
matIOA G limited interest on port facilities and installations and on
naval and merchant vessels observed. Where any report contains information
9 September 1957
In general these contain routine
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1. Novorossiysk (includes port plan and legend)
2. Novorossiysk
3. Odessa
1i. Odessa and Ostrov Zmeinyy (includes the sighting of a
15-meter "pocket" submarine and sketch of Ostrov
Zmeinyy radar installation)
5e Odessa
6.
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk (largely concerned with description of
one light cruiser and six vessels identified as
KOLA-class destroyers)
Odessa and Zhdanov
Constamta and Odessa
Novorossiysk (includes port plan and legend)
Novorossiysk (includes annotated port plan)
Novorossiysk
STATE X ARMY x INAVY
AIR X FBI AEC
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GF AL INFORMATION: W ! V~~
A- Three small buildings were observed to the left of the height here.
the buildingd to be guardhouses.( observed two villages. One of them was at the -'-
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foot of this height and in the interior and Vie other was located by the shore. A factory
and square, iron posts were observed which had electrical cables at this village. A road
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for vehicles was observed which led to the port,
B- Shallow area where two look-out posts were located.
r - Pier located here.
A - Location where three look-out alignment posts are located to show the way to the port
and to avoid the shallow waters. They flash a green light during the night.
E- An old cement factory in operation. An asphalt road which leads to the port passes in
front of the factory. Underground cables were observed beyond the cement factory which
lead to the Naval Station, (H).
2- Another cement factory. Approximately 800 homes are located between the cement facto-
ries
I- ORGANIZATION:
Hr- Naval Station factory where a large crane is located, (See sketch in the original.)
- Cement leading pier. One ship can dock on each side of it. There is a cement ware-
house in the center of it. The ships are loaded by means of small mobile cranes because
the three on the northern side and the two on the southern side are destroyed.
I- Port area where small fishing craft anchor.
K- Coal and ores pier. 12 cranes are located at this-pierThere is also a warehouse
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located on this pier in front of which a railroad track passes.
A - Location where a third cement factory is located. Evident it pertains to the
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second factory which has been reported as a third due to the charge of location.
M- A destroyed pier which is being repaired.
N- SILO pier. The main silos are located in the interior, Three suction pipes were
observed at this pier which are located on the western side. Only one .hip can load at a
time. The three suction pipes provide 3000 tons of grain daily.
Petroleum pier where one ship can dock on each side.
20-25000 tons of petroleum r6.
i 4oaded on both sides daily,
NAVIGATION:
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Three small tankers belonging to the Soviet Fleet were observed at the sol.itheastern break-
water(in the interior). They were providing the warships with petroleum.
l,- Location where a drydock is located. A 2000 ton ship was being built on it. The dry-
dock had two cranes. A crane which was under repair and a Heavy type derrick wore obsorred
near the drydock and the Naval area,
2- Eight fishing crafts(tartans) located here. Near the destroyed pier, there was another
floating crane which had a propulsion machine and two propellors. There was an automatic
dredger at work in this area. It looked like a ship. The dredger #ad a suction pipe to
take out mud which was transferred to the shore by small navigable means. 'kla i"3- Area where a small drydock was observed which is used for drydocking ^u~11 craft.
Small ships and fishing craft were observed near this drydccl..
WtIRSHIPS :
12 minesweepers were observed between the petroleum and silo piers. Two warships were ob-
served outside the harbor as well as an "ELL" type warship but smaller.
MERCHANT SHIPS: Location where the following were observed:a) 2000 ton freighter; a d-13-
armed freighter with no smokestack;) 1300 ton freighter, and4 a 2000 ton tanker.
Only ship (~') was observed being repaired? F
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Three destroyers and a 9500-ton cruise
near Novoros*sk Harbor
= The d.eois?F the oru.i trappextdoo.o1Ib&uous from the stern except for a slight elevation
at the prow.. The prow had two turrets withe three guns, one 441im succession to each
other. It had two smokestacks. One was exactly in back of the bridge and the other
was on the stern side of the stern mast. Both of the smokestacks on top have an'lina-
tion towards the stern. The distance between the smokestacks was great and there were
torpedo launchers there.
The cruiser had a catapult at the stern upon which was an airplane without wings.
They may have been folded. No propellor was observed.
The above mentioned warship had two bridges. The one at the stern was on the prow c,
side of the stern mast. Many anti-aircraft were observed on both bridges. There were
no side guns.. At least four RADAR antennae were observed. That isp one each on each
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bridge and one each on each of the masts. They were like the NEPTUNE and BIRD typos.
Its prow was vertical, it had no forecastle. The deck was
elevated towards the prow. It had a SKORY type stern. It had two smokestacks.
It had 4 twin-gun turrets, two at the and two at the prow, one atop each other. It
also had torpedo launchers. Their location ar ,,,ppmber were not designated. It also had
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II- MERCHANT SHIPSOBSERVED IN THE HARBOR OF NOVOROSYSSK
The following ships were observed in Novorossysk Harbor:
1- Two small Italian ships.
2- One Turkish ship.
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3- Three Yugoslav akirpi and al gowned tanker, "GEORGIA" which was loading oil? 25X1
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CABOTAGE HARBOR.
M01 There is a pier on the eastern side which is over 800 feet long, Only about 300 feet
is being used starting from the end mol6he mike rest of the pier has been destroyed,
An old electrically-operated crane was observed on the used section of the pier. It
moves on iron wheels, has a hoisting power of over 5 tons, a cable , and a winding drum.
Concrete blocks were being placed at the destroyed section of the pier and an air-hammer was
Above mentioned work was not intensive*
one truck which carried dirt.
Six cranes were observed on the western sid4of the above mentioned pier. (There may
be more. ) The cranes were electrically operated and had a hoisting power of about 10 tons.
A railroad track was observed on this side. There were railroad cars on this track.
They were full of coal,
bulwarks oden.
Only about 15 workers were occupied there and
60-62 tons each )9 The bases of the cars tias~made of iron and the
There is an area on this pier which has iron of various diameters . There were also
crates having a dimension of about 6x3c.lx 1.5 4 ?- Contents of the crates unknown.
1# E RCH SHIPS
The following ships were observed in port:
1ro
freighter; about 10000 tons; it was loading 1R, P.
e western side-PLATOONOVSKI
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The Tanker,l and an
repainted and the loaded
tanker was having its rudder
its engine repaired9
ship were at the interior of the arm ofport.
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ship was having
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many Soviet freighters, rather old , and a Soviet passenger ship of about
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20000 tons. It was painted white and it had one smokestack?
III- MISCELLANEOUS:
About ten
having an iron basesand rubber wheels were observed near the
exit leading to the city. There were two wheels in front and two wheels in the back, The
above mentioned C-P-4c" had the necessary parts, small windows, water gauges etc.'
IV- Inspection of the ship was held outside the port. The following came on board: Two
women, one was a doctor and the other was from the agency; two from the port authorities -in
uniform-; a customs man in civilian clothes. When they had finished inspection and were
ready to leave, they took the navy booklets which belonged to the crew, the ar4
ticles of agreement, and the crew sll~ list. They returned the navy booklets -with passes
on the same day. The articles of agreement were returned when the ship left the port. NoW
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UNIFORM AND DISTINGUISHING MARKS OF PORT PERSONN
The two military men who boarded the ship had two patches on the 1pm of their
jackets. The patches were green. There were two or three rows of silver around it. Their
overcoat was khaki. They had nothing on their coats. They wore new boots, and a fur, cos-
sack type had; The caps had a star and the hammer and sickle on them.
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Ten Soviet made cranes vith plates on tjoi wer
HARBOR. They were 12-ton electrically operated and they had a winding drum and a cable.
The NEW )l)LE area of this pier is destroyed and they have paved it with wood in or-
der to facilitate the loading and. unloading of the ships which dock there. They are
filling the destroyed area with dirt.
Five 10-ton cranes were observed at the NEW 1NDLE. There was a double track railway
there. One of them passes underneath the cranes. The head of the above mentioned pier
is destroyed. No repair work was going on.
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North at a speed of over 50 miles. The ship was travell
ing too fast
could not observe whether it was a torpedo boat or an anti-?subramins craft.
A fifteen-aster submarine was observed coming out of the harbor on 20 Feburary,t5?*
turret. No antennae or guns were
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%VVDCW'DU` I I it is a pocket submarine and it only fires
torpedos. Two sailors were observed at the stern of the sub, one at the prow, and three
on the turret. The sailors on deck reached the height of the turret. The ones on the
turret could be seen from the. waist up. The prow is low and its stern is slightly out
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e water. Observation was made from a short diRtann
r-CHANT sHIPs
The following merchant n iinA um-& nha.'s a.. 4 U-16--
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The Soviet passenger ship, "RUSSIA" at QUARANTINE HARBOR near the PLATONOVNKI ISLE.
The ship has been in. harbor for about three months. It has been having its interior re-
paired. There were many technicians and workers on board. The ship was at NEW HARBOR
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The tanker,F_~ was observed at the interior of the large breakwater,
It was having its engine repaired.
Small$ 1000 ton Soviet tankers were observed being. in the same area.
They were low
and wide. Some of then operated by steam and others by diesel. The ones bperating by
diesel had their smokestacks smaller than the others and the heikht of the bridge twice
as blgbe
b) One met
Forecastle
Smokestack
11, SERPANT ISLAM
The following were observed when the ship was sailing in the areas
Lo A radar, to the right of. the 1 thous. as the ship. was sailing towards Odessa.
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a) Roof of a building. The building was constructed -in order to have the radar placed
on ite
b) A 20-aster pole.
The length of the radar's frame is 20 asters.
v~) The radar's trans is about 4.5 meters high.
The radar's frame is solid. 'When it makes. its 3600 tarn, it is covered by the
lighthouse's arc and it cannot be easily distinguished.
2- Another radar. KNIFERIST tiype~located to the left of the lighthousse? It is on a
15 aster pole. This radar was not observed in action.
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3- Sias wireless leg. Description end of the _, .
po poles and the wires wadno'Voide possiblet
Av- Buildings at the center of the peak of the-island.
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5- A highway for.oare was observed at the southwestern side of the island. A military
vehiolv was roving on it.
6- Camouglagued cannons were observed at the. peak and at the periphery of the island.
Mm the ship was passing the island, they used binoculars(evidently) and asked
for the name of the ship in English.
a coastguard ? ip anchored at the island. It boreno dis.
tinguishing
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a) MERCHANT SHIPS
Y%* 13? 100d
Four passenger ships were observed in the harbor. They were sid, not freshly painted,
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and they appeared to be disarmed. One of them was 16000 tons and the other two were 8OM5X1
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ships
? passing through , between the two breakwaters.
They came from the direction of FONTIN.A. They departed an
rection which they came from.
The above mentioned warships had a slightly inclined prow and the flat of the stern
WM alightly inclined towards the prow, They had a forecastle which took up 1/3 of the length
of the ship. They had onetri--pod mast and two smokestacks. The prow had two twin 7" guns
which could be used for surface and air targets. The guns could be raised upwards.
The stern had two successive turrets. Each turret had two guns similar to the above
mentioned but, their barrels were thinner. The prow guns t Ammeters long and the
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They had no anti-aircraft armaments except for two guns with shields,, one each on either
side of the bridge of the forecastle. A torpedo launcher was observed at the internal oz-
placement of the prow turret, on the left side which could be observed. The radar and the
other accessories were similar to the SKORI CLASS..(See page throe in handbook "yam RAKE".)
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A submarine was observed leaving the harbor. The above
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mentioned submarine's outline was similar to the of the Z CLJ
except for the bridge which was similar to that of the Z CLASS but/ in smaller dimensions.
The gun had no stay. A parallelogram was observed at a distance of about 3 meters
away from the turret and towards the prow, The parallelogram was about 1.30 meters long and
60 crose high and it took up almost the entire width of the deck. This looked like the W
CLASS seen on page 25 in the handbook as a Marker Buoy. The submarine was painted dark grey.
The submarine did not have a length longer than 30 meters.. One mast was on top of the
turret and there was tubelike a periscope., in the middle. Its height was about 2 meters
and it was above the turret.
There were no railings except around the turret. Other warships were not observed on either
trip either going or coming..
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ship anchored ?at the SILO pier
depth there
about 400 motors.
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over 30 feet because there were two 10000 ton Soviet
tankers docked at the same pier at the same timo. Thera was work4g going on at the
west side pier. They were extending it. They had a floating crane there
?stimatos^ to be over 50 tons. Thera was a dredger at about the middle which was deepen-
ing the port.
LIGHTS AND LIGHTHOUSES
It flashes a white light every 8 seconds. The radiobeacon(4r
radio lighthouse)in not that listed
formed to a D.B. C
port has two of them.
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but, it has been trans-
The port is entered by a pilot. The
does not know where the pilot station is.
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STOREHOUSES: does not know if there are any more storehouses outside the
roofed buildings at the pier.
not know if there are any floating storehouses, or storehouses
for fuel, coal, or ammunition.
Thera is a railroad not at the harbor and railroad cars were obsorvod.
= not know whether the railroad net branched off Plong the length of the piers.
Lighting of the piers was mediocre.
CRANES and 3HIPBUILDING None were observed.
In general, the mechanical equipment of
the port Baas rather poor. Water supply is probably non-existent at the piers
hero abo about 1Fj-.various sizes in art,.; ' They ra strong tugs. Port acti-
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vity is goodo Largo quantities of oil, wheat, and lumber is exported from subject port.
The ships in port are guarded by a. guard armed with a pistol who walks up and down the
length of the pier, day r'-1,d. night.
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Libo S y passes and seaman's paspport. They can stay out up
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until 0001 hours. Foreign crows are free to tour the city. did not observe an&
land battor but, along the length of the Soviet shoros, ranging accordingly from 10-30
miles, there are strong searchlights which search the sea in sectors,
The cost of living is rather high. rages and daily wages are low . Therefore, com-
fortable living can not be had by the pooplo. In general, the people's social organizatioE
is mechanical. If one boars in mind that the common man's amusement is had on the basis
of organized plans, it could be said that the citizens cannot be satisfied with the way
of living..
Maritime tolls ss paid by the agency -in exchange-is at the same level as those
paid at other 'dostorn ports.
not know what rights port workers have.
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wore anchored at a leeward lbbaation outside the gulf due to bad weathers aiW two crui&
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sersnappoarod to be newly built and they had two smokestacks. Thh ironclad (sic) bridge
was towards the prow of the middle of the ship. The outside works wore not of groat
height. There were two large radars on the bridge which wore in operation. The battle
station (sic) at the prow and the sternneach had two guns which had a diameter of 15-20
centimeters. The above mentioned ships had torpedo launchers at the dock et, the p$orna
The destroyers had about the same shape as the cruisers.
The above mentioned ships left the gulf one by,ono.
They were dragging a target
They wore about 15 motors high. They were netted and they worn or, floats
Only ons ship up to 12000 tons can load or unload at tho SILO pier.
Four destroyers and two cruisers of the open sea were observed
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minoswoepers
other naval strength in this aeoa.
for Rumania, The ship was at
the height of Varna. It was about 40 miles away and it was sailing North. It was just25X1
after sunset when he heard the sound of a plane. Upon investigating,
amount of speed.
flying North,
a piano
The plane was going through the sky with an exceptional
The plane was
could not observe any distinguishing marks because it was too
high and it was traveling too fast.
The Soviet and other merchant ships were not armed.
observe any piano movements.
not know if there are 'vilitary nits stationed in Novorossysk.
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The Soviet Peoples' morale can be scan through their dejection and melancholy.
no passenger ships or ocoanlinors.
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At anchor, in positions (1) and (2);
- Six destroyers, probably of the KOLA class, for which _oted
the following specifications:
- Funnels - two, slightly slanting, with smoke baffle, elliptical.
- Masts - one, between the bridge and the first smokestack; height
above the deck, about 10 meters.
- Bow - raked, inclined; height above the water line, about 4 meters.
- Stern - square, slightly inclined; height above the water line,
about 2.50 meters.
- Over-all length: about 80 meters.
- Superstructure - forecastle, bridge, shelter deck for machinery.
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- Armament - twin-mounted guns, at the bow, superimposed,
partially (shielded,) 120-millimeter; twin-mounted guns, astern,
superimposed, partially (shielded), 120-millimeter; four large-
caliber machine-gun units, two twin-mounted and two single, all
arranged on a shelter deck built between the two funnels; two torpedo
tubes on the deck, amidships, under the bridge; depth-charge apparatus
at the extreme stern.
- special equipment; two radar sets, one on the bridge and
one at the top of the mast; radio direction finder; radio (2 or 3
antennas observed).
- hull and superstructure painted dark gray.
One light cruiser, described as follows moored at
position (3):
bow: raked; height above water line, about 5 meters
stern: square; height above water line, about 4 meters
hull: with only one deck
over-all length: about 130 meters
- masts: two; height above the deck about 15 meters
bridge: height above the deck, about 8 meters
funnels: two, slanting, with smoke baffle, between the two masts
armament: two twin-mounted 152-mm guns in the bow; two twin-
mounted 152-mm guns aft; eight partially shielded heavy machine guns
on a shelter deck between the two funnels.
- deck: both fore and aft, the deck appeared to be clear of any
obstruction, as the entire superstructure and the four gun turrets
appeared to form a unit
- special equipment: two radar sets; radio direction finder's radio
(several antennas observed)
The following were observed in the harbor, moored at position (4):
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- 3 ferry boats, with collapsible bow, of the motor landing
craft type, with two decks;
- 4 minesweepers, moored at position (5);
-..2 or 3 tugboats
Merchant Vessels Observed
Because of a storm, a Soviet steamer had run aground and then been
towed into the harbor by two 1,500-hp tug boats. The chip was at position
(6).
Miscellaneous Observations Concerning the Black Sea
There is a search light, with a range of 12-15 miles, about
every five miles between Cape Aitodor and Point Doob.
During the night of 19-20 March 1957, a Soviet motor patrol boat,
with lights out, approached
about 10 miles from Point (10).
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NAVAL
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or n orma ion an Naval Activity at NOVOROSSISK
The following information was obtained in the
course of a visit to NOVOROSSISK
2. Foreign merchant vessels are allowed to proceed
into port unescorted and are not boarded until arrival at the
"Foreign Vessels" anchorage - 44?42.5'N., 37?49.5'E.
Admiralty Chart No. 162.
3. At the anchorage, the pilot only is picked up, who
then takes the ship into port and berths her alongside, without
the aid of tugs. Tugs did not appear to be used in berthing
any ships, including tankers up to 12,000 tons. The customs
go aboard after the ship has berthed but they do not search
her.
4. The light at 44?39.7'N., 37?49.7'E. is not in the
position as shown on the chart but is at approximately
44?39.6'-N. , 37?49.9' E.
5. Wreckage of a fishing boat is visible at 44?39.8'N.,
37?49.6'E.
6. A line of piles extends for approximately 500 feet
from the point at 44?40.5'N., 37?48.6!E. on an estimated
bearing of 130?. it would seem that they are the remains of
a derelict jetty.
7. On 19th November a cruiser arrived in the Bay and
anchored outside the harbour at approximately 44?43'N.,
37?49'E., where she remained until her departure the next- day.
sECRE
A verse,q,ther conditions prevented detailed
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observations but, from her general appearance, she appeared
to be of old design. It was considered she bore some
resemblance to the CHAPAEV Class, but see Appendif EGRETr
9. There was no evidence to show that a degaussing
station existed south of the Western Mole.
10. A green light is sited at the end of the Coasting
Mole, which has now been repaired. It was not, however,
noticed if the south easterly projection had been restored.
11. Two identical destroyers were tied together stern
on to the Timber Wharf, with bows anchored in midstream.
12. One of these vessels slipped her moorings at
at high speed, which she obtained in an extremelys}Iort space
and left harbour
of time. Her engines were making a considerable noise.
14. On general appearance, these destroyers resembled
the STORY Class, but differed in that their mainmast was
abaft the after funnel and the turrets mounted single, instead
of twin, guns. See Appendix "A" for FILMSTAR.
15. Their ensign had a white background with a thin
red edging of equal thickness on upper and lower edges,
with a red hammer and sickle in the top corner nearest the
staff and a red star in the diagonally opposite corner.
16. There were numerous small but unarmed naval vessels
in the harbour which were also wearing this ensign. Some
of these were engaged in clearing operations on the remains
of Wharf No. 4.
17. A signal station on the end of Wharf No. 3 was
manned by naval personnel.
It was in constant communication
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with the cruiser outside and with small naval craft in the
harbour, all of which carried signallers armed with Aldis
lamps. When signalling to the cruiser, it used the inter-
national code for both figures and letters, but the message
could not be understood. It did not communicate with
merchant vessels.
18. A tug was observed under repair alongside Wharf
No. 3 at the end nearest the shore on the west side. A small
naval vessel with salvage on her decks from Wharf No. 4 was
berthed nearby-.
19. Two old destroyers in red lead were berthed along-
side the retaining wall immediately north of the Cement Works
Jetty at 44?43.851N., 37?48.45'E.
20. They had two funnels, one thicker than the other,
were approximately 300 feet in length and carried single
masts. No other details were observed.
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F Two short funnels. The forward funnel was set a.bo.
the heavy forward upperworks.
I Not visible.
L 600 feet plus.
M Two masts.
S She was notable for her broad beam and heavy upperworks
forward. Her bridgework was:r_particularly heavy and
was surmounted by a large director with a. horizontal
projection (rangefinder ?) on either side.
T
A Not visible due to weather conditions.
R )
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F Two short and squat funnels with a slightly raked cowling.
I 4?and4?.
L Approximately 400 feet.
M A tripod foremast and a pole mainmast, the latter abaft
the after funnel.
S Break level with the bridge. Cut.-away stern near the
water-level - the exposed section of the hull was
not submerged when travelling at high speed, although
one would have expected it.
T Turrets with single guns, barrel length 8-9 feet; in
A, X and Y positions.
A Two single 37 mm. type guns, without flash eliminators,
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R Not observed
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