SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS IN THE PORT OF ODESSA AND CAPE KHERSON

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CIA-RDP80T00246A038300190001-6
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December 22, 2016
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August 25, 2010
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November 4, 1957
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REPORT
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Ii Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 I IN FO WMAT I ON RE PC) RT INFORMATION REPORT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 50X1-HUM PROCESSSN! uOPY, Att 'sow Vessels Sighted Cruiser unidentified submarine unidentified vessel and 50X1-HUM miscellaneous smaller vessels in the Port of Odessa. This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. C-0-N?F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L 50X1-HUM USSR (Ukrainian SSR) REPORT SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels in the Port. of DATE DISTR. 4 Novembe50X 1-HUM Odessa and Cape Kherson NO. PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ. 2 Unidentified cruiser similar to the ex- G.TTLIO CESARE; KTROV-class cruiser; five or six unidentified destroyers; four or five escort vessels; and an unidentified submarine in the vicinity of Cape Kherson. STATE X ARMY X NAVY AIR I x FBI AEC Q 0 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Subjects MR - Naval ships sighted at Odessa 1. 2. anc or in the roadstead ofL essa. The ship was equipped with radar was sighted at la small tonnage submarine with no guns: on deck and seemingly with no identification number was sighted in the roadstead. 3. - target rr in tow. three warships left the port, on of which had Because of the distance and prevailing fog, these ships could not be identified; most probably there were motor torpedo boats with trellis mast, one smoke stack, and square stern. The craft returned to the port during the night. 4. - At the same time, three warships were sighted in the port; two of them had no smoke stacks and were of small tonnage, perhaps destroyers. Poor visibility interfered with noticing further details. Also were noticed two floating docks with two approximately 12.000 ton oil tankers in th4m. CONFIDENTIAL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Subject: MR - The coast of Ctimea from Cape Thereon to the Bay of Balaklava A. Navigation information:. and observation 1. Naval shins encountered at sea In the stretch between Cape Kherson and the Bay of Balaklava,,the movements of the following Soviet naval vessels carrying out ma- neuvers at about 3-4 miles from the coast were observed: One cruiser (or battleship, believed by some members of the crew to be the ex-CESA{E). One cruiser - believed to belong to the KIROV class Five or six destroyers Your or five corvettes (escort vessels) One submarine, believed to have a 1000 ton displacemen very dark hull, seemingly with no guns on deck, proceeding in the south-easterly direction in the vicinity of the coast. Speed maintained. At the same time, a large tug towing a barge equipped with large cranes doubled the Cape Kherson and headed south-east. Almost simultaneously, another tug also with floating cranes in tow, was doubling Cape Aitodor heading toward the area of the ship maneuvers, CONFID~NTI ^,!. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/25: CIA-RDP80T00246AO38300190001-6