SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS IN THE PORT OF ODESSA AND CAPE KHERSON

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
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• Publication Date: November 4, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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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
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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.
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Subjects MR - Naval ships sighted at Odessa
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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.
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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,
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