PORT OF NOVOROSSIYSK (PORT SECURITY, SHIP SERVICING FACILITIES)

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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2010
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• Publication Date: November 12, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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NFCRMATION RE PORT 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
14, U.S.O. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Krasnodar Kray)
SUBJECT Port of Novorossiysk (ifeea
SeAtio, $4:10
DATE OF
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12 November 1957
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TE T
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. A ten-page report including
sketches, on the port of Novorossiysk
The report touches on changes to navigational aids in the vicinity of the
port
details the pipeline facilities at
the petroleum pier(with an annotated sketch), and presents a rather
comprehensive account of naval and merchant shipping activity in the port,
including two minesweepers
and a Soviet cruiser,
a o e wars p
in the upper Adriatic Sea, in position (N 44-13, E 13-40),
Jobserved a reddish lit object "like a beam" in the s4. It
appeared to be moving from southeast to northwest, and disappeared like
lightning. No further details are given.
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I- ORGANIZATION OF THE PORT: (Bee attached diagram number 1.)
a- Piers and wharves.
1- Location which has been dug.
2- Petroleum pier.
3- Mein entrance to the lumber pier. It is located to the left
at the first turn
out of the petroleum pier.
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of the shore road and
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4. The naval station is located by the mouth of the small river, TSEMES.
b) AREAS where onen air warehouses are located.
5. A walled-in area is located across from the naval station. The area contained small
buoys having a rhomboid shape and there were also several large ones.
6- Large quantities of lumber were placed in the remaining area of the above mentioned
location. (Number 5).
VARIOUS BUILDINGS:
9. Fish Factory.
10- A, large walled in area. A small factory which manufactures cement, bricks., and
conduits (or conductors) was located nearby this area as seen from an open entrance,
II.IiiVIGATION:
11- Alarge floating crane was in operation here.
SHIPIARDS:
12- Location Location wms a hauled up torpedo boat was located.
13- Area where a small repair shipyard was located. Many sheds belonging to the shipm
yard are located in this area. CONFIDENTIAL1
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IT OBSERVED WARSHIPS
6a) The following vessels were observed on this side of the naval station
Suction dredger(hy means
11 small pursuit ships.
Mlnesweepers
of a pipet
4 small pursuit ships.
Three warships smaller
Part of the naval
Drydock.
Torpedo boat.
c\ass
(Probably of the T 43 *Pp,. )
station where the following memeleholsoteds
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3 purmuit boats.
Soviet warship
Was moored here.
here.
docked
Minesweeper
Minesweeper
left ,be naval base
left the naval base
MERCHANT supa OBSERVED:
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A small/ eloART was loading lumber
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j at NOVOROSSESK.
at this location.
15- A Soviet passenger ship docked at this location (northern side of the silo pier).
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16- Location where the 10000 ton Soviet tankers " loaded.\
It probably sailed I on the same day.
A strict inspection of the
tanker took place before its departure. I Till 1
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The following activity of marcher:* ships took place in addition to the above mon.
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A. Soviet tanker arrived into the harbor
A, Soviet tanker arrived outside the harbor
harbor later and sailed away
A small Soviet tanker arrived into the harbor_
A Soviet passenger ship arrived
A Soviet tanker left the harbor
It entered the
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The Soviet passenger ship which was docked on the northern side of the silo pier left
(Above location is number 15 on the diagram.)
The Soviet tanker."MOLDDECHNO" sailed away It had been docked at number 25X1
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16 on the diagram. Its location was taken up by the Soviet tanker *BMW Which sailed
away
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The Soviet tanker "PROW took location # 16
was approximately that of the previously mentioned tanker.
MOSKVA
The small Soviet ship. 411CAWAR arrived
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pPipeline of the Detrolewn pier.
The visible pipe line system for loading liquid fuels has as followss(Diagr
1- A valve.
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with a 6" portable hose connected to it. (Number 2)0
Three valves.
3. Four valves with the same number of openings.
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4, A pipe having a diameter smaller than 6". Its two ends =bier the ground and dig..
appear. This pipe has two valves indicated in the diagram as "a" and an opening indi-
cated in the diagram as "b".
5- Pipe line system as it appears on the surface of the pier.
a) A 6" pipe whose two ends enter undergreumd underneath the pier.
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b) A 6" pipeo,above thetprevious pipe.
A, pipe smaller than 6" Which passes above previous pipe "a".
di) 5 valves. There are no openings anywhere in this pipeline system where it
?opt fitel.
can ac-
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it could be that this network may service the
other 9 Valves (probably) which are located at the southwestern side of the pier(a/a7)
e) 4 small pipes in diameter Which are connected with pipe "a" and whose ends disappear
under the pier.
6- A, pipe having a diameter smaller than 6".
a) Valves (tmo) on this pipe.
b) Receiving opening with which the hose is connected.
7- Nine valves with an equal amount of receiving openings. This group services the
southwestern side of the petroleum pier at Which location,only Soviet tankers dock.
Two 6" portable hoses are connected with the receiving opening, Point "a".
Point "b" is an receiving opening ?turillEgratti a hose smaller than 6".
Jr) Refloating shipwrecks.
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GULF OF NOVOROSSYSK:
a) Pales observed:
Two poles,d. approximately 40 meters tall which were not iron-netted wereobserved
the entranceto the Gulf of Novorost#Isk and distance of approxi-
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mately 300 meters north of Cape SONIMPT andiat a equal distance from the shore. These
poles were 50 meters apart. No persons or buildings were observed near these poles.
b) NAVIGATION&
Three grids were observed left of the entrance and at a distance of approximately
3/4/ of a mile away from the base of the Western Mble. The grids had three ships on them.
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They were small tugs and they appeard to be old ones.
a small repair shipyard. No cranes were observed.
OBSERVED WARSHIPS:
Small ships usually patrol the entrance of the gulf&
it is
Minesweepers
the gulf
Cruiser
were minesweeping le the area of the entrance to
was anchored outside the harbor
The ship was
completely blacked out at night.
GENERAL:
a) Lighthouses and radio lighthouses:
The beacon at DOOB operates every 7- minutes; it is on for 40 and off 3".
The radio lighthouses at "CAPE AY TODOR LT.H0","KIZ AUL POINT LT.HO" and DOOR
POINTALT.HO", have changed. That is, the first one, instead of U(..-), as stated in
the "ADMIRALTY LIST OF RADIO SIGNALSmOOPIN7 4ives AT : the second gives KA: and
the third gives DR.
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There are searchlights on each side of the Gulf of NOVOROSSESK Which search con,-
tinually during the night. They search both the open sea and the gulf.
b) Sky Objects.
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a lit object in the sky like a beam which was rather red in color. It was moving from
Southeast to Northwest. It disappeared liked lightning.
a) Airfields.
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COMILDITIM.
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