1. SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS AND FACILITIES IN THE BLACK SEA AREA 2. TARGET FIRING EXERCISE NEAR ODESSA 3. LANDING CRAFT OBSERVED AT NOVOROSSIYSK

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• Publication Date: May 23, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Lsws, 7Ytle
18, U.B.O: Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In say manner to as unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
S-F-C;-R-F_T
USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT 1. Soviet Naval Vessels and Facilities DATE DISTR.
2.
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in the Black Sea Area
Target Firing Exercise Near Odessa NO. PAGES
Landing Craft Observed at Novorossiysk
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE ACQ.
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APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
The following reports on the Buck Sea area
Att.No. Subject
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on observations in the following areas of the Black Sea: Novorossiysk,
Odessa
and the Kerch Strai+
The report includes the 50X1
following: observations of naval vessels, merchant vessels, and
port facilities; locations of searchlights and radar installatior~?
two sketches of 'a probable patrol boat at Novorossiysk; annotate~50X1-H U M
sketch maps of Sukhoy Liman, Mys Bolshoy Fontan (N 46-23, E 30-~+5),
and the harbor of Novorossiysk; a sketch of a military target at
Novorossiysk; and a sketch of a radar antenna located on the coas-50X1-H U M
between s Takyl and the approach buoy of the Kerch Strait. ~?
a target firing exercise was executed from a point
of Odessa. The discharged projectiles gave no sound; 50X1-H U M
they were illuminated a bright red, but left no trail of flame or
smoke; and the traveled in straight trajectories. 50X1-H U M
a submarine (rough sketch included)
80 meters long, with white stripes
was engaged in diving exercises o ovorossiysk. Three
were made; diving time for the last two was clocked at
30 seconds each.
STATE X ARMY X NAVY AIR }t NgA v pg~
((Notr. Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Fisld distribution by "#".)
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Att. No. Subject
2 report,
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Observa ons
include the following: at Novorossiysk, port controls and
facilities, minesweepers, radar interference, floating
cranes atrol boats MTBs ossible submarine chasers,
merchant vessels, and 50X1-H U M
cons ruc on wor ~ a s
at Odessa ort controls
enay (N ~+~+-~+1, E 37-53 ); and,
five submarines
including
,
a small submarine in floating
dry dock PD-19, two mineswee ers 50X1-HUM
three motor patrol boats,
auxiliary vessel, an merc an 50X1-H U M
vesse s. four landing
craft (two sketches included were observed accompanying
several small naval craft outside the harbor of Novorossiysk.
The landing craft were 35-~+0 meters long, with a narrow
beam, a slightly oblique bow without doors or gates, a
bridge with a mast and antenna mounted forward, an engine
house amidships, two winches on the afterdeck, and possible
buoys for sea marking on the fantail. Report includes
two annotated sketch maps of the harbor of Novorossiysk.
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UUaR: POR`1'U OF ODi;SSA t~ND NOVORO~SIYUK
ODI;SSti
ltiavigation Information
Hadar installation, approximately one rule East-Uouthedst of
Ci
C~.pa Tarnhankut (45 21' iV, 3~J 3U'I) observed -rotating very slowly
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In front and to the right of the
radar, two toll poles (antennas?) were observed; as far as could be
ascertained, how,ver, they were not connected by wire.
similar, in all respects, to the larger radar installation on
Ostrov Zmeinyy.
Port oi' ODESS
Nl~rcha.nt Vessels ot~rv~d in gort;
IV1~N SECH,`NOV, aovi~._t uUtorship
Fr;:iTOV, Soviet motor hip, also seen at Cuhhoy Liman
KRIaTO SAZIi~NE1V5KI, Bulgarian steamer
GIORGI DIhII2'ROV, Bulgarian steamer
TIMIRYti7~;V, aoviet steamer, also observed at 5ukhoy Liman
it had an unloading crane on deck 50X1-HUM
I~KiJTSK, Uoviet steamer
RUDOL' ~' BLF~UMtiN (6NiPT319) , ~ o vi,t whaler,
BEYA, Soviet steam Ship
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SFCf?ET
FROLUVU, Soviet mut~rship
r1DMIi~L 1V11KHINiUV, Soviet passenger steamer
UiZG~;NCH, Soviet motorship
EKVr~TUR, soviet steamer (passengers and cargo)
Uther unidentified merchant vessels.
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Port of _1Vgvori'~siysk
iVOVOt~0U8IYUK
Naval Vessels
SECP,ET
of the corvette type;
gunboats
these vessels have four whip antennas, about 3 meters tall, fore
and aft of the bridge.
TU~IPSE, a motor gunboat of 700 tons, observed in the naval floa.ti.n.
dock (12).
Numerous motor boats and launches for use in the harbor and for
coastal patrol service.
Merchant Vessels Observed:
PUl?I, soviet tarsi>er
KUh1`~ONiOL, soviet tanker,
F3UGU1{USL~iV, soviet tanker
B ONTdY,
GIU:~EPPE D't,I~~TO,
steamer, ca
taping on a. cargo
steamship, waitii~; to load cement
~yirlg lumber .
Port Lone (1\TuniUers refer to r,ttachrnent)
1. .repair yard: fairly good mechanical e uiNraent
I'loUting dock
3. Three or four ao,iiet tankers undergoing repair
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1+. area of quayin~ operations:
blocks and coffers being; places:,
probably for restoration of the piers, (a) and (b)
c;
5. Grain :~4 dingy; pier. `l'he old chute is being replaced vaith u
nee;r one. i~ tet~~pAorary chute is beirx~ used for gain-lowdin~; eperationu.
b. Fuel--loa.din~ pier. Underground pipes have been installed,
teriiiinatine in ~G outlets, 10 on the right and 1G on the left. at the
time of the report, only one outlet, 8 inches in diameter, eras being
used . - ^1 he fuel f loj: s to the loading pier from the fuel ~caiiKS a-t (7) ,
four tdnl~s of 2U,GliG -ton capacity each.
Fir some tir;~e, an old motor tanker has bean moored at the pierhead
(c) to serre a~ a, fuel depot.
~,t (7), there is a pumping station which, up to n~~~?+, has had a
triaxiruutu loading; capacity of 80G tuns per hour with two puii;ps (~+GG tuns
per hour for each pump). T'rxe loading capacity of this pumping station
hus recently beexz increawed by the addition of u third putap, ~.h:ich :~izuuld
bri.rxg its capacity up to 1,200 tons per hour. The fuel is brought by
rc it f rota the production area .
8. ranker servirx~ as fuel depot
1G. iZailruad park; many tracks frith a great nut.~iber ui tank ce.rs
standx~; on them
11. I4a.vu1 zone and berths fur naval vessels
1~' . ~~~::~~11 naval floatinb doc'_,>
1~. lrl the process cf being extended, as per the sketch
i~+. i;unUtructi~n site fir cement coffers for zone (4)
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lj . ~ c:~~rchli~ht
lo. ae~rchl~ht
17 . 5earchll~;ht
l~~ . ~ea.rchli~ht
l; . 1;ed Busy.
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TdOV OT;OaU IYali
Novorossiysk Bay
observed hes.vy freighter
tra.fic, primarily in oil. soviet tankers are given priority
to berths at the pier over other a.rriv~jls.
The only naval vessels observed were light surface vessela, of ~:,hich
tiro left port every morning to remain at seg. all day, cruising off Point
Orizoiyevka [sic),
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Description; Low hull, 25-3U meters long; marked sheer in the
deck; bow raked, but not sharply; transom stern; bridge for~?ra.rd of mid--
ships, rather square and angular (not streamlinea~~; 1tti machine gun with
four barrels, horizoiZtal to the bow; probably a small gun astern; and a.
rail i'or depth charges, also astern. ground and aft the brsge, a line of
?chip antennas :aas observed. The two ships
must have been very fast, because 50X1-H U M
at a distance, the wake appeared higher than the bridge. (;gee attached sketch).
Ueven or eight similar vessels were moored in the naval basin in
the harbor.
~~t night, searchlights went into operation at the fo11o~?~ing points ;
1. Point Doob
%'. 3~4 mile north of Point aheskharis
3. Point auc.zhuk, and
4. one mile southi?~est of Point Uudzhuk.
The searchlight at No ~ (above) was mounted on a truciL rwuzing
on rail:; in daytir.,e, it was withdrawn. and placed in a small, masonry shelter.
In the small harbor half a mile north of Point aheskhari
three clip-lir>e installations leading to the ~aater. ^lhey did not
appear to be of cement, but rather of beaten earth construction. They may
be unloading points; but, since, upstream from them,
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tr~7cl~ed wehicie, some military trucks, and an enclosure (possibly protect~n g
some barraci~,s located there)
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No rilitary installations were observed on Mounts Nar;o and Doob, which
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does not eliminate the possibility that, given the nature of the
terrain, some such installations may be there.
near Point Orizoiyevka.
o.
Port cf Novoz~ssiysk
acme stretches of the quays and taharves arkundergoing repairs.
The shipyard appeared to be handling maintenance anti repairs to aoviet
tanisers which have been placed in the floating dUCk moored near the ees t
jetty of the harbor.
Just outside the naval basin, beyond the bridge over the `i'semes river
a surrounding wall guarded by armed sentries. Un the road 50X1-H U M
along the harbor, thereis fairly heavy traffic of trucks carrying timber,
bri~'~s, and other unloaded cargo.
ODE:7S~j
Pert of Odessa
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Firing wus executed fro,n a point which might coincide with Point East,
north o*' Odessa, and the projectiles traveled inside a gO-degree sectox?
between northeast and southeast in vertical, oblique, and horizontal
trajectories.
there was no sound from the shots; that the projectiles, :+hich tiaere
laininou~ like tracer shells (they emitted a bright, red light, but na flame),
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had absolutely straight tra. ~ 50X1-HUM
trajectories for 2,000-3,~0~
inetera, until they disappeared from sight, ~aitnout observing uny curtiature
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NOVORia~SIY`aK
Tine Roads at N:;'rorossiysl~
~?~~-ia ob~erveu practice-d.i?1i
in the area lna~?x,eu (1'~) , ',; here
i.lle L/a tei' to ~.~ ppr~~i;llila'%ely l~ futhJlll~:i seep . (.gee ~.ike tC'11)
1)G':;Ci'iE~~1Jn (iluiAUel'~~ 1I1 Ncrent'_1e.?.e:~ re~'er tJ ti'`_etC:1): L1~~"t 11,
u.~~pi'0;:~.lu~:tE'ly V ~ LiGi,(:iJ; freeboara at b0':;, 2.pproXiIriately. V .l'~v file"ter:;;
Il'all anu. superstructure painted dark gray, with white stripes along the
hull, Conning tcz:~er 50X1-HUM
(see sI?,etch) : h~ i~;ht, ~ Inetzrs; ~aidth at base, 3 ln~ters . The hatches,
~l)~ (~
), anu (~) u~'e ~.Ucertieht. (Only hatches (1) and (~) are visible
in the si>etch; they al"e ClOSed py IllewllU OI Uui' "hanu~~:heels .") HOr~ZOntal
ruau~i's (~+); irom tiize point -.:here they fare attacheu tiv file hull to their
OL~tE;r E?.'itren:iLy, pile filetei'; vile still p~.inted vJith reu. lead. Periscope
(J
(Jee s~~e~ch). Radio ~intenna (~); a ti-whir, antenna (observed throti~;h
field ~li:i;iC':;); C::it:iI..cltc~C i1G?~I1t, ~.j Tile"terms. HlttChe:i (v) ia.nC~ (~j~, V'C;ry
large (see s?-,etch) . iVu;~iaer of test dives; ~.
~l'hC llr3t dl'Je wa; iil~Cle ul: tOG steep all aTl~;le. 'l~he ~Ub'1;.c1rllle Uut'-
faced again a1t11