NAVAL INSTALLATIONS AT GDYNIA AND OKSYWIE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000200020018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2009
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Enclosure . (1~ Gldynia;
(1) Naval'prison for both officers and seamen who had committed
minot offenses. Sentences ranged from 10 to 30 days. The
building is located to the, rear of the bank. r k cons ruction with bars on windown.01
i t was not a lar a bt~i lding
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SECURIT INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Naval Installations at Gdynia and'Okeywis
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DATE OF INFORMATION
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Office of the fleet security officer. "It,?3 of brick oon-
struotion and had barred windows. It is 25 at, sq..and had
three floors.
' Btildinz houses a section of the main Navy -staff .
...? bu g Is a low ram ng i ructure, approximately
35 .m. in leadgth. Two, large radio masts,, one at either end
were connected by wire.
Meteorological station,
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the following Naval installations were
located as indicated by the sketches:
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b. Enclosure (2) Oksywie:
'(1) Location of a staff unit of the Polish Navy,
(5) Main staff headquarters for the Polish Navy. It is brick
construction and is approximately 35-40 m. in length and
has a width of 15 m, There are two decks in the building.
(6) Office of the Naval officer who supervises the administra-
tion of the city. It also houses the shore patrol for the
Gdynia area. It is of brick construction, 15 m. sq.
Naval Officerst Club.
Czerwonych Kosynierow Street, Formerly Szosa Gdyanska,
this title was changed sometime in 1952.
it was not a section of the main staff in Gdynia, but rather
it had operational control of all Naval units in the
port of Oksywie. The building a
and has two decks.
(2) Naval school, 4 year course, corresponds to Naval
Academy, Midshipmen age requirements are from 18 to 22
years. They are volunteers from either civilian or Naval
enlisted ranks. Applicants must be ardent Communists and
possess a middle level school education. The number of
students is approximately 60.1 The number one graduate is
given the rank of Podporuoznik and the remainder the rank
of Chorazy. Tha school is of white brick construction,
40 x 30 m. It has two floors. Both Russian and a' I1 h
Naval
(3) Main Naval ordnance repair depot for the Polish Navy.
weapons ranging from small arms to the
guns are repaired there. Chemical
warfare material such as gas masks, smoke generators, etc.
are also overhauled there. The depot occupies an area of'
200 x 200 m. and is surrounded by a six foot barbed wire
fence, There are five to six buildings in the area. Two
wooden buildings are.utilized as barracks and the remaining
ones, which are constructed of brick, are ordnance work-
shops. The Polish designation is Warsztaty Uzbrojenia
Marynarki Wojennej, The senior ordnance officer of the
Polish Navy, Komandor Porucznik TRZCINSKI, has his office
there.
(4) Torpedo testing area. in the summer
of 1952 in the area of Oksywie
e r ng o one torpedo from a standard tor-
pedo mount which was situated at the end of the pier as
indicated.2 The torpedo was fired on a course of roughly
100 N. There was a small boat in the area that was used
to observe the track of the torpedo
there were no buildings in the area of the torpedo
moue ; however, an extremely narrow gauge
.railway ran the length of the pier
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Polish Naval firehouse. It is of brick construction
annrox ma eiv Vim. Iona and four meters high
(6) Torpedownia. Brick construction, 25 x 10 x 6 m. This
building reportedly houses torpedoes. Several old German
torpedoes were in racks outside of this building.
(7) Diving area for deep sea divers. divers who 25X1
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a school for divers existed in ywle
Comment: In the event that the estimate of 60 students
3n t Naval Officers' Sobool, proves to be accurate, this
figure could conceivably be used as a barometer to forecast any
plans for expansion of the Polish Navy. A considerable influx
of new candidates would be necessary in the'event that this
expansion would take place.
Comment: The report of firing of torpedoes in the Oksywie
area n cstes that the Polish Navy has made efforts to employ
the former German installations. Graduates of the Naval Specia-
list School in Ustka probably receive their practical training
in this manner. The source of the torned?es may be the main
Naval ordnance supply depot
Enclosures:
1. Sketch of Gdynia
2. Sketch of Okeywie
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