SOVIET AIR-NAVAL MANEUVERS IN GULF OF FINLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000540005-7
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 27, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR1
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT" Soviet lair-Ilaval T ,neuvers in Gulf of Finand NO. OF PAGES
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFO
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Soviet naval maneuvers were held in the 3ulf of Finland
2. ;larships involved in the maneuvers ;letters in parentheses
are 1.~.aed in the formation charts) &iven in para 3b (2)i,;
a? Two cruisers, Kirov class (C), one of which was equi.)ped
with, a catapult.
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DATE DISTR. 27 Dec. 1949
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT T
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One flotilla leader, r,IPr,1rerati3 class (F)
Four destroyers, Gromki class (.;)
Seven torpedo boats, :urya class (T
Two new mine sweepers (r4)
Twenty PT bo:lito (fl!)
Document No. _
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0 Declassified
Class. Changed To: TS SO
AM-: HR 70-2
Date: ! -~~--
h. On. icebreaker, Otalin class (.1"), with three aircr'ift on
deck
i.a Eleven submarines, K lass
f" dine mine sweepers, Fuuas class (M.)
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(1) Firing practices of the Kirov-class cruisers wait-a ieGvy
Fifteen submarines, ad class
Naval Exercises
ao individual exercises
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artillery at tur ets at a di;::tance of 20,000 to
25,000 f ot, and with AAA at towed u1ueve target,,
vi--- i.1e the eru!;-;ero aera - oiu. , it a op. e . o: 20 knots
and more.
(2) Firing practices of t o flotilla leader (five
;;uric) and t.ie d ;utroyero at towed. :jur.Cac . tnr,,mtn at a distance
of about 13, 000 feet, while t_;.e du,; royero t-?s C": ;;cin;;
at a ,peed of up to 30 !biota.
(3) Kirin,; practice of t` a torpedo boato and ajinc
rrieopurs at toad surface tar etc at .a di: tance of
10, 000 to 13,000 feet and at towed aleuve tar oto with
li a l'` AA ; uns e
b. ux4rciuae in for:aation
(1) 1' i iie iuavcrin, force rarely practiced ao o w.uole;
it usually :aao in soveral fo=aations.
(2) The follocrin t ro furniationu vier, prLiarily ob;;erved
with the iio1 nianouver force. Bic pooition of t1ze
stiipc ~.rit.ain t... ~orsa ,ions :aade it possible to co:aL)are
t z ; s.iip; ' sizes, to identify the types and dotormine
th- minimum number of c lips of individual types:
First for.aation T T
PT PT PT 2TPTPT
li i L- Li
D D f , D
C ! T
PT PT
---- about 3,500 feet -~---?
T
about
169500
feet
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:aecOnci formation:
PT
T
YT
2T
(3) Tine fo11onl ship. It flow tic pennant of a equadron coananier
(vice--aduirul).
a. Thu r..port Ives :a detailed and credible picture of
5oviot naval .1uncuvers.
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be 2:::: observations ana descriptions iaentify the individual
types of eiii w;.
T roc funs of about 100 ma caliber and
nu aorous lioAt antiaircraft frt ens were obsonv The veosel ,
~~d.
about 330 feet lon,;, waa relatively fast, very manauverable,
and c-_,uipj>c3 with in u fective ;smoke oer::enino device.)
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