POLISH VESSELS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800550004-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

the surleer of 1950, and she ?aas 3rn^ediato iy rut into the Gdynia shipyard for
repairs after she returned to Poland. This subr^arlne is still in the shipyard
but it In ruriorod that she will be sent to th USSR,
.7 e The Polish destroyer, the 011P IILYSKA'11(3,1, is equipped -frith Soviet-type radar,
and her runs have been rebored at the =dansk shipyard so that they can use
Soviet -shells, In June 1950, 'rer larz, the Polish con ndsr of the ship, was
replaced by an unidentified Soviet navy.?. officer, vho iris subsequently relieved
of his cor m~and and returned to the U SSI't after the I3LYSKft ICA i4as damaged during
maneuvers in Gdynia harbor en-1 needed rtpaire for three months. I'oli~f^ ^ ,*
rnenbers Isere arrested and charged with L hotanc for firs accidlent.. 50X1-HUM
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2. Of the three Polish ;ubnarines in the Gd:,nia area, only the ZDIX is able to
dive. This subrarine taas not seen in the Gdynia harbor for about a ;reek
The .72LP spent about tvo months in a Soviet port during
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180 13 BIN COMAI418Ii1V WAr1O 49FI MINGTON 4ATIONALOEYERSE
OF THE UR OWES WITHIN THE nEARRIG OP TICE ESPIONAGE ACT Ot
E.8. C. 24 AMD 82. AS AIR4!NDEM. ITS 12M MISSION O@ THE @SYSLATIOH
or ITS CAIi MIS 193 MR 011=112 To 414 IMAMORIZED V1030" 19 PM
marm I I I IL ..' 07P GCVc l064 or "Is Pogo IB PPO1 017ED.
The S'P is equip?Ded !rith a Bofors 105 r.i run and ' th two 40 r n two-barreled
antiaircraft nuns, eip-ht stationery 535 ri tcf?pedo tubes on the fore and aft,
clecks, and two r'.ovablo 535 rr. torrodo tubes a iidships? Depth bon b ecluirront
on the ship is dananecl. The ?'YS and ZDI are c ,uirped with one 105 rim Bofors
gun amidships, four 535 rim stationary-torpado tubas on the foredeck, and two
movable 535 rem torpedo tubes amidships.
4. The Gdyniaa submarine battalion I .jas corn50X1-HUM
rianded by 2nd Lt. Stefan Roranoirski until the ,trimer of 1950s T hen: ho is dis-
missed from the navy and forbidden to live anyirho.m near the Polish coastline.
Flon noiaski was succeeded by Capt. Ludwik Szul, a t'ole who has been an officer
since 1939 but *.rho has spent his entire naval car,,er as a teacher at a naval
officer: ~ traininr, school. It is suns ctod that ".vul will soon be ro laced
by a Soviet officer.
5:, Soviet-tyre radar has been installed on the Polish naval training ship DAR
POYSORZA and on the merchant ships 13ATORg,. CZ aCT1, ; . _?t "T{ "TICZ and KIT T TSKi v
6. The Polish navy includes three rawlen.o. stationed in or near 50X1-HUM
Gdynia: the TEL DI, fDICA and MR". These ves,nels are about 45 meters in
length with two 500 hr engines catable of 12 knots a.i hour and are equipped
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Nth two Colt 12/7' (sic) nachine uns on their bridree1, The navy als leas
three Poi ish b tilt trawlers, the C2i13'K[ , : T:3';Jtf and RYBTI' TA, with 80O he
on; Ines ca i able of speeds of 14 knots an hour and :?rith one ttao txarre e ur a ..
the foredeck and one four-barreled naehine roan on the roordeck. A fourth 50X1-HUM
trawr:?er, the ZT RUV , is unarned and in used by the TIydros rra-hic `section of the
Polish navy. Kne trawlers ''ave been received from the USA M the KAC'? 'I 9 C ZAPLA,
t1 K .r.fI n - 'TIi1 ^r T.` T,^C ~ .a W~4~ rcnnGl
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are ormani?,ed into three divisions and are armed v th two 22.7 nra ; ur3s, one or
the foredeck and the other on the poo eck, as r. 11 PS two Colt r-:achine T-4 r R
anidchips. Each ship has a crew of 26 raen.
7. A Soviet vice-admiral vaned T CTU:",72AX')V (phonetic sp/ llnr1 airrived :T.ni t'x; rsae.
and he :wars a Polish uniform. His function is not 'mown but he nay be in ; oint
con iand with r zo1a' o k ,'
ski "
Co^,'en&: 3zelan ,,o- .N.._ is r,:obab~?..,g Vice-~-,..~.rt~l J. {? ~,~ela~o,-!s'ki, a 50X1 -HUM
"oviet naval officer ':.ho rerlacod Roar AVON ''lodz:I`~ iorz 'Iteyos ,as. Con:-anderm
in-Chief of the Polish navy and who is himself rir-ort