WARNEMUENDE HARBOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200340005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Warnemende Harbor
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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DATE DISTR. 2 April 1952
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Work on this ship is being accelerated and the engine tests are to take place
can 30 November, by which time the two main diesel engines must be installed,
After 5 November access to the ship can only be made by those in possession
of a special pass. Both 600-and 800-watt radio sets have been successfully
installed as all-wave radio sets. At the moment, about 250 workers are occupied.
on this vessel.
2 S0 7 ;I, SOYUZ.
Salvage airplane metal is being :melted down and used to build partitions for
the cabins in this ships The engines (type unknown) have not yet been installed.
The original turbines were taken out of the ship and sent to Berlin-Heringsdorf*
for overhauling, but according to an announcement from the Konstruktion Buero,
the Russians later decided to change the power unit to the pure diesel type.
3. S.S. YAKUTIA
The upper deck has been modified to form a second promenade deck with the
intention of making a mixed cargo/passenger ship. About 300 men are working
on this vessel,
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a. The ship has been thoroughly inspected to ascertain what repairs are necessary.
Scaffolding has been put up all over the ship and some parts of her super-
structure, a well as the searchlight, have been removed. The electric
light system was in such bad condition that, according to the crew, short
cir6u.its and small outbreaks of fire ware frequent. Navigation equipment
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was out of order as was the radio which lacked many parts. The degaussing
girdle has been stripped down but it is not yet clear whether this system
was a German one or of later Russian construction. OveAauling of the
boilers and engines has, to some extent. started. Almost all the valves
have been found to leak and all electric cables will have to be stripped
and reinsu.la.ted. Instructions regarding the mounting of guns are not yet
on hand.
b. The crew is now on board and consists of 54 men including officers. Part
of the crew is assisting in the repairs to the engines and to the boiler
room.. Of the electrical generators, only one is, at the moment, functioning.
This generator supplies light to the men's quarters and the officers'
cabins,
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ca The scheduled date of completion for this vessel is not yet known since
the damage to the equipment is much greater than was originally supposed.
5. Minesweepers
?. ':e minesweepers charged
their mooring place from that on the East Mole and now e in the inner harbor.
On 31 October 1951, the boats I went to sea so
that only were in the harbor on 2 November.
60 Naval motor vessels
Six of the KT boats have now been hauled up on to land and are covered with
tarpaulins. The other five are still in the water but are no longer making
any voyages. The crews of these boats have been observed using the seamen's
barracks in the Markgrafel heide -. as their accommodations
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No vehicles were observed..
25X1 I Comment-. Possibly the Stahl- and Walzwerk Wilhelm Florin V .,
H:ennigsdorf ,
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