SHIPPING AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION IN BALTIC PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011600040001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 22, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany
(Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Shipping and Sip Construction in Baltic Ports
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25X1 1. At .7larnemuende there are currently five Soviet speedboats
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Several small Soviet craft have
arrived at Rostock for compass regulation,,
2. At Wismar, Soviet freighters loaded 40 Diesel en,ines from
Buckau Wolff. They also loaded lathes and milling machines,
with medical stores and bandages for Korea.
3. Large quantities of the best quality of Dobbelmann tobacco
are being smuggled into Yostock and
distributed to Berlin and Saxony, Some mach.iner for
packing fish is also being smuggled in
4. Six drifters were delivered to Soviet crews by the
Stralsund Volkswerft on 3 Tttarch. Trawlers
have completed their trials and are ready for
delivery. Their screws make 480 r.p.m. at top speed
and 150 ra o.:l. at the slowest. The first uartermast~::
is Karl Settich,
the second quartermaster is z The ca, a n
is Otto Schill The f3.-ti-st
quartermaster is Sc. u n
rani er has been launched, but her machine.'y has
not yet been installed. The salvage ship "Polar,",
formerly "Bremen" is to be ready before the end If the
month. The new basin is being dredged to a depta of
12 M.
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Three tugs of 400 hp each are to be delivered to the
Soviets from Rosslau at the end of March or the
beginning of April. A freighter of 600 tons with two
300 hp n,. :!kaua-Wolff engines is being built for the
Soviet Union.
The See Polizei salvage ship Berger I is permanent)
stationed at Sassnitz0 Her captain is Krueger fnu
A strong wind drove the cutters
out of the harbor; both were wreeke on the
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shore between Sassnitz and Prorero the helmsman
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mistook the Arkona lighthouse for that at
Dornbusch and ran the ship hard aground, It was pulled
off on 23 February..
At Wolgast the six KS boats from the En elbrecht yard
were taken over by the See Polizei
The commanders of these craft came
from the officers' school at Parow, The top speed of the
boats is 22.5 knots. Experiments are being conducted
near Sassnitz on 21 February
and tore her bottom between rames 11 and 15, The craft
reached the entrance of Sassnitz harbor under her own
power, and was then salvaged. Her captain was arrested..
The minelayer "Fuerstenberg" left the Stralsund
Volkswerft on 27 February for her trials, Her speed by
no means corresponded to the power developed by her two
300 hp Buckau-Wolff engines, and it is believed the
trouble lies in her screws. Picket boat
is also in for overhaul, to have her hull strengthened
and the mountings for her engines replaced. The training
cutter of the Parow See Polizei School does not have as
previously reported two 300 hp engines, but two 100 ip
Buckau-Wolff machines, At present, courses in torpedo
firing are being given aboard this ship. The See Polizei
now have 18 KS boats, 5 picket boats, 1 training cutter,
1 tanker, 1 KS training boat, 1 cable ship, 1 M boat,
1 salvage vessel, 1 former fishing cutter and 2 wooden
cutters, besides the sailing yacht "Hirondelle." The
ships "Wismar" and "Dorsch" are under construction.
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