KLAIPEDA HARBOR AND PORT INSTALLATIONS

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• Publication Date: May 16, 1952
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
SUBJECT Elaipeda Harbor and Port Installations
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keather and Tide Conditions
L. There are no tides in Klaipeda harbor and surrounding area. Occasionally
is a small swell of a feet inches, but it is too small to be significant.
2. The swell conditions of the sea in the sumer in the Klaipeda area range
from three to four belle. The swell conditions of the sea in the Walter an
awing average six balls. The same conditions prevail in the fall.
.1. The wind in this area during the Oster prevails from the east, ranging from five
to six belle; in the fall the wind prevails from the west. Winds during the
sumer shift from west, northwest, and north, and are approximately three b.c
The port is never frozen during the winter. At times there are free, one to tie
inches of ice in the harbor area but it is not sufficient to halt operations.
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of the Nieman River which enters the Kurische Gulf.
Approach to Klaipeda Harbor and Navigation Aids
The center of the approach charnel, from the entrance to !aateeda harbor,
beginang at the end of the quays, to a point about 5542.40N, is deep enough
to permit the entrance of vessels which have a draft up to eight meters. Alopg_lide
of the north quay the depth varies from two to five meters. The depth alongside
the south quay varies from two to three meters. From the =anemia' harbor are"
ships with a draft up to A meters can sell south in the Kurische rhilf? The
safest part of this channel, the widest and the deepest, is along the northeast
side of the Gulf. Sources etated that there is a weak etterent now along the
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Baltic coastline in this area from south to north,elt is necessary to dredge
this channel the year around and dredges are at wrk every day. There is one
dredging vessel stationed here.
6. Attachment No. 1 shove several navigation aide in the Klaepeda harbor and itee
approaches. Feint "Ae on the sketch indicate the approximate location of a,
buoy. A second buoy is located appeerimateey 33 nautical miles west of tie
buoy at point "An, These buoys extend two meters above the water and are
painted red. A rapid blinking (or 'or about three seconds and off for a
fraction of -a second) red light is atop eath buoyee These lights are on 24
a day.- The power unit for the light on each buoy is changed about every these
months. ? Point "C" on Attachment Ns. 1 shows another red light situated an
the extreme end of the north qeay. Point "D" Indicates the location of a green
light at the extreme end of the south. quay. Both Of the above lights Meek
quickly; faster than the lights on the two buoys.. Paint eBe on Attachment Nee
1 is the location of a tomer on which a, light burns as, a navigation aid for
&ships.
25X1I 1thie tower is constructed of lased and is not more
than 12 meters high. 'Wires running from the tower to the coastal battery
installation (see paragraph el below) and to the north are visible. One of
the sources has seen men with binoculars in the -hover looking out. toward the
ocean.
Wrecks and Obstructions in the Harbor and Approaehee
7. Point NIP on Attachment NO. 1 is the approximate leeation (one nautical mile
from Kerische Nehrung )where a large bargee enek clueing Nbrld War II, Ilea.
Point "Fe on Attachment No. I indicates the location (about i mile from shore)
of a cutter which was sunk during the war.
Dredging of Klaipeda Heftier
a. The dredging of Elaipeda harbor and it& approaches started in the spring of
1951 and has continued to the present. The dredging work performed wasapprox-
imately from the ends of the cove to a point about 55-42-42N. Tee dredging
boats are engaged in this weeks and they utilise tvo or three barges for the
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removal of the material dredged. The mork is only carried on during daylight
hours. At night the dredging boats are anchored at approximately leant *GA -
on Attachment No. 1. From the time the dredging began in the spring of 1951,
the dredging boats left About twiee to do "more important work" in impaya or
Stalingrad. On these, occasions the boats were absent from Klaipeda for one
or two weeks before returning to resume their dredging there.
Dred4:13g Near Kuriscbe Nehrulg
9, In March 1951 work was completed in the dredging of a cove on the eastern
shore of Kurieche Pehrung? at approximately 55-38N.
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25X1 Ire work was begun"in 1947;
L.. cu. ... or tne eurische Nebrung is of semicircular shape. It is about
wore was begum, . the fall of 1950.1 The
200 meters vide at the mouth, and About 350 linters from the center of the
mouth to the extreme western end of the cove.' Apier, about 15 meters lone'
and li meters wide, is on the 'north bank ef the oeve?.beginning at ite mouth..
The banks of the, cove are reinforced with tarred beams, driven into the ground.
See Attachment No. 2 for a sketch of the cove, The-numbers In the cove and the
adjoining haft, as represented in Attachment Pb, 2, fIldloate the:,', approximate
water depth in meters. This man,made cove 1 presently used for holding
disabled -ships, primarily fishing traWlers? awaiting repair by. the Sudo Remont
Shipyard, since there is no sufficient space near the shipyard itself to
quarter the disabled Ships.
Sudo Hemont,Shipyard 5
10. The facilities of the Sedo Remont Shipyard which were damaged during the war
have been completely reconstructed,
I' At the present tient the shipyard is construstANOWhem fishing trawler,,
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while the repair work encompases SS-ton and 220-tan fishing trailers, barges
ocutteraP (similar to PT boats), and multifarious other small craft.
12. Attachment No. 3 is a aketch (not drawn to Ocale and the dimenmions are only
approximate) of theSudo Bailout Shipyard, showing various facilities. With
reference to the new building under construction in the southwestern section
25X1 of the shipyard,I 1800-ton steel fishing vessels will be
constructed in this new building. These fishing vessel, are to be of a type
which can be easily converted to warships. With regard to the status of the
building's construction, the walls have been completed and work was in
progress on thereof.
Shipyard for Repair of Ships5
11. In the spring of 1948 two floating docks from Kaliningrad were towed to the
Shipyard for the Repair of Ships in the port of Klaipela. These are the only
floating docks in the harbor. They are used to repair the bottoms of fishing
trawlers, change propellor screws, and scrape the barnacles and the growth
from the bottoms. Their tonage in 250 registered tons. Electric power is
used to pump the water from the docks in order to raise the dock. The number
of ships for repair is very largeitands as ships from /epgya and Kaliningrad
are also repaired here, they are not able to cope with the work.
14. The Shipyard for the Repair of Ships began work in 1946. A new building of
the workshops was completed in 1949. There are about 1200 employees in this
shipyard. A technical school in Klaipsda trains metal workers and other
specialists for this section. The administration of the shipyard is in Soviet
hands but the sources do not know the names of any of these individuals. The
number of ships in the shipyard increases and decreaees? but on the average
there are always about 70 trawlers,
15. In 1950 the construction of a medium size fishing trawler named Soviet
Lithuania was completed, but it did not pass the register's test because
cirrgErcal defects and did not put to sea either in 1950 or 1951. The Soviets
fitted the trawler with tank engines of Soviet production "Trail Shouts.
These engines have 1200 Rittbut were not fitted with a propellor screw of
corresponding sise. The result was that when the the trawler sailed without a
tug in tow it had speed and was efficienti but when a tug was in twit could
not move from the spot. In spite of this, construction of similar vessels vas
continued.
16. Three neditni sized fishing trawlers are under conetructien. 25X1
25X1 I Ithe future plans of the shipyard. The shipyard in Alaipeda
is directly dependent on the Lithuanian Ministry of the Fishing Industry.
The work lf the shipyard in to repair all fishing trawlers belonging to the
Lithuanian as well as the Latvian and Kaliningrad fishing industries.
Construction of a New Shlobuildina lard
17. Construction work on this new shipbuilding yard was begun in 1948 but work
proceeded very slowly. It accelerated in 1950, and in /951 construction of
the yard was 1WP be completed. The work was carried on by prisoners wifesmerked
from welt working-th?late at night.. They =mbar about 800-900 men, The
construction site is surrounded by a barbed wire tense and no unauthorized
person is permitted to enter. Nhtehmen are plaited at abort intervals to
sward this district. Relokrys (fnu), the director of the naval school in
Klaipsda, mentioned that this would be the largest shipbuilding yard in the
Baltic, It will have a large dry-doek and will construct ships excluvively
for the fishing industry,
Commercial Port
go The commercial port of Klaipsda harbor is located on the east side of the
larische Gulf. It is approximately 21 kilometers in length and terminates
in the south on the north bank of the Dangle River. The width of the Gulf
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in the vicinity-of the commercial port is one kilometer?
19. The commercial port is a restricted zone and it is forbidden to enter this zone.
The entire area is guarded by armed sentries and is surrounded by brick and
cement fences 2i meters in height. I lthe 25X1
definite number of warehouses in the commercial port area but believe that there
are not leas than six. These warehouses are serviced by a spur line teeing from
the Klaipeda Ehin Station. The warehouses have been constructed since the
end of the mar and are of various sizes and types of constructions but in
gereeal they are quite large, an opportunity to enter 25X1
the forbidden sone of the port and all observations were made from a fishing
cranes mounted along the piers of the port which were on rails.
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vessel while passing the dock area.
estimated the height of the largest crane to be 18 meters. The petroleum 25X1
storage area for the commercial port is located on the north end of the
25X1 forbidden zone I ghere were 3.2 storage tanks in
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all. Six were above ground and the der mere underground. These storage
tanks were about 10 meters in diameter and four to five meters in height.,
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Felir eort
20. The following main offices are in the d! strict of the fishing portt
a. The Administration of the Fishing Port
b. The Administration of the Trawler Fleet
c. The Chief of Security. (for prevention of fire and theft of fish this office
is under the, supervision of the Administration of the Fishing Port).
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The offices of the Administration of the Fishing Port and the Administration.
of the Trawler Fleet were, until autumn 19J9,in the district, of the. Shipyard.
for the Repair of Ships. When the number of ships for repair and ships brought
in for berthing increased (12 such ships were received from Finland in 1949'
for reparations 'segments), the, above-mentioned offices had to be transferred
feom this, district because of the, lack of apaee. They were subsequently moved
to Nemunas Street NO. 113, where meatfactories were formerly located. Atter
the transfer of these offices a new was built in 1950, as there was none,
in this area. Only about. 80 percent of the doek is completed because of the
lack of timber, Prisoners are employed on the construction. In additions
a fish receiving station is being built, in the fishing port and also a
canning factory. !bre than half of the work on these constructions is completed,
These workers are also prisoners,
224 The Administration of the Fishing. Pert controls al/ fishing vessels. it. insures
e vessel's seauorthiness) it governs the licensing of the captain and the first,
second, and third mechanics. It also checks Whether the ships are equipped
with the proper and necessary naval instruments and whether these are defective,
It checks emergency supplies, such as nails, towe planks, plasters fire equipment,
etc.
23. Special permission is needed for entering the district of the, fishing port.
Such permission, is issued by the permit, office of the fishing port. The district
of the fishing port can only be, entered through the control points, where every
permit is checked. The harbor control, point for the trawler fleet is located
on the curt aide of Neringa Point. This Point is a forbidden zone -where only.
25Xlmi14.tary personnel are permitted. Itihe only official naval
vessels which came, to this area, regularly were hydregrephie ships. There is a.
special pier and docking point located on the nerth hank of the tangle River
approximately one kilometer from the mouth.
24 All ships of the flahing and commercial fleet mmet pass the Control Pointe
*here they are thoroughly:checked. Every. corner, of the Ship it- searched, the
officials checking whether unauthorized personnel are on board. The inspection
is made by a customs officer and one sergeant, They are b4lleted in Klaipeds
and are on. duty 24 hours a day.
25, Lavizin (fnm)?%to was Assistant to the Chieferpf the Trawling FleeIPolitical
Affairs Section, was discharged and the position is milli Vasant.'
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26. Beeaw3e of the expansion of the trawler fleet and the increased demand for
petroleum fuel, a crude oil station was berat-in 1948 to away the trawlers,
independent of the oommereial port from 'which they lere formerly supplied.
This station also supplies the ships with lebrieating oil, water, and mai.
27. A petroleum storage area for the fishing fleet is located l kilometers !teeth
of the Dangle River. There are approximately 50 email storage tanks located in
this area. These tanks are about three meters in diameter and five meters in
height. The tanks are arranged in rows in a geometrical pattern. This storage
area services the fishing fleet of about 100 vessels. I 'the 25X1
fuel for these tanks is brought in by rail and barge, and they believe that these
barges originate in Kaliningrad but they are not certain. The fuel is transferred
by electric and hand pumps. The petroleum storage area in the commercial port is
guarded by Soviet soldiers. This is in addition to the overall external security
of the port area itself.
Hydrographic Pier
28. The pier for the hydrographic ships is the only official naval facility in
Klaipeda. At times there were as many as eight vessels belonging to this
organization tied up at the hydrographic port on the Dangle River. The organ-
ization maintains the buoys, light beacons, general markers, and construction
markers in Klaipeda harbor and vicinity.
Shore Drydocke
29. At the present time there are no shore drydocks in the Klaipeda area but
construction is projected.
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25X1 30. about eight or nine storage tanks above ground, as well
as "some" underground tanks. The tanks above ground have diameters of abeut
10 feet and lengths varying from about 20 feet to about 40 feet. (See 25X1
Attachment No. 4 for a sketch of these tanks.) A funnel for filling each tank
is located on top of it. The larger tanks have tem funnels. At the bott_,om
of an end of each tank is a faucet, presumably for draining purposes.
25X1 rine information as to the number, size, description, etc., of the undergreunl
facilities,
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POint "Mu on Attachment No, 1 is the approximate location of three storage tanks
for petroleum products. The height of the tanks' is about four meters, and the
diameter is about five meters. The tanks are coated with concrete. They are
located about 30 meters from the water (between the water and the first row
of (metal guns - see paragraph 51 below) and are spaced about 30 meters apart,
The southernmost tank is about 50 meters from the southeastern end of the coastal
battery restricted area,
Warehouses
32. There are about 30 warehouses in the eastern end of the Tort area. In terms
of size and construction features, there are three types of arehouees. The
number and description of each type is as follows
a. There are two or three concrete-walled etrtictures? one story high, about
180 meters long and 40 to 50 meters wide, These warehouses are the
oldest, having been built in pre#4orld War II days.
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The second category of warehouses eensists of fits to six buildings about
'360 meters long, but mealier in width and height than the ones described
above. The structures in this second category are made from bricks salvaged'
from bomb rubble,
0# The smallest warehouses are In this third category, which includes ZO to
23 units. Theee bUildinge range in 4.041111r,from 30 to 50 meters. They are
construoted et red bricks or of wood.
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33. At the present, time there are no military warehouses located in the Itlaipeda
harbor area.
Lighthouse
34. The construction of a lighthouse mee started in 1950 and finished unwept for
the light. This lighthouse can be seen from a distance of five miles at sea.
Poser Station
35, An electric power station with a very high stack was under construction at
the end of 1950, and employed about 1,000 workers. This station will supply
the town of Klaipeda with power. The chimney of this power etation is of
great importance to navigation as it can be seen from a long distance. When
visibility is goods the stack can be seen from about 20 miles at sea, although
the. shore or buildings are not visible. A vessel can determine its position by
taking bearings on the stack.
The Saw MU Area
The saw niU area borders on the fishing port area. The saw mill employe about
300 workers. These are old Orthodox Russians who cane fru= Poland in 1946.
The saw mill is well supplied with mod material. logs are floated doom the
Newman River to the 'uric:eke Gulf. The processed timber is loaded into ears
and exported. The stem boiler in the mill was repaired in 1950 and now all
engines are driven by steam.
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37, The Fish Noshinat ims established in 1945. Mar the organisation of the
trawler fleet a receiving station was needed where trawlers could unload
their eateh for processing. The purpose of the station is to unload the
trawlers as quickly as possible after their return from the sea and to
process the fish before it spoils (draw and salt it). Both nen and women work
In the fish processing station; nen unload the trawlers, UAW proems the
fish. When the flak supply increased, a factory for the production of peeking
neterials, such as barrels and boxes, sea built for the export of fish and
supplied nay this station.
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teLluisase Paper Factories
348, After the retreat of the Gennep these factories were in a very bad condition.
Reconstruction was beton at ones after the occupation of Klaipeda by-the
Soviets, with the intention of utilising them to their full capacity. The
meckines were repaired, new moichines were installed, an additional building
win constructed; everything possible was done to start production. Thit
factories ars furnished with raw materials from the Lithuanian forests, lags
are floated doom the Woman River into the Kurische Gulf, and from there
directly to the quay of the cellulose paper factories.
Vireels in the Port of Mired&
39. The average number of commercial vessels putting into illaipeda harbor averages
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These 'vessels bring coal, machines, and cement.
40. ifintaajtere over 1.000 tons, smaller naval craft, and ednarines oecazdonally
dock in the pert of lattipeda. during one year five or 25X1
six zatenrines called at the harbor. At various intervals torpedo cutters
eame to the port and tied up at the monomial pier. It is net believed,
hoyarserit that any spgrealable repair or maintenance welt is carried on in this
area. There is no one area in the port which is ecalunively naval. Naval ships
wader 200 tons go up the Dangis River to approximately the paint indicated by
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of the minelayers anchor. Point IMP on the same attachment indicates the area
where submarines have been seen afloat.
41. The following harbor craft are available in Klaipeda:
a.Tugs: Three tugs are owned and operate:lb,. the cellulose factory.. The
port's coamercial dock area (in Lithuanian: Prekybos Hostas) has four
to five tugs in operation. The Sudo Remont Shipyaelleurtwo larger tugs
in. use. In addition to the above-mmotioned tags, whieh are permanently
stationed in Klaipeda? there are three or four transient tugs from other
areas, is., the Newnan River area.
b. Dredges: There are no dredges permanently stationed in Eleipeda. The two
presently making there are frau Leningrad.
e. Icebreakers: There are no icebreakers stational in Klaipeda, but every
minter one comes to Klaipeda from Leningrad. This icebreaker marks all
winter to keep the center part of the Haff clear. Some-tugs are utilized
to keep the water adjoining the dock areas clear of ice.
In 1949 the Lithuanian SSR received 12 ships from Finland an reparations, and
In 1950 an additional 19. Each ship is 88 registered tons, eith engines of
220 hp. from the Merlin firm. In addition, each ship is equipped with a small
gasoline motor ehich supplies the ship with electricity. The speed of them
vessels is about nine knots (1852.5 meters) per hour, their hulls are epode%
and each vessel iseanimed with a radio transmitter, receiver, and direction
finder. In addition, each ship earries two sextants, one artifice' horizon,
two compasses, a, mechanical Tbnison perpendicular, ',plummet, a manual
perpendicular, and two pitoneter logs. These 'easels are folly equipped to
sail the high eras.
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43. Fifteen trawlers were received from Germany in 1950. Each vessel is 220
registered tons; the wain engine ia 300 hp., with a aupplesacatazy Studebaker
100 hp. engine for supplying electricity for capstan, idnch, pulley block,etc.
"Sallee poorly refined crude oil., is used as fuel. Each vessel Is equipped
with a radio. The hulls of the vessels are of iron. These vessels are fit
for oceanic sailing and are in *sexy good condition.
44. In the beginning of 1951 an additions], five vessels of the same type as
nenti6ned La the above paragraph were received from Germany.
43, Inklayl-June 1951 several ships of Swedish manfacture were received. Their
tonnage is the same as that of the Finnish ships but the shape of the hull
differs. They are equipped with tir.etteke eycle oBailindero (Swedish mann-
facture) compressed air engines of 200 bp. Their speed is nine knots per hour.
46. The German IFK (Kraig* Fisch Sutter; ships, which were retained after the
retreat of the Germane, mere used for minesweepers. Their deck is armor plated,
the hulls are wooden, they one 120 hr. engine (trademark 'Mame), a
speed of 7.5 knots per hour, and are in had condition. The vessels carry no
sextant*, direction finder, or artifice' horizon.
47, The Administration of the Trawler Fleet euperwises more than 90 ships but only
about 30 are seaworthy. The Shipyard for the Repair of Ships is not able to cope
with the work and it is not done according to 'plan*. The reasdn for the
breakdown of the trawlers is very often the lack of specialists. The number s&
traMlers for repair is very large but no specialists are available and therefore
repairs are effected by mechanics ebo have little knowledge of the markt* be dons.
As long an a ship is able to sail She baa to go to sea, to fulfill the *gee,
slaw* the ship's meehanie would report that the engines are in need of ever-
Mainz or some repairs have to be made. Major breakdowns are the result and,
mbereasaship could have been repaired in seven days if the work bad been done
intim. it has to remain in repair fortes to three months.
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never sWir any submarine cable terminals, buoys, markings, etcvin the
Klaipeda area.
Nine Fields
they are positive that there are no mine fields in the
Klaipoda area. Nbreover, one sailed as far south as Gdynia,
Poland, and as far north as T'I ii nn Estonia,without seeing any mines.
The Third ?liuitia Section Harbor Police
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The Third Militia Section has to control thefts and brawls, check the apeartments
of the people living in this district, control the registration of the inhabit-
ants for this area, issue permits, register and de-register the Voyenny Bilet
Coastal Defense Unit
there is a coastal defenee unit located at the north end
of the harbor. This unit is pert of the Soviet Navy. Personnel 'wear naval
uniforms, dark blue with black shoulder boards piped in -ed. Th n only different
uniform. among the personnel is W-ie unifoem mern by the Richman (Approximates
the rank of 'warrant officer). A Michman wears shoulder boards similar te a
senior sergeant in the Soviet infantry. Personnel wear a black cap similar to
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that worn in the CS Havhubich has a white band with the lettering Beregrava
Oborona followed by the letters KBP in gold.
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Comment: It is believed that the L lstatment as to the date
oi work commencement is more accurate. This belief is held because, it is not
probable that a project of this scope could have been completed within a
maximum of About seven months (fall of 1950 through ?larch 1951),especially
since four of those months were in the Winter Ahen dredging and construction
foreee would have had to vie with inclement weather and the freezing of the
Kurische Haft.
Comment: For additional personalities of the Administration of
the Trawling eet,
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petroleum storage tanksait is impossible to state whether these tanks are
considered part of the petroleum storage facilities of the commercial and
fishing ports or not.
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TON DOMINI CORSAIRS INFORNATIO1 AFFECTING TEE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Of IN MONO STATES. MINIS NE NERNINNUFTITLE is, norms 753
AM Ng. OF TOE P.S. COOE. AS OMENGEO. 17S TWANNISSION Os REVE-
LATION OF IITS (INTENTS TO OR RECEIPT ST Al ONAOSIPONIZED mesas IS
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1.
Coastal Battery Area
The attachment shows the approximate dimensions (by seam of the broken line)
of the restricted area in which coastal batteries are located.
a. Security of the Area: This area is surrounded by a wire fence about one
25X1meter high. 'this fence is more of a warning to "keep
out" rather tnan a physical obstacle intended to prevent entrance into
the restricted area. Single guards, garbed in black uniforms, have been
observed walking in the restricted area.
10. Description and Disposition of Guns: The guns, of which there is a total of
about 200 have barrels five or six meters long. The guns are situated in
the section: of the restricted area that borders the Itrische Haff. There is
adistance of about 15 to 20 meters between the suns. The Enna emmonflaged
against air observation. j as a
result of only casual observation, that the guns are placed aymetrically
according to the following pattern:
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disagree as to the emplacement of these batteries:
that the guns are on flat ears standing on one of the railroad sidings
within the restricted zone; 1 lthere are railroad 25X1
tracksvdthin the restricted area, but he insistsrthat the guns have been
placed into excavations in the ground.' 1 Ifurther stated 25X1
that there are three or four guns on flat cars on rails within the restricted
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zone, but that these are slightly larger than the 20 guns placed in the
ground.
C. Tower in the Area: Slightly north of Point "B" on the attachment is a small
hill About seven or eight-meters higher than the surrounding area. On the
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summit of this hill, the cOnstkebtion of a 12-to 20-meter high red brick,
round tomer ia nearing completion. The tower has an enclosed, balcony=
Iikeproteberance around the circumference -of its top. -
6;;;:;:atward about one meter from the malls of theEtower proper, and has
25X1 the tower as having a nmshroom-like appearanee. This protuberance
three or four windows facing the Baltic See. 121s-tower
is being built to replace the wooden one at Point "BP on the attac nt. 25X1
25X1 I kaceavationa are being made in the sides of the
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hill beneath the tomer. The work is being done by Soviet Army labor battallon
soldiers. The excavations tunnel into the hill for an eriknown distance.
Their mouths are about two meters high and about three neters wide.
Observed this excavation work from the east end of the restricted zone and7
could see two tunnels under construction. I I also saw "sows" 25X1
trucks transporting bricks and cement, and two or three trucks carrying
unprocessed wooden beams, about the name size and shape as railroad ties,
to the construction project.
Coastal Area
2. Beginning at the north quay and running northward along the coast is a
restricted zone. The averagerdepth of the zone is about kilometer, although
it may vary from as much as one kilometer to leas than kilometer. The
attachment shows the approximate limits of this zone (area outlined by crosses
on the sketch).
aa Patrol of the Area: Armed soldiers, on foot or on horseback, patrol the
restricted zone. The guards are armed with rifles and wear black uniforms
and green caps of the coastal guards (in Lithuanian: pasienininkei).
b. Observation Towers: Feints "H" and "I" on the attachment each indicate a
coastal security tower. A third tomer is located about one kilometer north
of the tower at point "I". These towers are used for security observation
of the Baltic Sea watere bordering the Iithnentan coastline. The following
specific facts are available regarding these towers:
1.) Igoagfp Am indicated on the attachment the towers are located gene
near the water's edge. The approximate distance of the towers from the
water is 50=60 meters. Each tomer is atop a small rise in the ground.
There is a distanse of about one kilometer between the towers and from
the tower at Mint "H" to the north quay.
2.2 pescriPtion: The towers are about 3i meters high, constructed of wood,
and have a platform, with surrounding railings, on their tops. A small
one-sided shelter is on each platform.
3.) Equipment: There is one guard, garbed In a black uniform, in each tomer.
It is known that each guard is armed with a rifle, at least. A search=
light is on eachtomer. The lights on the tower at Points "Hr and the
third tower, north of point "I", have a radius of about 2i kilometers.
Point "Ire" tower has a weaker light_ - one with an effective distance
of about one kilometer. Telephone mires from the towers run to an
approximate point located 250 meters north of the third tower.
h.) Operation: The apparent purpose of each tomer is to observe and report
env unauthorized or unusual vessels in the Baltic, as well as observe
the shore. At 2200 hours each night, a sporadic search pattern with
the searchlights is commenced. The light beams make a half-circle
from one side of the tomer (at times projecting the light upon the
neighboring tomer) towards the Baltic and stopping at the opposite side
0 the tower. The use of these lightemntinueszmal about damn.
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There is no schedule or pattern governing the use of these lights
the guards evidently circle the lights at their mill. The use of these
lights des e however have one outstanding idiosyncrasy e under no
circumstances will the search pattern be begun before 2200 hours. This:
is true regardless of when darkness begins or regardless of any other
factors affecting visibility.
c. Neteorolagintal Station: Point "J" on the attachment indicates the location
Of a meteorological station. This installation consists of one concrete
walled building about_ eight meters square, surrounded by a steel fence.
This station concerns itself with wind and weather conditions in the Baltic.
Such data is disaeminated to all ships. One coastal guard is in evidence
at all times.
ds Coastal Secnrity. Staff Installation: This "staff" of the coastal security
system north ofElaipeda is apparently the communinations *enter and command
center of the area. The installation consists of three buildings surrounded
by barbed wire fencing. Armed guards walk Within the enclosure. Wires
connecting this installation, and the three coastal observation towers to the
south of it are visible. There are about six or seven men stationed at this
installation.
e. Barracks for Coastal Personnel: Point "K" on the attachment shows the location ,
of the installation that houses the coastal securitypersonnel assigned to
the area north of Elaipeda. There are about 300 to 400 nen stationed here.
f. Tabor Battalions Point "L" on the attachment indicates the location of the
quarters for an army labor battalion. This group is doing the work on the
tomer described in paragraph leo. above.
Air Patrols
3. There are no air patrols in the vicinity of Klaipeda. However.
25X1'there are four single-engine Soviet Navy seaplanes stationed in
6aipeda. These aircreft have twin pontoons and a three-bladed propellere
They are loweminged monoplanes with a single tail. These aircraft mould normally
take-off in the morning and head out over the Baltic Sea on normal patrol
25X1 missions, this aviation organization is not an independent
Unit in Klaipeda, but is attached to a parent. organization in SOEA other Dort*
There are no barracks for this aviation personnel; they live in the city of
Klaipeda.
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Sea Patrols
4. "Getters", similar to PT boats, patrol the Baltic Sea. These boats are manned
by the MVD coastal security forces. The patrol boats are about 70 tons in weight
and have small guns mounted on their bows. The speed of the boats is about 20 to
25 nautical miles per hour. If the weather is good, the boats patrol as far out
as about 25 nautical miles ,from shore; homever, the boats are not on the move
all the time6 At times, especially at night, they remain in one spot Per a
25X1 period of tie. 'generally the sea patrol of the coastal
area is "very good, - On the average there are two to four patrol boats in the
area of Klaipeda at all times, ?
Attachment: Sketch showing the location of the restricted zone and coastal
defenses in Kiaipedas
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Naval Information on the Ports of Tallinn and
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF TUC UNITED STATES, W ITH I N THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECT IONS 793
HMO 194, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
FANNIN 1TED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROM IBITED.
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Soviet Marines in Tallinn
maeleee in Tallinniuhere there
are pe,manmt marirP 1),-1.-. The only I.etinguishier factor between the marines
and the Soviet Navy iD ',hat the marines had black shoulder boards with the
letters nnpu .3nscribed. These letGere eerr eeld colored ane of metal, There
is no piping on the aholiLler boards. The ranks ehoen on the shoulder
boards are exactly the 5;').11e as tho forr, army. I Ithey
saw marines in the new harbor area 4leey day for a period of 2i months. This
unit is permanently stationed here and. the barracks are located at the east
of the east end of the new harbor in Tallinn.
Submarine Cables
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Estonia, in July 1950. These nets were stacked On a. dock in Tallinn. They -
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Soviet Naval Vessel Observed in Tallinn
3. During a visit to Tallinn ea abeeb :9-30 July 190.
a Soviet Naval veueel with an unusual seperetructure. The ship in question
was a annish craft that had been turned over to the Seviete as a reparations
payment. The name of the ship when it had bee). Finnish was Viburg. 1 I
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\libua'g wad about 2000 tons and the appeoeimate size of a light cruiser, but
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superstructure all appeared normal with the exception that an unusually high,
beam?like appendage protruded upward from the center of the ship. The beam
is a d,i1219 dark green c:)lor and source believes it to be made of metal. The
uppr twu meters of the beam were covered on all sides with unknown protuberances.
Attached is a sketch showing the general appearance of this abnormal portion
of the superstructule and its si.ze compared with the length of the vessel.
At the time source ..aw the vessel, it was anchored in Tallinn harbor, a distance
of about one nautical mile from source. Since that time, source has not seen or
heard, of any similar ship.
3,-.:rge shipyards, which are restricted areas, e]iist in
Kaliningrad. a man who had worked there as a con?
struction engineer before moving to Klaipeda, Lithuania. This engineer also
indicated that wages and working conditions for skiAled personnel are very
good in the Kaliningrad shipyards. In addition, he revealed that many large
naval vessels (500 tons and over), and a small number of smaller naval craft,
were being constructed in Kaliningrad.
Attachmentg Sketch of Solriet ship observed in Tallinn.
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