NAVAL VESSELS AT LENINGRAD AND KRONSHTADT

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CIA-RDP82-00457R013200170010-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 20, 2016
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January 31, 2006
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10
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Publication Date: 
August 8, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13200170010-0 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION INFORMATION REPORT REPORT COUNTRY USSR (Baltic) SUBJECT Naval Vessels at Leningrad and Kronahtadt NO. OF PAGES .2 DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, W I T H I N THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 193 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. 25X1 1, Leningrad I f,]Lowing vessels at the Bal.tiyskiy Zavod shipyard: as A cruiser on the west building ways, It was equipped with four triple turrets, which were being installed Other outfitting work was also in progress. The cruiser appeared to be ready for early launching. b. A cruiser under construction on the center. building ways. The frame had been erected and installation of the plates was in progress but had not yet reached deck height. c. On the east building ways no work was in progress. The ways were completely empty. - d. The O abrskaya Revolutsiya was undergoing repairs by the equipment wharf, together with another very large hull, which may possibly have been the ex Martt, (sic). 2.. Along the wharf on the south side of the Marti shipyard a newly-constructed unpainted ship, which may possibly have been a large destroyer, was undergoing fitting. The ship apparently had, been launched quite recently, and the turrets were not yet installed. No ships under construction could be observed at the Zhdanov shipyard. Kronshtadt, A destroyer, marked 1739 was moored to the wharf. The forecastle deck terminated with a sheer amidships. In other respects the ship was of the usual type. CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY NAVY 25X1 25X1 DATE DISTR. 8 August 1952 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS. IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Fr Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13200170010-0 Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013200170010-0 SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY -2- 50 A destroyer was observed under way outside Kronshtadto It was 25X1 new: -built and hacdt a m ern appearance and a straight deck line It moved through the newly-formed ice without 25X1 difficulty and at a good spe ed, while the ordinary ice breakers had some 25X1 trouble in making their way. Both destroyers had two smokestacks, of which the forward one was somewhat larger and taller than the after. Both had tripod masts forward of the smokestacks, SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2006/02/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R013200170010-0