PORT OF KHERSON

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO,
COUNTRY USSR(Black Sea)
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SUBJECT Port of Kherson PAGES 2
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, W I T H I N 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.
DATE DISTR. 30 December 1952
NO. OF ENCLS. 1 (Attachment 1
(LISTED BELOW) only to Q)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
except.as noted-
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Upon the arrival of a foreign ship at Kherson, the harbor pilot and
officials from the Health Authority, Police,and Customs come aboard.
For the formalities of being admitted to pratique, the master of the
ship must submit five lists of the personnel aboard, two copies of
the supplies.carried,and two separate copies, listing the money and
new clothes, women's apparel especially, that are on board. 'fhe.
authorities also check for arms and munitions on the ship. After the
documents have been examined, the crew is gathered in one place and
the ship is searched thoroughly. The binoculars are usually sealed.
Some soldiers are always- posted on the quay to keep the ship under
surveillance. while in port,and during the night, an armed motorboat
rolls alongside.
2. At departure,.,the officials from the Police and Customs return aboard
and conduct the visit of inspection. At that time they recheck the
money and break the seal on the binoculars. The ship is then escorted
as far as Odessa by a Police officer, his subaltern ,
came the pilot who
came aboard at Odessa.
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The loading of the ship and the business transactions are taken care
of by Inflot and Eksportkhleb.
At Kherson, the quay on the right bank of the Dnepr is constructed
of wood and stone; from the grain elevator to the Harbor Master's
office, the quay is wood on the outer part while the inner part is
stone. There were five cranes mounted on the stone part and these
are indicated at 1 on Attachment 1. The depth alongside is twenty
feet. The building which is near the grain elevator and is shown
on the attachment is reported to be an electric station.
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South of this quay, where the Koshevaya flows'into the Dnepr there
is a public square with a large building which houses the Harbor
Master's office as well as the Inflot offices.
6. Both banks of the Koshevaya have wooden quays where river craft can
tie up.
7. Between the Kosheva a and another navigable canal further to the south,
.there is an island[ I In the southern
part of the island there is an inlet which is a,restricted area,, end
an area on shore which may be an arsenal and is`likewise restricted.
The latter is shown on Attachment 1 by broken lines.
Oa hull was under construction there; it was about 250Q to
was on runways, parallel to the shore. Because of the narrowness of
the water surface in front of it, this ship will probably be launched
sideways. his is the type of launching that is usually employed in
river shipyards. Near the hull there were three tall flexible-arm
cranes,, shown at D on Attachment 1.
On the south side of the island at B, thereyaas a graving dock of
about 5,000 tons capacity.. Nearby at A there was a 10,000 ton capacity
floating drydock, constructed of reinforded concrete and composed
of two parts.
this island.is known as Fidonisi (sic)
Island and that its only inhabitants are soldiers.
several warehouses or sheds with red roofs but no installed
armaments. In the southern inlet there was observed a tug armed
with a machine. gun. The latter was, towing a 'barge on, which there
were many soldiers.
jouthwest of this island,. going towards Odessa, there was a fuel depot.
It was composed of six tanks, each with a capacity of about 1,000 tons
and each probably connected to the interior with a subterranean
pipeline. There was a wharf at the depot where river tankers of
1,000 to 2.,000 ton capacity could come alongside to take on a cargo
of oil.
Uontinuing towards Odessa, a river
barge being towed by a tug. The barge was transporting cases of munitions.
At Kherson, on the left bank of the Dnepr there
were. two wet- basins that were artificial; each :waa about ..1OO` X. 1r4.m,
In these docking basins were anchoreu TCL and various other river
craft. , The land between the two artificial wet basins was--bejng
leveled at. the time source: observed it. This whole area .s' shown
Attachment la Sketch Map of the Port of Kherson and Adjacent Islands,
Comment.- This is the first report that any excavation had
been done on these inl t or small bas .on the left side of the Dnepr
at Kherson. reports them
as being natural and irregularly formed, emphasizing that there was no evi-
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