SHIP SIGHTINGS AND INSTALLATIONS IN THE GDYNIA-GDANSK AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 13, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The visiting ship passed Hel on the way to Gdansk (Danzig) on 24 February 1955.
The ship passed Rozewie (Rix) eth) at a distance of about one nautical mile. To
the west of the Rozewie light were two radio masts placed in a line perpendicular to
the coaoBetween the masts was a prism antenna. At a short distance west of the
masts was a square. stone tower o,, which was placed a mast with-a signal arm (see
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Ship Sightings and Installations in ` DATE DISTR.
the Gdynia-Gdansk Area
2. At Hel -a , oviet tugboat of about 10
lighter in tow. The coursetbf the tug was northeast.
outside of Gdynia a rig with two high steel masts. They
had a hat-like object, a pe . Around the two masts were many shorter masts
which may have been counterbalances. The position of the layout was just north of
Gdynia on a high bank (see annex).
~a submarine passed) The submarine was 25X1
flying a flag with two stripes. The stripe on the top was red and that on the bottom
white. There was a five-pointed star in the red portion of the flag. The Sub-
marine was not very long. It was estimated at 40 meters long. The bow was
almost vertical. The deck had no superstructure whatsoever. The stern fell away
at an angle and often something became visible immediately behind the perpendicular.
The submarine was about 50 meters away and no sounds were heard, but there was an
exhaust smoke coming out from the side of the deck just before the point where the
deck began to slant down toward the stern. From the horizontal view the conning
tower was constructed in the form of a drop. It was about the height two men and
about square in the vertical view; however, the uppermostI.ortion ab one-half
on the leads e d g e , was slightly curved inwards.- .7- There were no guns of any kin se-on a er on the deck or on the tower.
There three men in the tower who could only be distinguished from the chest
up. submarine was on its way toward Gdynia.
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the Ciornica Basin on a northeasterly s ee, There was a large Polish tug-
boat approaching from the south side of the basin on its way out, (See photo),
A fast-moving boat wa observed on 25 February. It was lying just west of the
Gdynia-Gdansk route, It was flush-decked but
fell off somewhat toward the bow. The bow itself was vertical. A short bridge 25X1
was forward of amidships. A mast with a signal arm and many signal flags was
placed in the middle of the bridge. No torpedo tubes were seen. There were two
antiaircraft guns, one on the afterdeck -rid one on the foredeck. The guns which
were manned by three men each were secured in the vertical position. The barrels
were estimated to have the thickness of an arm,.
5. A similar boat as described above was seen east of the Gdynia-,Gdansk route and
still farther to the east, two more were on a course toward the west,
6. After the visiting ship had passed the buoy at Gdynia on the way to Hel
a tugboat towing a submarine on a course tcv and Gdynia.
7,Also observed was a vessel Ion a course toward Gdynia, On the way out of
Gdynia toward Hel, the ship met a depot ship painted gray,, It had the appearance
of a naval vessel It was about 1500
It was apparently a built-over s eam re g ter
with one stack and one mast on the superstructure,which was rather tall. There
were three men on the bridge. On the stern there were a number of davits that
hung out over the sides,
8. The visiting ship passed Hel early in the evening on 25 February. For the
next six hours there was lively activity with searchlights '.n an easterly
direction. The searchlights were pointed up into the air. There were four
searchlights in all,
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