ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD, ALGERIA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 21, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT
MERS EL KEBIR NAVAL BASE AND S PYARD, ALGERIA
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: ARMS TRANSSHIPMENT ACTIVITY INVOLVING
THREE SOVIET MERCHANT SHIPS IS OBSERVED AT THE BASE.
2. (SWN) REMARKS: A LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP, PRESENT
IS AT THE QUAY WITH A DECK 25X1
CARGO WHICH INCLUDES TWO AIRCRAFT CONTAINERS. IN ADDITION,
THREE PROBABLE FISHBED FUSELAGE CONTAINERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON
TRANSPORTERS ON THE QUAY SINCE THE NUMEROUS 25X1
VEHICLES AND PIECES OF EQUIPMEINi ARE ALSO ON THE QUAY, MOST
FROM PREVIOUS SHIPMENTS (GRAPHIC 1).
(Still) THE OTHER TWO SOVIET VESSELS, A LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS
MERSHIP AND AN AKADEMIK TUPOLEV-CLASS ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF (RO/RO)
SHIP ARE OFFSHORE. THE LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP HAS AT
LEAST TWO AIRCRAFT CONTAINERS AND FIVE TRUCKS ON DECK, WHICH
WERE NOT DISCERNIBLE WHEN THE VESSEL WAS FIRST
OBSERVED. THIS UNIT IS GETTING UNDERWAY, POSSIBLY TO DOCK AT
THE QUAY. THE AKADEMIK TUPOLEV-CLASS RO/RO SHIP, WHICH HAS
PROBABLY ARRIVED HAS DECK CARGO WHICH
INCLUDES ONE FLOGGER FUSELAGE CONTAINER AND NINE FLOGGER
COMPONENT CONTAINERS (GRAPHIC 2).
(SWN) All AKADEMIK TUPOLEV RO/RO SHIP WAS REPORTED ON A WESTERLY
TRANSIT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA THE 25X1
VESSEL HAD DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA FROM NIKOLAYEV 25X1
WITH A DECK CARGO REPORTED AS THREE FLOGGER TYPE A CONTAINERS,
THREE KITE-BRACED AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATED CONTAINERS, AND SIX
FLOGGER ASSOCIATED CONTAINERS. NFOIO SMA 290-82 201547Z
OCT 82. (SECRET 25X1
(SWN) A LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL-CLASS MERSHIP (THE "METALLURG
ANOSOV") REPORTEDLY DEPARTED THE BLACK SEA
WITH A DECK CARGO OF TWO FRESCO AIRCRAFT CONTAINERS, ONE
POSSIBLE FISHBED CONTAINER, AND ADDITIONAL VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT.
NFOIO SMA 290-82 201547Z OCT 1982. (S/
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