GDYNIA HARBOR

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• Publication Date: October 21, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELUG ENCE AGENCY REPORT
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Polnnz. DATE DISTR. 21 October 1958
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PROCESSING COPY
1. A alteteh shoving tba layout of Gdynia garbor
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CLA str(CA'3'ION
COUNTRY Polish occupied German
SUBJECT Gdy vii Harbor
REPORT
PLACE AC.QUMD
LAST REPORT ON SUBJECT
(U .tp 1k b1+)
DATE OF M WORT 6 August. i9'
sketch R. .th lager yd ditto
iay t sketch o Gdynia Harbor,
I enj. Fo eketc& and lega d, co Anrex~
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Lestend
(Completed: 31 May 1958)
Note: Worn-abbreviatione, see last page of legend
1. SShiy a g (will be handled separately)
A. Dockyard in Oksyvyie (Oxhoeft), Polish name:
S.tocania 'Marynarski Wojenniy; repair yard for
naval vessels
B. Fishery shipyard, Polish name: Stoesnia Aybacka
and/or Gdynska Stocania Remontowa; (former naive,
which is frequently used: Remobtowa?0beluga
Statkov a R.O.S.); construction of .fishing cutters,
repair yard.
C. Gdynia Main Shipyard., Polish name: Stocania?Imienia
K many Paryskiej; shipyard for'eo traction, repair and
fitting-out of naval and merchantVeseele.
2; Okamig (xho)Naval, Base., Harbor Besina X and IX
Woiennv Bases Nos 1 and
1. Battery with 6 mobile AA guns of medium caliber,
located at improved emplacements without top cover;
adjacent to -the south: 3 old earth-mound emplacements,
occasionally occupied.
2. Battery with at least 2 well-camouflaged guns of medizmn
caliber, located in a stone casemate.
2a. Five wooden temporary buildings including 4 accomodating
civilian personnel and 1 personnel of radio station
(gee legend to sketch, item No 32 a) andmembers of guard
detail for battery (see legend-to sketch, item No 1)
2b. Barracks area of naval guard battalion ("Barracks 1894")
including 4 temporary barracks, I ration supply depot,
1. clothing depot, 3. garage, 1 headquarters building;
2 small ammunition houses (infantry ammunition) are
located outside'the barbed-wire area, that is near the
battery (see legend to sketch, item No'1).
2c. Brick buildings billeting the naval construction
battalion.
2d. Three-story naval baker;
3. Torpedo range; wooden bridge approximately 400 meters
long, for vehicles of up to about 5 tons, and 1 crane
with approximately 3-ton carrying capacity.
4. Torpedo depot and torpedo test station with underground
torpedo and ammunition dumps, workshops, etc., and a
school for regular NCOs in,the terrain.
4a. Well-camouflaged gun 'emplacement with, at least 1 gun
of unidentified caliber M.
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4b. Naval fuel dump built into steep Mope
5. Four four- to five-story buildings with offices and
billets, probably for minesweeping flotilla, coastal
protection unit and speedboats.
6,. Boiler house
7 Artillery workshops of the navy (Zaklady Artilery j ski e
Mar.Woj..), administration building, workshop-building
(archives in southern portion), repair shop, gun depot,
precision mechanics workshop and range.
7a. Area with depots and workshops.
8. Former German bunker (gas protective equipment dump ?),
location inaccurate
9. Former German bunker, probably used by a coastal
protection unit; location inaccurate.
10. Depot and workshop for nautical and other precision
instrumanta.(probably part of artillery workshops, see
legend to sketch, item No 7).
ii Steam crane, with approximately 3-ton carrying capacity.
12. Headquarters building of coastal protection unit (OWR),
possibly also of "Naval Harbor and Supply Seruice"
(special :snit in charge of general service in the r,*val
harbor, of the duties of a military harbor captain, and
of supply affairs. !'?ho team is possibly identical with
the "Auxiliary-Vessel and Harbor 'traffic Department"
(Od0.lP.I.P,) o
13. Accvmu:ia.tor-charging station end heating station
14.. Naval fire department
15. Five-story administration and headquarters building of
sub rine division (Dop-Dewision Okretow Podwodnych).
15a. Billets of crew of sti%marine division.
16. Drill grounds
17.. Three wooden Jetty bridges; the two northern bridges
approximately 90 meters, and the southern bridge
approximately 60 meters long; depth of water tip to
approximately 7 maters; water, steam, and compressed
air connections.
18. Stone pier approximately 140 meters long, depth,of water
approximately 6.5 meters.
19. Improved brick quays; depth of water 4 to 7 maters.
20. Several temporary naval quarters near the target depot.
21.. Store house of technical service close to aecuom1ator'
charging station and workshop..
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23. Torpedo workshop and compressor with compressed-air lines
running the quays (see legend to sketch, item No 19) and
to the torpedo range (see legend to sketch, item No 3).
24k, Clothing depot
24a. Unidentified store house, with submarine net depot in
the southwest
25. Spoil ground
26. Signal station with searchlight
27. Northern entrance, for naval vessels only
28. Main entrance for merchant shipping
29. Observation tower with searchlight
31. Oxhoeft Church
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32, Former Garman bunker
32a. Naval radio station,, Ferro-concrete bunker with round
steel mast about 25 meters high
32b. Naval post headyuarte:*s
32c. Residential area for married.naval personnel
33. Storm signal mast
33a. "Garrison security ofTice" (Irformac ja Garnizc guwa)
and billets for officers of the an bzrine flotilla (? )
34, Former naval headquarters, at present vacated (1957),
with W/T and signal station on the roof, and telephone
exchange in the western wing.
34a. Prison
35, Block of houses for naval officer school (W,S,M.W,
with flat of poet c i sander; in the northern area:
gas-testing chamber, :?ire station. 2 ranges
35a. Oxhoeft Railroad Station and adjacent terrain possibly
scheduled for diving'viaps~rtment (see legend to sketch,
item No C); construe; ion of tra:itdng basin
36. Billets for efficers (several blocks of houses located
at right angle to LU. Okrezn )
36a. Club and mesa of Polish naval offiosra
36b. Temporary barracks for instruction courses (see legend
to sketch, item No 35)
36c. Motion picture theatre and navy theatre
37. Naval hospital (Szpital Narynarki Wo j enne;) , with large
dispensary and dental hospital.
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38. 0kaywyie radio statit,n (GPON-WRMW), 2 antenna masts
approximately 50 meters high, about 8 antenna masts
approximately 25 meters high; location and borderv
of area inaccurate.
39. Naval motor vehicle battalion with several buildings
and temporary barracks, 2 filling stations and a
workshop; area aurroutnded by barbed wire fence and
guarded.
40. Main entrance to Ckgyvyie Naval Harbor, guarded by
sentries.
41. Fuel depot with 4 to 5 tanks approximately 10 asters high
42o Two-story, main naval supply Jape , approximately 50 x 20
meters, with spur truck; guarded area.
46. Bee--,of "Auxiliary Veoeel and Harbor Traffic Depar -ment"
(COPIP), headquarter: building, billets, workshops,
small coal dump of approximately 300 tons, 2 floating
cranes dithout self-propulsion (carrying capacity ? ),
concrete quay with Jetty bridges for transhipment of war
material such as weapons, depth charges, torpedoe',
mines etc.
46a. Bunker-like building with large ''A" on the front, and
signal mast as well as antenna-like installations on
the roof, used as store house, probably part of base
of Auxiliary Vessel and Harbor Traffic Department
(see legend to sketch, item No 46).,
47, Area of diving and salvage serrice(diving department
possibly transferred? see legend to sketch, items Nos
35a and 224 a),
48. Improved quay, wooden and brick structure, depth of
water approximately 7 meters, spur track (berth places
for naval vessels)
49. Improved quay, woodea and brick structure, depth of
water approximately 7 meters, spur track, eedbcat
berth place (during inter a the pier)
50. Small floating dock, with 500 to 1,000-ton earryi1V
capacity (naval. yard, see legend to sketch, item A)
50a. Transformer station
50b. Main transformer station of naval base
51, Wall or fenv..e (apprcxrlimate course)
52. Guarded main entrance to naval yard (see legend to
sket fi, item A)
52a. Boiler. house for enti-ri shipyard and quays -,-,f Batiin IX
53. Building for main wr rkshop "see legend to sketch,
item A)
54. Oil pier connected by underground lines with fuel
depot (see legend to sketcho item No 57) ant possibly
fuel depot (see legend to sketch, item, No 4k); apparently
only western pier used.
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55. Old slip installation, probably no longer used
56. Crane, approximately 3-ton (?) carrying capacity
57. CPN fuel installation, with at least 7 to 8 above
ground and various underground tanks of unknown capacity;
pipe lines running to oil pier (see legend to sketch,
item No 54) (CPN storage depot No 7 or 8).
58. Landing place for tle Gdynia.-Oksywyie ferry
59. Two wooden piers approximately 180 meters long for
shipyard purposes; depth of water 6 to 7 meters; spu
track.
60. Wooden pier with 3 small wooden i etty bridges;, approximately
400 meters long; depth of water 6 to 7 meters; main berth
place of destroyers.
61. Improved quay, wooden and brick structure, approximately
200 meters long, depth of water approximately 6 meters;
used for shipyard purposes.
62. Wreck, location inaccurate.
Commercial Harbor InstaYl t ?q~ B, Z } II
79. Sailing club of the ' Polish Navy at the yacht harbor.
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B I ~Basen 2aydenta-I
80. Destroyed section of quay; not yet reconstructed
8, Fishery school (TRH)
82. Southern harbor entrance, for fishery vessels
83. WOP guardhouse with small whirf, watchtower and
searchlight for control of fishery vessels (see legend
to sketch, item No 92)
84. Custom-house with large restaurant
85, P~eyazzian Qua~r (Nab. Pcoerak le) , approximately 580
meters lsng, brick structure, depth of water 6 to 8 meters;
eastern end of quay paartially destroyed; allegedly under
reconstruction; quay mainly used by passenger and inter-
coastal service (also landing lace of ships to Danzig,
Zoppot and Hela)
86, Prggi event Qua.,v (Nab. Prezydenta), approximately 240
meters long, brick structure, northern ection use:i by
the stste Fishery Companies of 10Dalmor" and r'Arkar ,
and southern section by the navy.
86a.Naval area surrounded by barbs wire, landings and ` art s
places for small naval vessel;e, tendsrs etc.
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87,, N'4, can Quay (Nab. Wilsonomski, also Nab.Kutrowe),
approximately 400 meters long, brick structure, depth
of water approximately 6 meters, spur track, eastern
section partly destroyed; 2 small new slips for repair
work on cutters, pin-.point location unknown; 2 amall
cranes of little carrying capacity at eastern end of
quay used by the rDalsnor'F and "Arks" Fishery Companies
88, Fish meal factory
89, Bureau and store house of the PPitk?. 0Arka"
90. Watchtower
91. Workshops of the private "Jednosa Rybacka" Fishery
Association
92. Checking station for fishery vessels, with WOP
guardhouse (see legend to sketch, item No 83)
93. Four-story store house of PPIU,t "Arka", approxEmately
70 x 15 meters; f _na1 transhipment
94. Five wooden jetty bridges, -approximately 70 meters long
Basin 11 ,3a Byb%gkI. goyq ?l.v Pgrjg
F rY .U$~
101. Egq andga (Nab, Angio1skie), approximately 14,80
meters long; brick structure; depth of water
approximately 8 mt tere; spur track; used by the
PPIUR -'D lmor" except for the fuel installation at
the eastern end o:' the quay.
102v CPN fuel installation (storage depot No 5); 3 tanks
with a total capacity of approximately 1,500 tens;
pimping station; billets for personnel, and 1 storage
shed for lubricants, in barrels; surrounded by a wall
and used by the navy (allegedly,-underground tanks
available)
103. Storage shed and .alt depot of PPiUR "Oa lrmor" ,
final transhipren , and dispatch
103a. Workshops of the PPJUR "Dalmor".
104. lee factory, fins.` transhipment and dispatch; ic-e
supply for fishery vvsael .
105. Three-story works~iap for fishery vessels sf the
PPiUR "Arks"
106 Workshops and de hots of the PPiUR "Dalmor"
107. Administration bolding of the PPj.IIP. "Da;or"
108. Bureaus of the private "Jednose Rybacka"!'ishery
company
110. Factory of canned fish and ss kLng c;hambsr
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112. Small fenced-In CFN filling station for fishery
vessels, t and ergro nd tanks
316. Main workshop of fishery ahipfard (see legend to
sketch, item B)
117. Slips for small vessels of fishery shipyard
(see legend to sketch, item B)
118,. Two floating docks of fishery shipyard (see l egeni ,
item B) with an estimated carrying capacltiy of 500
and/or 1,500 tons
118ao Working, pontoons of fishery shipyard (see legend to
sketch, item B).
121. Silesia -Quay (N?xb. Slaskie), concrete structure,
approximately 450 meters long, not including the
section used by the shipyard; depth of water 7 to 8
meters, spur track, 6 luffing cranes on mobile.
crane bridges, carrying capacity 5 to 7 tons;
vainly used for coal bunkering.
122. Three store houses for fish meal and other purposes
of tie fishery shipyard (see legend, item B)
124. Customs office with WOP gmrdrom
125. Office of the State Salvage Company (BDW) and adjacent
yard
126. Watchtower
127. Open storage place, with coal for tugs in the
western portion
128. Small underground CPN fuel installation witIn 3 short
food pipes at the quay; for fishery vessels, euce only.
131. 1~.Q v (Nab. Schvedzkie) ; concrete etznictare,
approximately 750 meters long; dept; of water
approximately 9 miters; spur track, 5 electric 1`+affing cranes
on mobile crane bridges, carrying capacity approximately
7.5 tons (coal bunkering) and 2 mobile loading bridges,
carrying capacity approximately.10.inns (ore loading).
132. 'Coal dump
133.
Offices of the harbor administration and ship brokers
136.
Danish Quav (Nab, Dumski) , concrete structure,
approximately 400 meters long, depth of water
7 meters, 3 gentry cranes at present dismantled
to
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137a. Jetty bridge for coal loading (,l'omnrsit Polnomy or
Nab. Stalow.); approximately 110 meters long, with
car tipping installation, elevator, and pertinent
conveyor belts, to be used by vessels up to
approximately 9,000--ton deadweight tonnage
137b, Jetty bridge for coal loading with additional searchlight
(Pomost Poludniowy or NallY.Tassuaowiec) approximately
110 meters long, with car tipping inste.llation, elevator
and pertinent conveyor belts, to be used by vessels
with up to approx-rAtely 9,OOO.-ton deadweight tonnage
1.38. Watchtower
139. Buoy store
:140. New three-story building with offices, occupation
unknown
141. Offices and workahaps of harbor administration
142. Coal bureau of harbor administration
146. 8o1:1.and, try (Nab. Holenderekie); approximately 380
meters long; depth of water approximately 7 meters;
spur track, 7 to 8 cranes on mobile crane bridges,
carrying capacity 2 to 5 tons; mainly used for ore
load but also for piece goods.
1147. BBe1gimy (Nab. Belgljakie), concrete :'structure,
approximately 120 meters long; depth of water
approximately 8 meters
Outer Her.. ~lawa
1494 Frame 6s- (Nab, Prancuskie) ; concrete structure,
approximately 400 meters fang; depth of water 10 to
12 meters-; spur track, 2 gantry luffing cranes,
carrying capacity 2 to 4 tons: quay used for piece
good traffic and mainly for overeaa passenger traffic;
about 25 percent of .stern quay end allegedly atilt
destroyed
150. Storage shed, repcrtec` ly :riot, or only partially, to
be used
151. Store house and building with offices (former German sea railroad station) ; bureau of the PLO, customs,
harbor captain and W01' guardroom; small tJ'/T and signal
station on the roof for traffic with merchant shipping
(pilot service); a running bridge available from western
portion of building to the edge of quay (passenger
bridge)
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155o(Nab. Pilotowa); concrete structure,
a proxit ately 150 asters long, depth of we-ter a pros ma s; ly
10 meters; spur track- berth place for pi _ct boats arld
of ferry to Oxhoaf v
1.56. W&tchtooer with nearch.light,
L57~ ~ ,tea 4 i~x (Nat. f'oi Id.) : roncro%te atru^.ture,
e pproxin-a ely 1,100 maters long; depth of water 9 to 10
r teri, spur track, about 20 mobile gantry crane of
one-legged gantry Qrartes, the 4a easternmost cranes of
which having a carrrying cei)actiy of 2.5 to 5 tons and
the 2 long-jib praxes (GircIf nk ran) in :Front o:' the
refrigerating plant having a carrying capacity of 5 to
10 tons and the rest having a carrying ::3r*! : - y of
approxiiataly 1.5 6rss.
13 5;,. Offico of the harbor watch cormander (SP ?) and fresh
water acpp'y office for vessels
59, Senita -y ' rbor office and dispensary close to etornf:e
shed under
161 d Six--story refrigrre;ting plant, with one bridge each t
Ul Poiska to the teat and ?to the stork houso (usc
legond to sketch,, w.te m No 62) to the Wit.
62e Store h(mse ani refrigerating plant connected by bridge
(see 1egarrl to sketch, item No 161)
162a.. Threem.etorv+ store t,.ousa (Ba.toria Firm), approxi iatuely
80 x 20 meters
162b, C-rages of h .rborr administration
i.62c , Three-?stcs:;" sore .uxse, apprexirately 25 x 15 zreter;j
-62dd Si. t. ssto .y aerc d it stor i houee of tine F4or%apo Co .:,
(spirits) , app.-v rz i ately 120 x 40 meters
1 D,:7 Eui.: d9. of harbor poi.~Lce (?)
_63 , twi. sorry stor?.ge tied, approx:Izate1y 150 x 20 n.etero
153 b. T,a:o-stA3ry s ttra,ge snee`' , approximately 100 x 20 t; atsr;
163c< Three-story st,r c sliod, approxi at 1y 70 x 20 sn{>te:
1610 & Three-story toragge shed, appro:ri t':iy 220 x 2.C' net
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245. Block of ba.'rack,, acne sti ! under constriction,
occupied by nava:e troops (inter-coast veri ice)
246. Watchtower
247, Hospital for c:anti sous. diseases (Szp?.'tali "a :vy)
247a. Three tank
251., Area of -Wi state r:avaggatio gcSr l PCUy and g'AN0,
nautical a.,.d -:cchn cnl trairifig of the merchant marina;
location iraacourate
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25,2-. P wc-rk shop
2 3 e Loccwotive repair sh3p
254. Main ra~2i .c3 itk "iM,
255. Maritime and of mwt-cia.) C gth t
253a, Ti c2v',r d a cet.,
256. Tran fe sr s' tier
257. Mt is f.pa3, pc~9. e and p Wino"
2530 PLO of.ficla bu-11cf !g
259 Fogalth anl df. pc~ ar,r `}
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262. General inns, 2?'fi.ce anti tel.?gra_,h o:-"Y.ce
2E3. Polio!, Natiornl f, r:1 .
264w `oastal U/T station, t 'rer~~hanl, sh 'pIrg
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265, : %, ('3?",c ( ui.d
266,, T terc, I b
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