HARBOR AND SHIPYARD INSTALLATIONS AT ODESSA

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• Publication Date: March 27, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CCT(Z2IJ)Z:1:r :;u T7
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 27 March 1952
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1. The harbor installations of Odessa (It6?21'J3O?I4'E) are at the northeast perimeter
of the city on the coast of the Black Sea. (+) From the observation of Soviet I`avy
units there and the fact that the Russians spoke of a naval harbor and. naval ship-
yard installations, source believed that Odessa was also a naval station.
2. There was a shipyard in that harbor part vihich is called Fraktitch Cavan or between
Plovuchi Dock (.Floating Bock) and Ugolnia Cavan (Coal Harbor). It was generally
called the iarti Shipyard. The area of the shipyard covered about 1,000 x 300 r-oters.
The shipyard flea said to be part of the naval shipyard which adjoined it in the
south and with which it cooperated. ( $)
3. Parts of the harbor installations and especially the shipyard had suffered leer dari^e
but k:ere reconstructed after 191. Parts of the shipyard installations were expand-
ed, and new workshops mere built. After 19It7, American, Garman and Soviet rachthes
were continually erected. Cables were laid, including a 25-core, 60--rm., 6,000 'Pelt
cable leading from the electric porter station to the net shipb;.ildinE shop; all
buildings were equipped with a1arm devices connecting their. with the Are station.
::o .k in the shipyard was resumed in 1917. Shipbuilding was be ,un in 1943.
4. The shipyard was a state enterprise. Inspections by commissions :,ere frequently
made; navy officers were also seen with such commissions. In 1919, a Hungarian
as manager of the shipyard. Source remembered that two operatin( engineers were
naiad Catchino (fnu) and Goldin (fnu).
5. In 1949, the labor force of the shipyard uuribered about 750 civilians, incluc
about 100 women plus up to 100 Fr/s. idork was done in one ei`ht-hour shift; only
the forge worked two shifts. The shipyard had spur-tracks. Several new tracks
wore laid between 19L5 and 1949. One secondary railroad was said to establish
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a direct connection frith the naval harbor to the south. one Diesel locomotive, one
stem locomotivo, and about ten electric transport trucks were available. Ten to
fifteen -3ton ~.I5 :;rucks fro: an outside rotor pool -:ere also employed by the ship-
yard in addition to two lars;'e vra-volin; - cranes of undetermined capacity.
6. ?lectric current was s er lied b: the shipyard's own power station but there ryas also
an electric main comb-- from P. mini cipal power station. Cut-outs in the current
supply were not observed.
7.
ILO sl.i;:yard Y as protected bd; a stone ?all t-.-.,o or three -:etcrs .li1,11. Cato check
was very strict, and sentries patrolled within the yard. :.ir raid shelters were ob-
served, atd it was said that more of tile;:: were to be built. 1a.ti-arrcra.~t suns were
not observed.
3. The main mission of the shipyard was repair work on ships and the completion of the
internal and nautical equip dent, Ships observed t! ere included: the itosia, in the
winter of 194:/49, formerly riven by itler to . ussolirsi, a vessel abouf-170 meters
lonE with a Diesel notor; the former German Vir(:in_ia, in late 194,; the Ci raira,
comin.- from the U3A, in 1,u(ust 19W;; the passenCe 6 lip : reta' 6o to 70 re tern lone,
in the spring of 1949. Since 194$, vessels, iron bc.rEes, -to 25 meters lone, had
been built in the yard. After their component parts had been cat to shape in the new
tuildin;~, shop they were assembled in the old co_struction shed located in the south-
eastern por'?tion of t; he yard. About '0 vessels of this type were co.: pleted by -'-ay
1;'1.9; nur.,bers car. irk from ~r~
t:brout;h 625 were painted on these ships. Some
liussian ;:-orh-ers said that these vessels were inlandwater -ar{cc while others stated
they were Cesi?ned to serve an ,up--lyr vessels for the navJ'~ - and were to be equipped
::ri tx: ;:iosel. nn~-inea and propellers outside Odessa. aeveral ve,:.els :could be taken
in. tor.? by one tug. The boats wore allcC-oc ly to be used for carry; i n,. oil and. armluni-
91,9, 1- to 20 boats o-L " _is t. pet .,v.re observed bolas, shipped out
rail, each boat bcir:L loader: oil a 60-ton car, ii ; ,
ussi .-m or:;E3rs s-,~that tthe boats
were s!0ippod to ::i..olaev or Scvautonol. in t.;l fall of 1911!:;, a 7-meter boat was
b the gilt in e old s'.ipbu3i ciir.r shoe. r'',is boat was t 1
ested b a crcr-? of two. its
speed was est !aced at 10 l:i_lo-...cters per hour (27 knots), (+ -#)
_ inp in the entire harbor was heavy. .erous large oil tankers continually put
into _.e ft nya Gavan (PX .
e-colour ,_rr ,.or) , fro1C1.ters and pas.scn,-or shins moorod in
the southern port.:.on of the harbor, but also berthed at the ":artw s;:iY yard to unload
there sub: -lies and rat- nateria.l, c;:. ps un
to meters lo-- ?Arc: observed. In t;,;.o
S:li:, ;C r c 'L 194?,, t7-:4 :i om or f'erric' i ~Pkn cr Auri a v it), nine r: Ale caters was o'bsr-rvo d
jb in the coal ?-.arbor. In ~iay l2! , the elit~rc' -cliriC I'lotill.a d- sc:-;arE:cc train oil
r-:oans of a suction pipe pump beside the shipyyard. In addition, 2,000 tons of fish
meal. fisti-, bones, and sperr.3aceti wore unloaded b - crimes. Subsequently the Ir otilla
left for Sevastopol for repairs hich could not.be done in Odessa, as adequate dr;,--
docks were not available in Odessa. T' .is inf ormat; on was obtained from crew ??e _bers
of this ship. Cruisers or destroyers .-j-ere repeatedly observed _r.:-ova ra Gavan
1=arbor) but could not be identified.
-~ -- _ ... ~... ...,~, ovv .uutex L. 1rIe S1_etc.l does not entirely
a;ree tri li available pre-Yrar infornn.ti on. It also ap _?ears that sources did not re- s
member exactly the Hares of the harbor parts. For exai?,ple, 1'eftyana;,?a Gavan (i'etro
1eu=m -arbe.) a;; mentioned it the text, but visa not included in the sketches prepared
b.. sources.
..anent. For installation of r:anti shipyard, see Annex 2,
o.. end, The data on the supply vessels and the fast experimental boat ra re ob-
airee a iC'ussisn-speal.jnt- Cornan from the ;anat.
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?.;arbor Installation, of Odessa
A. City district of Odessa
r. Odessa Slobodka nor novl:a (sloboda . suburL)
C. Odessa Peressyp
1. Plovuchi loci. (:loatin Doci;)
2. iral;titci2 ravar.
3. Lcolria ;avar (Coal A` arbor)
1}. ::ova y~a Cav& ? (:.err Farber)
5. Kar