MINESWEEPER FLOTILLA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200050010-9
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY ti
~?bATE OF INFO.
.'VLACE ACQUIRED
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Minesweeper Flotilla
5 July 1954
1. The headquatters of the minesweeper` .lotilla is situated ashore (sic). The flotilla
Wunder the command of a Soviet officer. with. the rank of captain (Komandor). His
and-in-command is a.Polish officer who is in charge of political matters. The
flotilla has its own staff which consists of officer specialists in artillery, under-
water.equipment and weapons,,I#avigation, signalling,_technique, anc administration.
2. The flotilla consists of three divisions (dywiz.jony) of minesweepers, the commanders
of ?li 4ich are subordinate directly to the commander of the flotilla. Each,of them
is gia;artered on a minesweeper of his group. All of them are polish officers.
a. The let Division consists of the follpwing,Bb.ips:
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T-11 (former..CZAPLA) - flsg-ship.
(2) T-12.
(3) T-13
T-14 (former JASKOLKA),
2nd Division consisted of the following , ships
1-21 (former ALEATROS) - flag ship.
T-22.
T-23 (former JASTRZAB).
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(4) `T-21+ (former.KORMORAN).
(5),. T-25 (former KANIA).
All ships belonging to Divisions 1 and 2 are known as Kaczory.
c. The 3rd Division con5ists.of the following, ships of the DELFIN type:
(1) T-31 (former DELFIN) - flag-ship.
(,) T-32 (former FOKA).
(3) T-33 (former DOORS)..
Minesweeper T-21 (former ALBATROS).
3. The armament of the T-21 consists of two semi-automatic 1+5 mm. guns, mounted fore
and-aft; two 12.7 mm. heavy machine guns of the Colt type, fitted in the wings of
the dick (no other details available).
4. This ship pOBgesBes four types of sweeping gear: Szulc+s Euro eza a ectro-ma etic
and acoustic.
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deck.
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5. The crgw consists of: the commander,, deputy commander (political)iand a junior
officer, two regular petty officers (chief engineer and boatswain) and 27 sailors
on'compulsory service. The crew is divided into five departments: navigation,
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gunnery, under-water weapons and gear (bron podwodna), signalling, an
The uniform consists of cwo.navy blue uniforms, two drill suits, two pairs of shoes, two
pairs of summer or wider underwear. Sailors have four-figure numbers sewn on
uits which indicate the department to which the sailor belongs, the
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nuri er of the watch, the consecutive position in the department, and. defense stations,.
7. On this ship, as well as on all others, the food consists of three very meager meals..,
As a rule the crew is hungry.
The pay of sailors and petty officers on comp.tlsory service amounts to:
a. 6 zl. monthly for an ordinary seaman.
b. 12 zl. monthly for an able seaman,
c. 24 zl. monthly for a leading seaman..
d. 36 zi. monthly for a petty officer.
e. An embarkation allowance but,only when the ship is on exercises. *This
allowance is equal to pay.)
f. 10 cigarettes daily.
g. Shoe polish.
h. soap.
Shore leave is granted only on Saturdays and Sundays: on Saturdays from 18:00
to 22:00 hrs. (sailors) and to 21:00 hrs. (petty officers); on. Sundays from 13i04
to 22:00 hre. (sailors) and to 21:00 hrs. (petty officers).
The authority to grant shore leave.is: vested in the second in command (political
officer).
104 The daily timetable aboard the T-31 is as follows:
06:00 - Reveille
06:05 P.T., peeling potatoes (port and starboard. crews in turn)
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06:30 - Cleaning.of quarters
06:45 - Breakfast
07:15 C n skip
08:00 - Rollcall, raising of colors
Q81~5 - Morning duties according to weekly timetable
11:30 -. Stand easy, clean ship
12:00 -,Dinner and interval
14:00 - Afternoon duties according to weekly timetable
17:00 - Stand .easy, clean ship
18:00 - Scupper
19:00 - Political work in recreation room (zajecia swietlicowe)
22:00 - Roll call
23:00 - Lights out
11. The attitude of the sailors is best described by saying that they long for the day
of their release from service in the navy. Sailors constantly complain of inadequate
.nourishment and pay. In comparison with 1950 when such complaints were expressed
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tables applies not,only to the flotilla of minesweepers but to the entire naval fleet.
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Comment: Al; i ormation on uniforms, pay, food, shore leave, and daily time-
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