SURVEY OF HARBOR FACILITIES AT RIGA

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2014
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 30, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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'NFOR'MATION. REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Es
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person
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COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Survey of Harbor Facilities
at Riga
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE ACQ.
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REPORT
DATE DISTR. 30 June 1964
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A nine-page,English-language survey, including sketch map,
harbor facilities at Ria
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names of the quays (keyed to the sketch map); length, width,
depth; berthing places (number and GRT); cranes (number,
lifting capacity, and t e)? railway tracks (number and
length); and comments.
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names of quays
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.Landing 'quay. ; of.
wood with small
yacht harbour
2 Landing place for
fishing boats
New fishing harbour
) quay
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:Old fishing harl!our
length width
m
'
depth
in
:berthing places
nrs .t.4grt
:ca. 500
700:
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16.000
ca 200
:ca 7,0!
2
:6.000
ca 500
,310-429 ca 50
13,250
Fishing boat ship-
yard Mangalsk Suda
(Russian) or Mangalui
1Kugin Buvetava (Lettish)
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cranes
lifting
Capacity
,railway tracks
/2
types o! nrs/r,? length
5-7 t portal
crane
pontoon
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Berthing place for small
, vessels
Cannary in front of wnich
are landing_ places for
fishing vessels.
Concrete quay.
long warehouse
storeys.
Ca 200 m
in 2
In the harbour cold storei
oileisterns for bunkering
of fishing vessels.'
In one of the basins a
small floating dock, be-
longing to Kugin Buveta-
va /Lettish/ or_ Mangalsk
Sudo Savod (Russian).
Stone quays of togehter
ca 500 in with room fo..
ca 50-60 trawlers,of '
medium size.
Crane, several slipways,
small floating dock of
ca 400 t lifting capacity
stationed in a basin in
the newefishing harbour.
Votkshops.
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Milgravskij Savod
shipyard quay)togoa 1000
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27.000
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Superphosphataquay 0 400
7,0-8,9
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15.000
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MUhlgraben quay :ea 1000!
7,0-8,0.
8
40.000
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Oil quayitluhlgraVis;ca 500:
ca 8,0,
5
25.000
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dryne cranes
3-5 tpms
1-3
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Concrete quays. Four
floating docks (of. which
one large new dock obtained
1963). Inside the ship-
yard area a power sta-
tion. Four slipways.
Standard gauge of tracks.
Concrete quay. Superphos-
phate factory, production
ca 5.000 tons per week. .
Planking at the quay in
order to prevent obser-
vation. The quay is at
the disposal of the Navy.
Navy armory. Connections
for water and oil on the
quay. Six
houses ca ?0x40 m, brie
1 warehouse,ca
100x30 m and several
small buildings.
In the north and west
parts small wooden piers.
8 cisterns above ground.
York shops, gale warning
mast.
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Export quay
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ca 1400 15 ;795 1248.000
('some in !
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;quay the
Water depth
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ba 1200 75 ca 7,p lo
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k4 15-tbons lUffing,
(5 lOttons pOrtal
lUffing
0 5-tons el portal
3 (oranes between the
Itores of coal
4 (Oranes on tracks
behind the Stores
of coal
5 3-5 ton)
3 45-ton )
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Concrete quay, 3 in above
surface. Quay for shiPping
of general cargo, ore .and
coaAstc. Store of coal,
coke and ore. 2-3 tracks
on quay and another 4 '
tracks further into the
quay. Stores of coal on
both sides of railway
trocks. Sidings, embed-
ded tracks. Six
warehouses of stone. in
front of the first 3 ware-
houses there are loading -
ramps. Three other ware-
houses. Cold-storage
house. One of the ware-
houses is used for storing
of paper. Tower for
guards on the north pier
end. 300 in long new-
built transverse quay.
Stone and concrete quays,
. with fenders of wood, Ca
,3 m above surface. Four
warehouses. Em-
railway tracks.
loading facilities.
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"bedded
:2 coal
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Andrejsala quay 1000 0-6,5 6
(Coal quay)
Andrejsala basin
a) quay a 50
Sudo Remont Madaskoi
Andres Revny Gavany
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Wood construction. 3 m
above surface. 2
grain silos, 7 storeyshigh with loading faci-
lities. Water depth at
the silos 7 m.The two
silos have a cubic
measurem,nt of 2 x
40.000 mJ? loading capa-
city 50 tons/hour.
One railway track at the
quay .and one further
into the quay. Power
station, store of coal.
Only 50 in of the basin
equipped with quay. Wood
construction. The basin
is used as land:big' ?
place for lighters and
small vessels and for
the local traffic.Close
to the harbour the
harbour office, the
sea-traffic department
andia civil service de-
partment for subaqueous
construction.
Repair shipyard for
small vessels. Slipway
for ca 100 dwt.
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Komcom?lkun quay
Town quay
16 Kliver sala quay
(A-B-Damm)
(AB Tambis)
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Agenkalne basin
Eastern quay
18 Western quay
(Quay of the ship-
yard Satyukalins
the Peldu shipyard)
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Agenkalne
Southeast
Northeast
bay
side
side
ca 1150
ca 100
465
325
ca 30d
ca 375
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7,0-7,4 8
6,8-7,4 11 33.000
ca 6,8 9
ca 6,5 3
ca 6,5 3
27.000
9.000 ?
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Stone quay. Between,
quay and warehouse con-
crete paving. Oil '
cisterns under the
ground, visible man-
holes. Ltuard tower.
Two warehouses.
Stone quay used as
landing place for
cargo and passenger
ships.
Stone quay. Quay for
coal and timber. 'Sto-
rage for timber.
Landing place for
fishing and tow,1',. boats.
Road connection.
The quay is used for
shipyard purposes, as
repair and fitting out
quay. Road connection.
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Used for/passenger traf-
fiqm the river Daugava.
Store of coal. Buakring
of coal.
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Satyukalins Savod
(Peldu shipyard, fo -
mer Hagenberg shipi
yard)
Pier
Ballasta Dambis
Kipensala Damm
NW side of Kipsala-
island
Saw mill quay
Cement works quay
Wohlershof-Damm
ea 125
ca 100
ca 700
ca 700
(/S6)
ca 450
ca 6,5 1 3.000
Water
depth on
W side ca
5,0-6,5 m
Water
.depth 2n
W sidelca
5,0-6, in
3,0-4,0
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The shipyard is situated
in the SE part of the
Agenkalne bay. Underta-
kes repair work of .
small ships. Some new-
otanstruction (?)
Used f,i. for lighters
with coal and timber
cargo. No built out
quays.
Used as landing place
for lighters.
WoodTlay. Used for
timber unloading.
Woodtiaay. Traffic of
lighters.
Stone quay, only for
lighters, of which only
150 in, consisting of
zolii?ptone and two
wood 6Ters, in use.
Road connection. .
Stone slope with mooring
ipiers. Railway tracks
near by. Mainly used
by the cement works.
ii!thaffic of lighters.
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Naval harbour
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Bolderaja (Bu11upe9
W shore)
ea 200
ca. 3,0
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0,5 tons
fixed
2
Slope./200 m tuiA out
quay. Landing place
for small warships.'
One warehouse*
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Daugavgriva
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Eastern basin
ca 550
ca 6,0-7,0 5
15.000
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Stone quay in the N
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Western quay
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and W parts of the ba-
sin. Landing places
for warships of size -
destroyer at the W
quay.
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Other quays
ca 200 1
ca 3,04
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Four wooden piers' ca
3,5
40 m long. Guard
tower.
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The middle basin
of wood/
W quay
ca 300
590-6,0 4
6.000
0
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Long quays/equipi,ed wit]
planking to prevent.
observation.
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Ziemas Osta
(W basin or Winter-
harbour)
ca 900
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ca 5,5
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13.000
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railw
station. Landing place
for submarines. m,t,b,s
destroyers and small
warships
There are lying,places
and fitting out places
for small warships in
the harbour.Stone quays
and wooden. piers. The S
part of tie harbour is
separated by a row of
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VI Naval harbour
(former Alte Werft) 2 pontoon The shipyard is situated
cranes on the NW side of
'4iemas Osta. Slipway,'
floating dock, repair
shop hallo.
In the Merchant harbour
3 pontoon cranes have
been observed. 1 x 100
and 2 x 50-75 tons 4-
5 pontoon cranes for
shipyard purposes.
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