HARBOR FACILITIES AND PORT PLAN OF GDYNIA

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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Poland
SUBJECT Harbor Facilities and
Port Plan of Gdynia
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General Condition
1. By the summer of 1952, the port of Gdynia was almost completely rehabilitated
and most Oonstruotion efforts were devoted to expansion work. The repair and
reoonstruction'of the mole, started in 1946# was finished in early 1952
and included considerable char e.s with regard to entrances as compared to the
pre-war arrangement of moles. ee AArinei
The Mole
the
reconstruction of the mole in one straight line with two main entrances o Che
north and one entrance to the south is in conformance with
the fact that Gdynia is changing from a divided harbor for ocean going and
fishing and coastal vessels to a harbor serving primarily ocean going vessels.
STATE ARMY NAVY
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3. There were three floating cranes available in the port of Gdyni ;
one of 30 tn. lifting capacity operated by the shipyard; the of er,
nos. 13 and 2, 60 to.80 tn. cranes operated by the port directo 's
office.
Soviet Naval Vessdls Seen in Gdynia
.Floating Cranes
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Polish naval vessels, even the
in Polish uniforms were aboard most
smaller ones.
Highway and', the Gdynia-Gdansk Railroad
6. A new four-lane concrete highway under construction from. Gdynia to
Gdansk was completed by the k7'za3;.o, of 1952 between Gdynia and
Zoppot and from Wrzeszez to Gdansk. The-stretch between Wrzeszcz
and Zoppot, although partially finished, progressed more slowly because
of a difficult stretch at the northern edges' of Zoppot where a
curve had to be straightened out and a new-railroad trestle built.
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electric railroad line was also under construction between Gdansk
and Gdynia. This was to be an electric suburban type railroad in
order to transfer all passenger traffic between the two cities from
the existing double-track railroad line. By January 1951, this
electric railroad was in full operation between Zoppot and Gdansk.
Between Zoppot and Orlo Q, only the tracks were laid and no over-
head system installed. Between Orlon and Gdynia, tracks were laid
only halfway to Gdynia. This railroad line should also. be
finished by pow. Both tine' highway and the railroad construction
projects were carried out by several state construction companies
using primarily $F ~t ~d s': ; 3 ~ii P 11'ri1(lU~~?3:t' aE$ ~.aa.~:v+~ .or^c~o
25X1 T. following points of interest., ~ee Aaa~.ea~. A.
The number of. each of the following items refers to a corresponding
number in ! Amer
Point #1. Militar
y Border Guard
Post (WOP) for Yacht Basin. This
post wa
s manned by si
x soldiers.
#2. Basen J
achtowy, yacht
Basin.
#3. Fishery
. School (Panst
wowe Technikum Rybolowstwa Mor.skiego,
A
leja rjednoeze
nia 1). Personnel of Dalmor and
Arka fi
shing enterpri
ses were being trained here..
#4. Militar
y Border Guard
Post (WOP). This post was manned
by 12 s
oldiers operat
ing a searchlight.. The search-
light'w
as also used a
s a beacon for the fishing
cutters
using the sou
thern entrance.
#5. Office
Zegluga
#6. Basen P
Building of th
Przybrzezna)
rezydenta.
e Polish Coastal Lines. (Polska
#7. Naval T
own Command.
This office was headed by a CDR
(fnu)
MURAWIOW, a Sov
iet. The activities of this
comman
Distri
d correspond so
ct Command.
mewhat to those of a US Naval
during -1950 an , our, not during 1952,
Soviet Naval Personnel
5. oviet naval officers in Soviet as well as Polish uniforms around
Quiet naval officers
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Point #8. Headquarters Building of the Polish Navy. The office of
the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral (fnu) CZ RAKOW
was located in this building. any naval officers
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building.
#9. Meteorological Institute. A steel tower was located on
the. roofof this building from which visual time and
weather signals were given. The institute operated the
hydrographic vessel, ZODIAK, which was a former US wooden
minesweeper type.
#10., Armed Forces Recruiting Office. Served all services.
#11. Head ,office of Arka.. The Arka Fishing Enterprise, also
called Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow i Uslug Rybackioh (PPiUR)
Arks, Gdynia; ul. Waszyngtona 32 had branches in Ustka and
Darlowo.
#12. Harbor Police Station. This station provided guards for the
main gate of the fishing enterprise area.
#13. Military Border Guard Station (WOP). This station housed WOP
guards for the fishing enterprise area.
#14. Ice One old and one new ice producing plant at
the Lnglish quay.. Another new ice producing plant was
under constructioxi facing the Basen Prezydenta.
#15... Naval .Refueling Station. This installation was' surrc5iunded
by.', a barbed wire fence approximately three meters high and
was-guarded by Polish sailors, Its.facilities comprised
three above-ground oil tanks about 10 m. high and about 31 m.>
in diaaeter, one two-story plastered brick building, and
? one .wooden barrack type building. Large quantities of-.oil-
drums were stored on the premises and there
were also some underground tanks. Fuel oil was delivered
by railroad tank cars or by tank vessels.
the SLIMAK, a coastal tanker of 400 to 500 i> unloading
oil. This refueling station was used by'naval vessels only;
two to three minesweepers were seen refueling simultaneously.
#16. N. Angielskie (English Quay). This quay was. west of the
naval refueling-station. , Trawlers of Dalmor were usually
berthed here. 'There were' no cranes along this quay.
were handled here.
#17 . Repair Shop of D41m~Or Or. Minor repairs on Dalmor vessels
#18. office Building. Occupied by Dalmor and PRO, a polish.
salvage company.
#19.. Fish Processing Shops. Fish were selected, cleaned, and
readied for shipment here.
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Operations. Office and Repair.Facilities. of Arka. This
installation consisted,of one wooden two-story building
measuring 40 x 15,x 10-m. The first.floor was occupied
bar machine ,shop equipped with three lathes, four drilling
machines, and four ,grinding machines, a carpenter shop; a
small smithy, foremen's office, tool storage, and a welding
shop. The second floor accommodated the main operations
office, a technical office, the net shop and office.
Adjacent to.this.building was located a small garage for two
.trucks and an open material. storage.
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.Point #21. Refueling Station. This- installation, with an underground
storage tank, dispensed diesel oil to port and coastal
passenger vessels and boats only.
#220. City Security Police Headquarters (UB),.
#23.. Basen P?eludniowya Dredging activities were underway in
the southwestern corner of the harbor e
#21L Fisheries Shipyard Stocznia Rybackao This shipyard built
and repaired wooden fishing cutters, but also handled
repairs on steel fishing cutters
#25. overseas Post-Office. Handled packages primarily.
#26,. ROS Ship Repair Yard, (Remontowa Obsluga Statkow.), This
repair yard handled minor and medium repairs on merchant
and fishing vessels and was well equipped with new machinery.
#28. Hull. of Former German . Battleship GNEISENAU. The hull and
interior were being dismantled under'the supervision of
Soviet engineers, All useable parts of main and auxiliary
machinery were being disassembled, conserved,. and shipped to
the USSR. The hull was to be scrapped and it was said that
the armor plates would also be sent to the USSR.
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#31. Basen Weglowy,
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#36.
Portowe Quay,
N. Passazerskie (Passenger Quay). Equipped with 10 cranes.
overseas Railroad Station. Th.a building accommodated the
headquarters of the WOP for-Gdynia harbor-and the port
director's office. The roof of this building had a brick
tower.-which serves as a signal post for the port traffic
control using visual signals only.
#37. N. Pilotowe Quay.-
#38. N. Polakie (Polish Quay). Also called Cukro Port. Equipped
with a large number of portal jib cranes,
#39. Harbor Fire Department.
#ko. Maritime Office. Ship and crew registration office,
maritime' court., Hydrographic Office, etc.
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Point #44. Grain Silos. Equipped with suction type grain elevators.
#k5. Oil Factory "Union". Vegetable oils and fats were processed
here.
#46. The. Grain Storage Building. A mobile grain elevator of ,
the suction type served this building as well as the rice
cleaning plant.
#47. Rice Processing Plant ( leaping);
#48.- Wolna Strefa (Free Fort). The area of the free port comprised
the following quays-, N. Wolnoclowe (Amerykanskie),
N,C.S.R., and N. Rumunskie.
#50. N.C.S.R. (Czechoslovakian Quay).
#51, N. Rumunskie (Rumanian Quay).
#52. Customs Guard House. Served the free port.
#53. Building of the Ship Supply Agency "Baltona".
#54. Military Border Guard (WOP) Station.
#55. Shipltardv,Stooznia No. 13. Also called Parijskaya Komuna or
Stocznia
#56. Floating Dry.Docks of Stocznia No. 13, The basin was about
20 m. deep..
#57.' N. Jugoslawianskie (Yugoslavian Quay).
#58. Construction underway to extend quay.
#59. Electric Power Plant, Served city and port.
#60. Timber Harbor. Called Port Drzewny "Paged" All timber and lumbe was handled in this part of the harbor. Tiers and quays
were of 'wood construction.
#61. Main Refueling Point Vessels of all sizes could be
accommodated at the wooden offshore wharf. The area surrounding
the base of the wharf was fenced off and none of the ships'
crews were permitted,to leave this.area, Necessary shore
parties had to have special naval permission to leave the
ship. The pumping station was located within the fenced
in area which was connected, by means of underground pipes,
with'the.main oil tanks located in the hills'-due north of
the refueling point.
#62. Old Naval Ship Repair Yard. I
here were a few old
.
0ne was said to house
a submarine training device.
#63. Old Building Way. This building way was not in use because
it was said to have too much elevation. Rumors had it that
a new building way was to be constructed in the same place,
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Point #64k e
ny were
located here. The largest or which was. a machine shop
well'equipped with new machines and overhead traveling cranes.
The entire repair-base was commanded by a commodore
#65. Port Woje'nny (Naval Basin). Most naval vessels were
berthed here..
#66. Naval Staff Building. This was said to be the headquarters
of the commander in chief of the Polish fleet,, an . Admiral
(fnu) URBANC+.ry who was actually a Soviet. The political
chief of the Polish Navy also had his office in this
building. an the roof of this building, several radio
antennas and a visual signal tower were located, but no
radar antennae were noticed.
#67. Main Entrance to Naval Base.
#68. Naval Radio Station. Consisted of a small brick building
and three or four steel girder antenna masts.
#69. Underground Oil Tanks
#70. Piers.
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