NAVAL OBSERVATOINS AND SHIP SIGHTINGS: PORT OF DURRES AND ALBANIAN COAST

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• Publication Date: January 7, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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INt-ORMATFON REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE'
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to
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COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Naval Observations and Ship
Sightings: Port of Durres
and Albanian Coast
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. 50X1 -HUM
observations and ship sightings
a detailed report on naval 50X1 -HUM
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verbal descriptions of coastal instal-
lations and ships observedl
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References:
Attachment NO 2 sketch taken from Chart NO 544;
Attachment NO 3 .- Sketch of the port
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A/ Notes .and Observations
Objectives of the Coast; entrances to the port:
Observation conditions: Thick weather on the Coast
(1) Cape PILI: Noticed a lattice-work tomer or a structure
aprTomizaately 20 meters high; due to the distance, the agent was unable
to describe it.
(2) Inhabited place (see coast profile, attachment 2)
(3) Two large hoist cranes, approximately 200 meters apart, which
apparently are along the coastline where wharf or a pier has been built,
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(4) Large lattice-work tower, approximately 30-40 meters high,
pyramid-shaped on four sides, topped With an unidentified apparatus.
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state precisely if they were made of masonry or of:Wood.
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(5) Reafforestation Area.
(6) Area of the Roman'Gate.4 (From point 3 to point 7, the coast
makes an indentation and .becomes very low.
(7) Large masonry structure with columns in front; an5Aground
floor and second floor. Apparently it is of recent construction.
98) Area where excavations have been going on
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Lookout station.
Lattice-work tower supporting a radar antenna
Area where with visual observation, enbankments were noticed.
excavations were made here three or four years
ago.
p.2) Area where
two bunkers were seen;
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behind the first bunker there was a pole antenna approximately 20 meters
high; and behind the second, there was a pole antenna approximately 15
meters high.
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(13) Perhaps the cabin for transformationitelectric energy.
ilk) Four turrets, parallepiped-shaped)in a row, approximately
100 meters apart) in a straight line. The last one, at the tOp, disappears
in the vegetation.
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Road.?
Area where there are some new structures: perhaps barracks ,
id.7) A pole antenna, large at the base and thin at the top.
Height, approldmately 35 meters.
f18) Unidentified objectives
4;1.9) ? Beacon of Cape
(20) Former royal villa
t21) Area where, with visual observation at night, two search-
lighq utatts were noticed.
014,e_ r -totry
22/ Area where there are numerousliftructures efmaw;muldnefiDIor in
104k.o-tol. Ve-LE?c-tex,
red bricks: vorkshop4 and military..medaaa.
Urban
(23) *on area
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9/ 4 Out -station
10/ Lattice-work tower supporting a radar antenna.
loy White structures with red roofs for undetermined use: perhaps
military; in the vicinity, even noticed a transformation cabin.Lign-
4cings j and excavations in the rock.
10b/ Not too clear objective.
12/ Area where, with visual observation, noticed two bunkers;
behind first there is a pole antenna, approximately 20 meters high
and behind the second, there is an antenna approximately 15 meters
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high.
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Area where there
are some new structures:
perhaps barracks
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Beacon of Cape
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(20)
Former royal
villa
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Scaffolding
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Area where,
with visual observation at
night/noticed two
searcirlight.uNMN
ibtoto
22/ Area where there are numerous workshops for military
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(23) ern area
241 Two red masonry structures with red-tiled roofs; one has an
el/ticks
outside stairway. The latter seems either of recent construction or
repaired.
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25/ Wreitked structures with, perhaps an encampment behind them.
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26/ Half-sunk Greek steamer
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Area where with visual observation, hapmWMNeft noticed five
gun emplacements with as many
defined them as "naval type")
27a/ Mumws% Path,
28/ Road which leads to the structure
single medium-caliber guns (the agent
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At29) Vegetation (trees) with a structure, perhaps barks in the
5i4de
on the gat% of the objective observed)
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netting orleVt higher than the surround-
center. On the left (that is,
noticed a structure with wire
ing trees;
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Pe a
30/ wrotlemd masonry rectangular structure (approximately 7 meters
vide and 4 meters high) Topped with a circular-shaped radar antenna
of a 3-meter diameter, of circular movement (360 degrees), On the left
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(witNback to the sea)). above the trees, some red roofs can be seen. .
30a- Fencing
30b- Structure of which only the roof is visible: barracks
31/ Masonry structure with a red roof: barracks
Tower. On the top there is an anti-aircraft gun.
32a / Entrances
33/ Embankment: 4unti-aircraft emplacement with four guns.
33a/ Embankment:
34/ Re$ ground.floor.) structure (barracks)
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j4e1 Grounlr oar structure (barracks)
35/ Embankment area, where several roads mere noticed.
35a/ Entrance?
J36/ Hotel (Before the ideological break between the USSR and
Albania it was called HOTEL ME04 now the name is not known
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4304) Headquarters of the Harbor Authorities, Customs, Naritime
Dispensary
-(39) Warehouses of the Harbor Area
(11.) 41/42/ -Mechanical Equipamnt of the Harbor Area.
Ny Western Pier
(44) Entrance to the Harbor Area
Beacon at the Head of the Fier (43)
Beacon at the head of the pier (47)
Eastern outer pier: at the head there is a soldier on guard
viol-K-014
Area of the new sapera,e quay
(49) Military Zone
(50) Area of fuel depots
(51) Minaret
f52/ Circular-shaped radar
set up on
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antenna of an approximate 3-meter diameter
a platform approximately 6 meters long and 3 meters high
A53/ Rangefinder set up on a not-too-high platform.
54/ Fencing.
55/ Emplacement of four guns
Prescribed and Landfall Courses; navigational aids :
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Nothing in particular to point out
R/ Landfall course and Course to Enter Fort 50X1-HUM
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Commercial Cperations:
4,100 tons of ,iron ore were loaded in eight hours. The lames&
berth was at C. The ore loaded was ready along the quay (48)
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Surveillance
At the head (46) of the pier (47) noticed a sentry on guard
At the head (45) of the pier (43) noticed a wooden sentry box.
At (81) noticed a sentry box
At thmt-Mtnniztaff every merchant vessel in port, noticed a soldier
on guard.
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Water Hydrants Along the Nev Quay (S): Noticed three muter hydrants
near the berths, (C)
Military Vessels Noticed :
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(B) Motor.Tatzrol Boat
dockyard (63)
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on the hauling-1p slip of the
(U) Small auxiliary vessels or steel fishing boats?
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Communist Bloc Merchant Vessels
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MATI loaded Utittma fimokestack
the Albanian steamer
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The Chinese- Albanian motor ship '5:NTEIRNATIONAL
Smokestack
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At the stern\:-- flag
of the Albanian
vessel
Unloading
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alongside
Merchant Marine. At
in Latin and Chinese characters
Operation by Rearm of Lighters.
the bow -- bane of the merchant
the MATIMUltsamegnent went
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the INTERNATIONAL',
In port,
-ship TEUTA:itiiirdte'd
at(F);being unloaded
The Albanian motor
steel tubes of a 11-o-5o centimeter diameter.
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-- The Albanian motor-ship.PART1ZARI :Vnloaded; moored at (J)
The East German steamer'AROST# "moored at(Q,
Nbtor ships of unknown name and flag moored at (G).
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-- Two sailing-ships with auxiliary motors (names and flag unknown)%
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moored at (1);
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Sailing. ship with auxiliary motor (none and flag unknown): moored
at (I)
Me Albanian fishing boat moored at (K)
Tugboat at(M )
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- 2 harbor craft (0) on the c'w?x-up slip of the dockyarda, (63)
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- One sailing-best with auxiliary motor at (P)
- One sailing-laenat with an auxiliary motor at(V)
The West German Motor-ship ttS1EL.LA."(S)
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- One small tank (T)
One hydroplane (Z) -
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Harbor Area: Land and Sea Equipuent - Shipyards; fejt depots - mili-
tary - zone
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38/ Headquarters of the Harbor Authorities
(110) --(40/a) Mechanical equipment of the western pier
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(43) : Nine cranes a-long the wharves No 1 and No 2;
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and 4gr (40/a) along wharf No 3)
(la) Floating crane
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(43) Western pier inner side)
(56p ore
57/158/7 smoll tracked crane
59/ Wharf under construction (only diagram)
((b) Wooden pier
(61) Low depth area or undeOater obstacles (only diagram)
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(59) Wharf under construction
(6o) Wooden pier
(62) Structure, of a ground floor and a second floor; in front of--
.which can be seen the Albanian inscriptiA partially hidden
by the leaves of.a tree: "BARKA SKIPTAR". It is immed-
iately after the harbor area.
(63) Dockyard area
(64) New structure
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48/ New epecatiate wharf
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65/ Buoy marked with the NO 3
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(48) New opeeteAtme wharf
(66/ Illumination lamps of the area
67/ Piles of ore
(68) Three electric portal jib cranes with grab buckets, with the
aprooximate capacity of 12 - 15 tons, traveling on tracks
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' (69) GANZ-tyre crame5of an approximate capacity of 5-7 tons, electric
and traveling on tracks
(70) Grab crane of a 15-ton capacity, traveling on trackiri
-tke
beterivrisr the wharf .and is used to move the material from the inside
space towards the apron of the wharf
c71/ Ti1evatedtrackfLused-V9. railroad cars for transporting ore
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72/ Two railroad tracks running under the cranes. (68) and (69)
(73)
74/ Objectives which
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Various structures
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Pile-driver pontoon
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viamem
and pipelinefor layltraptenea
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(78) - Small wall: Beginning of military zone (49)
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84/ Water depot*
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Structure
Sentry box
Two ( or three?) tall radio antennas.
Various small structures of unknown use,
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86/ Group of large sheds
(ern Enclosure wall of the fuel depot ,431-ea (50)
88/ 'High lattice-work tower supporti,4115?"
line (90)
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89/ Construction crane
91/ Silhouettes of targets
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