1. COASTAL DEFENSES IN THE KOLA INLET 2. PORT OF MURMANSK

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains lnformetlon effecting the NetlgW Defense 9f the United
4t&" within the meaning of the Seplonege laws, Title 25X1
lg. U.B.C. geed. 797 and 794, the taunt ton or MMigtion of Which in any mihney IS in 11"Utherleed person 1e prohibited by law.
SUBJECT 1. Coastal Defenses in the Kola
Inlet
2. Port of Murm*nsk
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
EQUIREMENT NO. RD
EFERENCES
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 18 February 1955
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a gun emplacement on a little hill between the lighthouse and the large cove
of the peninsula on the east side of Caps Pogan (N 69-25, E 33-26). The 25X1
emplacement consisted of two turrets with single-barreled guns of 250 or 280
(N 69-19, E 33-27) by a signal hoisted on a mast in a battery emplacement of
two twin-barreled armored turrets, with guns of an estimated caliber of 250
or 280 mm. This emplacement was in position N 69-18-07, E 33-28-04. A third 25X1
stop signalled by letter K was made off Syedlovetyy Island (N 69-16, E 33-28),
on which no emplacements were seen. Here an officer and a soldier came aboard.
After a search of about one and one-half hours, during which the radio antennas
were down and the radio equipment, binoculars, aid cameras were sealed, 25X1
walked the deck and the officer attempted to prevent close observation of the
coast. He repeatedly warned the ship's officers and the personnel on the bridge
to look out only in the direction of the ship's course.
2. Antiaircraft batteries seen on the starboard side of the incoming ship during
passage through the Kola Inlet were at the following locations: Retinskiy 25X1
Cove on the height (N 69-06-54) E 33-21) near a lake which had no name,on
German chart D 1195, 1944 edition, I; Kondratkin Spit on height 79 (H 69-o4-54,
E 33-09) near Kulonga Cove; a hill (N 69-04-32, E 33-06) between the two rivers
emptying into Kola Inlet near height 113; height 157 (N-69-04-18, E 33-04),
northeast of the mouth of the Gremukha River; the hill (N 69-02-24, E 33-01) 25X1
between height 114 and the shore of Kola Inlet; south of the mouth of the
Lavna River on height 122 (N 69-01, E 33-00); the height (N 69-00-24, E 33-01)
south of Minkino; the hill (N 68-59-48, E 33-01) northwest of Goryacheva;
the hill (H 68-59-30, E 33-01) southwest of Goryacheva between height 152 25X1
and the shore of Kola Inlet. Antiaircraft emplacements on the port side of
the incoming ship included one on height 186 (N 69-02-36, E 33-06) and one
on height 107 (N 69-02-18, E 33-06), both north of Rosta (N 69-01, E 33-05).
Two batteries of four six-barreled mortars,emplaced 50 to 60 meters apart
in a circle behind low earth ramparts,were about 100 meters from the shore on
the northeast slope of Might 85 (N 69-04-48, E 33-21),which faced Kola Inlet
and was called Shavor Spit on Varlamoya Cove.
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3. At the foot of Algysh Spit (N 69-05, E 33-26), there was a wooden pier,
between 150 and 200 meters long, near which three or four three-story,gray,
stone buildings with sloping roofs were located. these 25X1
buildings were barracks. Similar buildings were situated in the vicinity
of the piers at Varlamova Cove near Varlamova (N 69-04-42, E 33-24). Low
one-story stone buildings, apparently workshops or garages, were also in
the area. There were two piers built of piles and planking which were
similar to those at Vayenga Bay (N 69-05, E 33-27). An empty floating dock
with an estimated lifting capacity of 15,000 to 20,000 tons was north of
Grassn$ (N 69-03-42, E 33-18),near the shore of Grassni Cove. A naval
seaplane base with two . ways was located in a cove on the east side of
Rosslakova Bay (N 69-03-1b, E 31-12). Twelve twin-engined seaplanes were
tied to buoys moored in the cove. A crane with a long boom was near one
of the two ways, and two sheds, each from 60 to 70 meters long, with
barrel roofs, were further inland. A half-glazed workshop (sic), about 100
meters long and 15 meters high, with skylights, was close to the water's
edge, not far from three other buildings and two small sheds or workshops
located toward Rosta. A large stationary crane with an estimated lifting
capacity of 20 to 30 tons was between the pier and the large workshop. There
were no building, slips or marine railways. No barracks were seen. There
was a naval installation north of the village of Rosta.
4. Four destroyers tied up side by side in groups of two were berthed on the
north and south sides of the pier at Rosta. In the angle which this pier
formed with the shore, was moored a floating dock containing a destroyer
about 150 meters in length. The latter was a sister ship of the two destroyers
berthed on the north side of the pier. They had a clipper bow, a square stern,
and a raised forecastle which sloped down aft of the bridge to the height of the
upper deck. There was a gun turret on the forecastle. The short squat forward
stack was aft of the stepped bridge, which had a tripod mast on its after
section. The after stack on the upper deck was smaller. Torpedo mounts were
located between the two stacks and aft of the second stack. There were two
guns behind protective shields on top of a cabin superstructure on the fantail.
A third gun was aft on the deck. The two destroyers tied up to the south side
of the pier were about 120 meters long, had a clipper bow with raised fore-
castle as far as the square stern, and were armed with a gun behind a pro- 25X1
tective shield on the forecastle. The forward smokestack, aft of the box-
shaped bridge, with a short tripod mast in its rear part, was slightly raking
and had a slanting smoke hood. The after stack, which also had a slanting
smoke hood, was a little shorter and was in front of a short mast. A torpedo
mount was located between the two stacks. Low structures, which
were torpedo mounts, were on deck, and two guns, with protective shields, were
mounted one behind the other, on the fantail.
5? ship berthed alongside the pier south of Rosta, across from Minkino
N 69-00-30, E 33-01), and was boarded by an examination party of three officers
and 15 soldiers, who searched the ship for two hours. Three officers searched
the ship for newspapers and magazines on the following day. The quay, which 25X1
was built of wood and had a wooden floor, was between 250 and 300 meters long
and was surrounded by a mesh wire fence. The pedestrian gateway was guarded
by a soldier. Another gateway was used by railroad cars and trucks. There
were four railroad tracks between the quay wall and a one-story wooden shed which
had a small ramp on the water front. The doors of the shed were closed.
Informant's ship took on 7,000 tons of phosphate from Kola for East Germany.
The phosphate arrived in railroad cars and was unloaded with shovels by two work-
ers on each of ten cars shunted on three tracks. The phosphate was subsequently
dumped by three cranes mounted on railroad cars and then dropped in the ship's
holds by a floating crane. The 7,000 tons of phosphate were taken on in ten-
hour day and night shifts from 16 to 19 September. Soviet workmen from 40
to 50 years of age and women and children unloaded the phosphate from the
cars to the quay and stowed the cargo in the holds.
6. Murmansk had no sewage system and appeared neglected and dirty. Crew members
were constantly molested by begging children. 0 noticed numerous 25X1
soldiers and many women in uniform.