SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS AND PORT FACILITIES OBSERVED IN LENINGRAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400530009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18. U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited
bylaw.
SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY USSR (Snltia ) REPORT
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels and Port Facilities DATE DISTR. 9 December 1954
DATE OF INFO..
PLACE ACQUIRED
Observed in Leningrad
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. At 0300 hours 'on 25 June 195) a~
ship approached Leningrad,
a large naval vessel, apparently a cruiser, was observed at anchor one
and one-hal't''nautical miles west of'Kronshtadt lightship ,l The cruiser
was observed a'gain:at the crime location on 30 June. It had a heavy
four-legged-must with a fire control station, and'another mast in front
of'the after funnel. Two triple-gun turrets were on the foredeck. North
of the. cruiser, in no definite formation, were the O1 YABRSEkYA RE2NaMTSIYA,
the AUMZRAL MAXAROV, three destroyers, and a number of minesweepers.
2. At 0100 hours on. 30 June, in Kronshtadt harbor, four sub- 25X1
marines, three of'which had a silhouette similar to that of the German type
XXI. The fourth submarine had a'tower silhouette like that of the M-89.
None of the vessels had guns on deck. A cruiser, apparently of the same
type as that seen at the lightship, was in the Kronshtadt shipyard. De-
stroyer which, bad a long hull with two stacks, lay under the 25X1
bridge.
legged mast aft 'o bridge. There was about a boat's length between
the bridge and the stack and a narrow space between the bridge and fore-
castle. It had one gun fore and one aft. There was a large drum covered
vithea d there were mine rails on both sides of the stern.
three or 'four merchant ships at the quay.
The loading quay at Leningrad was in very poor condition. On the quay there
were five five-ton gantry cranes operating on rails. Besides the crane
rails, there were two railroad tracks, one of'which ended before the
end of the loading area. All rails were "flush with the grounsd-
It.had a raked bow, a slanting stack, and a three'-
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