MARITIME DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE BALTIC LITTORAL

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• Publication Date: November 9, 1950
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14ai:it:.ime Devc loxinents along the Baltic lAttoral
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Notes on Various Harbors
i ir i4nrk and the clearing of wrecks in
ly 1LlaiDeda 5 -48 N~. 21-_O89) a Repa
fihe? harbor o I' a al pec' was completed in September 1949. Uetveen Ki,aipedda
and Pai3n ga (55-55N, 21A-O/;,E), the Soviets are constructing a submarine
base . For this purpose large cement bunkers have been erected r The
old fortifications built by the Soviets in 1939'-'.911 along, the sea and
the f orr:ter L thtuania x border are reconstructed and enlarged, to
be used by the Soviet navy as tor?pedo and munitions bunkers, These
bunkers begin at the. teach and extl,nda inland for ten kilometers. To
transport munitions between t,h?emn and the various submarine bases, a
new railway netleork has been constructed from German mater.i.also All
approaches to the harbor, by sea;, road, and rail, have been repaired
and are in use. Diesel. locomotives are running on the railuzy spur
between Palanga and the coast A
2. Betireen five and ten kilometers northeast c f Palanga_ the Soviets
have built an airfield deep in tha woods right (presumably east) of
the rain road between Palan.ga - and ` payer (5 -32N, 21-00B). Until naw
the field has served YAK-;:J fighters and 9IG It,--l (?) jet fighters,
However, present indications are that the Soviets intend to station
large bomber units there,. Since nuxgust 1949 the Soviets have been :,,-ork-
ing foverishly 'to enlarge the, fie-1_d; and three-to five-kilometer-long
cement run ways are under constr action.
3. All. these areas are very heavily ~piarded. Most of the guards and con-
tr r;3' groups are equipped with bl_o-)d hounds. The harbor itself has been
hermetically sealed off from the :)utside uorld. Even the people of
Klt..a:a.peda may not enter the harbor area without a pass issued. by the
s., t ekommandantur'`
Li.rzinrdi_t.51?~ 0 -0 ri's?a; canal from 13z?t..isk (54-3914, 19?55E)
t, iZ iraj sgr?_.d a s ee)s de,e?pcned xsd idea -in-3d sufficiently to allow
lia ~t,l ecru::;.; era up to 20,000 ton to be bra-aght, into the shipyards in
Kaliningrad, The Soviet aaervt proceeding to the reconstruction of
the harbor at K lirraragaad. l'h . I" 1 eRiver is being dredged for s?_t
kilometers from it r, mouth; the drudging w l.l. deepen the, river from
50 centimeters to a meter. The wmiarves along the river are in large
measure being renova't.+ d, and the '~rooden planks are being replaced by
cement supports ;xi..th wooden rings to protect the paint on the shi.ps,-
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there :-!pre still 620,000 tons of unreclaIned shipping
in the Baltic as of Octoher 1919. At that time about 190,000 metric tons
of .i )1 )"fir t'1 ^'. ^ 1. c' .F?:: y k:) f en raid by the i.'jrjviet s 0 Of this 2ppi:?ox1-
rnately 90,000 tons had already bo::;1 :in service again; 30,000
had to be scr, :>)r c:'; and the r--;wain ar still lay in the dockyards.
Tl Idition to the 31ovO-mentione;11 190. COs tons, the tioviet=: had rai ed
tines T;7t~ ,y total tnnria re o t" ?_2, )(ju.: xi of these subrular:ines
scrapped exco;p)t .1 or a few being used for experimental purposes;
` ? . .nr,:: c:c, icentratina; on clearing all the ?,arbor etitr xce3
ra ? a,r as atol pm: ?35N ,+6-511? The.. harbors of :ol r,,tst
03N 13-Lr :) `is o ' ) j t)Yd, 14-28E-), }iolbcr; (54-11N, la .3~.~;: ),
,,aienwa de (54-25N., 16?-26E), and Danzig (54=22N, 1?3.39E) bay are al-
corrvletely full of sunken ;>a`lbo?ats, yachts, flat-bottomed
,rrusehnnt.v, tug boats, etc. All units on the nigh sea have
sent to these h:arho:e?s to co,,,,lr.)lete the necessary raising work
t cr':c)rt winter. Since 5 ptember 194`2 the Poles have participated in this
:. vity in the Polish harbors a (5,1
The following ship:; have been raa.3C'.d or are to he raid
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a. The Xonta Rosa., a 14,000 ton chip of the former H nburg Stidli.nie,
was raised i.n September and is now lying in t'.,~rnernfinde (?4-1i"sA),
12--06E) ai?,alt.ing dinnos-ition.. Durzn7 the first years of the Y:v it it
lay i.n Stettin and. i;'sas used for pilot cadets; from 1944 on it =?ra;.;
used in Eant 1F?."ussia for P ne.i;lat".on })~11'i:%r):if rrm in the, beginning of
Ic)45 it was sun?, bet-re en ',,T- rner-dinde and Gedser (54.v-33}1, 11-54E)
In the fall of 1949 the Sc. ... working on the raising of the
Hansa and the Gneisenu, to?ethcr have a tonnage of 40,000
metric tnnsp she l_nezs+~r sex' tan watt l_esrt i.n. ,:ra sunro&e?O vo be
raised by 1 Parch _C450' any efforts were neint made to meet
this goal since the ship c'king the south entrance to Gydnia
(54-30N, 18-331e.11) tarborn .r. )viets have made known to t ?( ~'._"~_:4 h
Gove.rnmont heir interest in the wrr??ck, if the s'-(-1.p can be u: ed ;aain,,,
Thei ship was r`ai sed by 7, ans of raisin', pa ttcons (Hebe nor1toi1),
constructed in the Ic~ot~ar:tae,r:~t, in Ro,>t.oc'?. (.54--O5M1, 12-08E) o They
were attached to the wreck under water ~,.n(i then filled with air.
r be 1??~;;;#: a, ~ ixte r l
G? The C'1C~:~.lut i , to 17; .:"?3.1.u2fi ?~`, r e~t3.`14 of t; , ,~C7T)~;.~onS.
d., In the Rostock an( Z n yst (54- 26t4, 12--42farea. the following known
s!-1p$ are Included in th:? S',vic.t : a'Ls?.ri-, (,,!an for 1.949?
lost f~~rzx ; ~~;;cDx:im~lt il~ t4,00O r(etric. ton:
} r-: ~ Z'.s}nx o: imately 2 5(X metric tons
Florida c.p proxiinate;iy 6 000 metric tons
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total tonnage of 13,000 metric .ens
150 In the first ten months of -?.``.349 the Soviets nut into service in th':
Salo c the fr l i.o~rirtg ships etc t:, nkc rs , ith a total t -)riry:a^e of 17,,C00;
1,1.E motor shl ?.;: with a total tonna Ye o:" 89,,000 tons; and p3 pro`. sao:, >
with a total tonnat-t3 of around 7;(X) tons (') Of the patrr l )? ,t. s,
the ; erehant the rest ,.ere turned rvc;r? to iii., .~xti
P'',cst L'he "in ;erv:l..ce are equipoed with radar,.
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16., The Gc mans 1_t ri g in Stet 1'.) Ti hair n, all been released from h arbor w or <
must MW "or h .n P''r.:).1c?'_i ? The is E;'r^1r3,T2 4 fisher en in f oti=i}1 iiS?a'",.:~ s
to use only he Elarbor: o Stettin, t'ola-is" , WIr enwa ! d.
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nut to sea in these areas,.. These security rle,:asures have been in ef--
fect since early 1.949 and have beer .Inciensin_;ly intensified,.
i7., The previously reported t~reAl_vz-'r _l.e limit (8) established in Folish-and
Soviet-controlled waters for all vessels not in the Soviet service is
being strictly enforced., All offenders have their ship taken over
and the car go confiscated,
their return to the ship and before the ship sails. In the Zest
a'us~-'?n harbor 3 the crew is her?T i tted ashore only until sunset
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18., 'Jhenever a ship cones into a harbor in the US;3;1, Poland, or the Soviet:
Zone of Germany,, it is ira.,,eediately boarded by Soviet guards and Soviet
Zone police (?9), whose number varies according to the size of the "Ire ssel.
First a close search is modc .for Illegal pas en,7ers, the carrying of
whom subjects the offerder to a most severe punishment a The private luggage
aboard is superficially inspected, aria the cargo is much more carefully
checked. Final:f_y, the Papers of the ship's crew are examined During
the ship's stay in port. un until the time the cargo is unloaded, the
personal rapers (, Aurwei.se) of the entire crew, including thy; s: ptain,
the ship's Truster role are taken into custody by the Ioviets~
and
19, Controls over ;oing ashore are for the most part very strict, although
they vary according to the whim of the various harbor comnaxders? in
the Soviet Zone of Germany the crew is allowed ashore every day until
2300 hours,. Czcaod s for barter may not be taken from the ship, and the
sale of fish to the local popualat_on s strictly forbidden. Crew
merfoor} a< 'e not checked w,rhen they return aboard, but a check is made
shortly before the departure of the ship. The Soviets have turned
over rr;ost of the inspeati_on work to the Gem an police, who art-, subject
to bribery, In Pornerania, larid.i.n c aards are usually issued. Crew
riembers are allowed ashore only one day during, the ship's stay, and then
they must; return by 2100 hours.. The crew is carefully checked both on
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