OCHEMCHIRI NAVAL BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300190007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL IN ELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
CLASSIFICATION 5', _ ;,T-CO:1" "?o . US oif .JIC r S O:;T
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DTI REPORT
`COUNTPy USSR (Georgian SSR)
SUBJECT` Ocherschiri Naval Lase
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DATE DISTR. 18 February 1952
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.LLaokc :yea base Of t`h OQviet I,avy is auout two vziles northwest
of )v3 v:,~O 1 (42?4,3Riq/4- 2811 Georgian ~J:r.~ north~.~est of the
mouth of a small river
2:, A j,att,y, -10 feet a'oove water, extends south from the shore
about 35. feet into the sea. Thus a harbor basin, about .330
fe,:t ~~ide, is fry.-.?ried where the nav L instai1atioriri are located,.
'ire:r c-,nsist of o.re main bui_1din;? (a three-story,; stone build-,
in(' ,=4i th a cupola --s taped tov~~er s 3.00x1.+~0 feet) w'dt` h a radio mast
and a 3ir' -:al mast.,, a depot (sinCle-floor stone :ui1d.in(r 5Ox
250 feat'. and a - rr?t? neat barracks building (three-story stone
hulLdic:L_ about 2JOx65 feet) with small, arnnexes,. These bt Ujn4 s
war,: occunie?t b~.y oviet naval personnel whose un.iforr .s and cap
rib Danb could nclt: be made out due: to the distance,,
w 6 The foiiolrainp vec:',els called at this naval base:
a., Uf-ht to t 'elv'e sr,eedhoats* which stayed there one to three
tihweecs; the', we-:re r'one for about the same len-tea. of time, They
tier a vary fas ", low-sided "tio ,ori oats with square s `*erns and to
ccr.rinz tower 3,, Only a fete s--.8~.1-cali`oer runs could be made
o;,t.> - Torped c. tubes were not setin, F irinf,. prac .ic at towed
~ar? ots was 're ,uently clone about three miles off the coaast,;
The ra,)id ra po of fire also indicated small ealibe:>s.. From tine
to tins the coats bold maneuvers aloe the oast In ;soups of four
to 3i.z i.t un!,ts.,
b.. Off and. on, two to four torpedo boats- anchored near the
hair-)or., a sea, their speed wns inferior to that of the sneect.
boats? They weie lo,)-sided vessels? at least 200 feet long with
rep i 3ed f o _1ecastled , to or throe funnels, a MC'h fore..-, t and a
lovv,)r .tati.t aft., 1t 70 to 1O0-r:uz gun was discernible bot"a forwerd
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s'~b r,exrt1y sx~ear~boatt-like rictork,oats... but of a bea or
do i 'n and slower put into. e harbor,
d, ?..nor warships.., about 200 feet lon with one funrn 1
1ounted by a 76 or 80-inn t?u.n forward,, were also cbserved
tanker about 1550 to '200 feet I.on -. called at whe harbor
yr,:r one to three days eve.xrtr two or three Leeks kf.,
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that no torT,tec`1o tubcq were seen or.i the 5t uho is
.. 1t tote ?~: obsb1 . ,ty that they arse'-a-z .ier tyre f :;r;cadboat;
ry.~.r.+ thoiir turpedoei over the ;, ter,
e f, for edo boats are nrooably torpedo boats of
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two.6--f_~.r:i.Z1~.o1eS:1 i cind. destroyers of t ~,
nr, r ed) to wr1ii 1 ch the el escr1 ~1 v1 ons TAo d n.- i.-tr fte
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