PORT OF RIGA

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This report on'
Riga is a compilation of information on the port up to late November
1954. The report is accompanied by three maps (Attachment kl) which
have been deposited in and are available from tae CIA Library. There
are also eight, photographs of the harbor area (Attachment # 2) which
have been deposited in and are available from CIA/Graphics Register.
Comments
1 The proper place names used
Muehlgraben
Duenamuende
Duena River
Bolderaa
Magnusholm
Rinusch
- Milgravis
- Daugavgriva
- Daugava River
- Bolderaja
- Mangalsala
- Rinuzi
throughout this report are
2. The airfields in the Riga area are
Riga-Spilve 56-59, 2 24-04)
Riga-West 01 56-55, 2 23-59); alternate names for this airfield are
Riga-Babite and Riga-Skulte.
Riga-Skirotava
q1-56-53,
2
24-11)
Riga Airfield
01 57-00,
2
24-11)
Riga Salaspils
56-52,
2
24-20)
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3. The 4th and 8th Fleet Air Forces are based in the Baltic. The existence
of a 3rd tactical air fleet (page 11) is unknown.
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Attachment # l Copy # 1 - Navy
Copy IA 2 - CIA Library
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C;OUNTRY
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VALUATION_ PLACE OBTAINED_
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28 February
DATE PREPARED 1955
ENCLOSURES (N.M.& TYPE) 2 - 1 set of 5 blueprints, with legend on ditto
REMARKS--
1 set of 8 photo6raphs
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By late November 1954, the following information on Riga Harbor
had been received:
Vote: Numbers in parentheses refer to locations shown in Annexes
I.litato,Land economical information.
1. :4,j4?...aM
V/24?07'E), an old Hanseatic town, is the Capital
the Letvian Socialist Soviet Republic (LS6R) and one of the
-cae iaportant harbors on the Sallie Sea. It is located eight
va'es upstream from the mouth and on the east bank of the
aiver. Prior to 1939 Riga had a population of 365,000
a.tants; the present number of inhabitants is unknown.
roach to Riga from the Baltic Sea is south of Oesel Island
?.0h the deep channel of the Irben Strait in the Culf of
The Duena River empties in the gulf at the southeastern
war.
Ta harbor of Riga is mainly formed by the main branch of the
,na River on which the major part of the quays and shipeing
tnstallations are located. A smaller harbor is located on
a branch of the rifer east of the main stream (Luehlgraben
ailgravia Caureka). The fishing harbor is located downstream
on 'Vac east bank of the river, and the harbor of Duenamuende
(Daugavriva), which the Soviets use as a naval base, is located
on the west bank of the river close to its mouth.
The harbor installations most of which had been destroyed
during the war, have meanwhile been reconstructed except for
a small number of buildings and equipment. Conspicuous buildings
left undamaged were
St. Peters Church (80),
The nome Church (81),
The Russian Church, also a cathedral, (82).
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2. Zurnover
The turnover figures for niea were as follows:
?inports
1937 1,021,000 1,342,00 2,363,00 t3n:3
1948 1,100,0)0 .640,0C3 1,740/0::0
1954 o data are available on the present volume of traffic.
ince the local trade as eell as the econoeic situation in the whole
of the US6R have been eradually recovering in the at few years,
shipiing traffic in Riga also made progress and it nay safely be
stated that shieeing in Riga has increased and is adequate to the
present eeneral situation. The export of lumber and wooden goods
particularly increased-
The breakdown into cateeories of comodities is as fellows:
lmeorts: Ores, fertilizers, industrial products, oil, frozen meat.
rlxports: Luleber, woocien objects, coal, farming machines, grain, cotton.
3. 1.412LJIIALteklIE
Clearance of shies inward and outward, assienient of berths and the
entire shipping operations are handled by the state-operated "lnflot"
0Cfice, as is the case in all Soviet eorts.41) The Inflot has
headquarters in grain elevator In) 4 buildinr, Riga. ork is well
organized and carried oat quickly and reliable, the longshore men
_enerally are zealous and kind.
4. ar Jailaw!:e
There are till many ruins within the town area and :iost streets and
buildings are still in poor conditions. The street cars are also in a
bad state of repair,
e. .pinnetlenlaeatm tAnien
a. Aeeroachee.
The main channel from the Baltic 3ea to the lulf of Riga, the
Irben :trait, is well buoyed and lighted; two swept channels are
still to be used as prescribed charnels, the maximum adrAssibie draft
there being 10 meters. It was found that the sv,ept channel as well
as the buoyaee off and in the Irben Strait agreed with the
indications on the seachart; the south coast of the Coalf of Riga is
low and ?sandy with a flat beach. Landine ships (LS) can beach at
aleost any point of the coast.
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!:ea swept channel through the Jrulf of Idea i prescribed in
depths exceeding 40 seters, The swept channel begins again okay
12 sea miles from the leading buoy (Light-buoy 2,o 1, striee
black and w'eite, and surmeunted be a ball-shaeed top mark and
a lieht showing every re_eeconds)i this buoy is now situated in.
position 51)06'30"S/2357030S differing thus from the charted
position on Serman sea chart D 13. A 3oviet guard boat is
stationed at or near the leading buoy.
.Sininue, deeth on the bar off the mouth of the Duena Aver is
5 meters.
The characteristics of the two entrance liehts, one each on
the east and west j2tty, as sell as the positions of the buoes
and the depths in the navigable channel agree with these carted.
A boom net barrage, about 500 meters long, extended between the
two jetties; the boom zap for brie passage of the vessels about
60 meters in width-
Veseels bound for Riga are eenerally met by a soviet guard boat
as far out as the Irben 3trait and escorted into the harbor.
(These guard boats generally fly the green flag of the border
defense force). Outgoine veeeels are escorted as far as ieben Street,
b. 'Ice Conditions
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during the winter, shipping traffic is rather seriously hir , ed
because the i;ulf of Riga is frozen over; the aperoach to ',Ilea
acpends on the ice conditions prevailing in the Irben Strait which,
as a rule, begins to freeze over in Jaeuary and thaws in April. It
is, however, eossible to keep sniping going throughout the einter
on the ;Arena diver eith the aid of icebreakers.
Anchors
Suitable anchorages in 14 to 23 meters of water and on good
holding ground are found west of the leading buoy, but they offer
no shelter frorli northerly winds.
Excellent anchorages in 9 meters of water are available inside the
jetties on the east side of the river beteeen .egnusholm
(:::angalsalas Ciem) and ainusch (Rinssi).
d. There are no tides in these isaters, the water level depending only
on the direction, of the wind. During the ice-melting peried, the
Water level is liable to rise as high as 3 meters above mean water
level. ;7a1 a rule, harbor operations are generally net hindered.
by weather conditions.
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Pilotage is compulsory. Pilots eeneralle board the incoming
vessels near the leading buoy and must not be taken aboari later
than when the vessel is between the outer jetty heads. The pilot
station has headquarters in Riga (41).
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B. {arbor and Shipaard Installations
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The harbor installations coapriee a number of quays and open
basins located on the two banks of the Duena River or the
lateral branches of the Buena River. The River bed from the
mouth of the river to Riga is 8 to 10 meters deep, which depth,
however, can only be kept by uninterrupted dredging operations.
The Ialalaapayage is about 10,000 meters the quay installations
are modern and meet all requirements for ships trading in the
Baltic Sea. The totathof the railroad sidings (including
the shunting station at the export quay is about 15 kilometers.
In addition to the cranes mentioned in connection with the
description of the various quays, two 15-ton floating cranes are
available in the harbor area.
Two towboats are available for towing and other harbor service
operations.
As far as is known, an icebreaker is also stationed in Riga/
Duenamende; Soviet icebreakers will also ee made available in
particularly hard winters (in 1953, for example, icebreaker
"Sibiryakov").
No exhaustive information is available on sheds and warehouses;
it was not learned whether all buildinae of this kind which were
destroyed during the war, have been reerected and put again into
operation. It may, however, be safely said that the sheds and
storing facilities will assure adequate handling of average
transhipment business.
2. .Details (Ea,st bank.),
a. liaenuaholm (1): ?
This island is located 2 miles upstream from the mouth on the
east bank of the Buena river, and a new fish cannery (2) is
also there. 1.e_gnusholm is a 1300 meter long wooden wharf and
6 meters deep alongside. cranes and railroad sidings are
available. Southeast of Lagnusholm is the
b. 2ishin-, harboreLliaLLWavaajala
It is a small harbor basin, 2 to 3 meters deep, located 3
miles upstream from the mouth of the Buena River and separated
from the Buena aiver by a stone wall. A small shipyard for
fiehing craft, comprising several small workshops and a marine
railway for four fishing vessels, is located on the southeast
side of this basin. A landing pier for fishing vessels, about
180 meters long, is on the north-east side, and some small
net-storage and boat sheds are on the northwest side. No cranes
or railroad tracks. a wooden watchtower (4) and an iron radio mast
.(5), close to it, are located southeast of the shipyard in the
Altmuehlzrabon suburb.
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c. aeusaMehls_arsaketaa_seihafenLAleravia Caureka Picture 2
illehlerabenhafen (aileravia Caureka :liehlgraben harbor) (8)
is located on the east side of the Duena diver four miles pstreai
from its mouth. A lateral branch of the river connects it with
Stint Lake (9).
The ;:seehlraben harbor facilities were considerably imeroved by
the expansion of the quays and the "Old :alehlgraben 3hipyard",
carried out in the past few years.
A modern quay (10), about 1,500 meters long with a depth of 9
meters alongside, and railroad tracks maining along its total length,
is located on the southeast side of that branch of the river, which
is about two miles long and dredged to 10 meters depth.
A mine depot (11) of the 3oviet Navy, separated from the quay only
by the railroad tracks, is also located there; a fertilizer plant
is located at the northeast end of the eier (12).
J railroad and road bridge (13) forms the border between eluehlaraben
harbor and Stint Lake in the northeast.
Theuehlaralaan_alpayAKLI (14 - Picture 2) is located on.the north
side of Luehlgraben harbor. Oaly vessels up to medium size could.
formerly be repaired at this yard because of its limited capacity.
However, in the past few years, the shipyard installations were
considerably improved and expanded toward the northwest, eormitting
now the construction of new ships. The shipyard has a quayage of
1,000 meters with 6 meters water alongside, possesses two floating
docks capable of accommodating vessels of up to about 4,000 tons
and four erficient hammerhead cranes. :aectric current is supplied
by the shipyards own steam-driven power plant.
The capacity of the new installations seems to indicate that naval
vessels can also be built there, although no definite information on
this subject has been received. No figures of the shipyard persoeael
are available nor could the situation be clarified concerning the
arrangement and capacity of the railroad system in the shipyard and
its connection with the main railroad network.
The shipyard premises are guarded by jeviet soldiars who are accommodated
in a barracks installation newly erected within the shipyard area for
this purpose.
A branch of the euena hiver, the "Red Duena" (Sarkandaugava) (15;
runs from Leehleraben basin toward the south; the water in the
northern section of this river branch is up to 6 meters deep, and
in the southern section 2 to 3 meters deep (raft berthing facilities);
no quays or other harbor installations are available on the ")ed
auena"
A nigh voltage line with masts, GO meters high., coming fro:: the seuth
bank (16) cef the huehlgraben harbor, spans the Duena Aver.
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d. 1 exbor Installations in kUa
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The Riga harbor area begins with the exeort quay (21), located
south of the branching point of the Red Duena and the main chaenel,
and is followed by the adjoining exeort harbor (51), the teo harbors
technically forming a harbor unit (pictures 3, 4, 5, 6).
A quayage of 1,960 meters, 6 to 9 meters deep aloneside, with
triple-track railroad sidings are available in this harbor unit.
Thejort have a total of sixteen Aesel-electric
cranes (eine 5-ton cranes, five 10-ton cranes and two 50-ton cranes);
a 60-ton crane, Jeanding about 50 meters landward from the export quay,
is ooesibly a construction crane.
The northern section of the exoort quay forms a large store yard
(22), with an adjoining large cold-storage house (25) in the south,
and a five-storied warehouse (24), zet a little back. The two
buildings were newly erected after the war.
A warehouse shed, about 130 meters long (25), and a three-storied
shed, about 60 meters long, (26), and some smaller single-floor store
sheds followed in the sutheast as a continuation to the export
harbor.' All t-ese sheds are comparatively new. A second row of
warehouse .sheds (27) was located at the.rear of these sheds. Thus
a total of 6 brick sheds are available, and all are in operation.
The town-owned Ai?L.a Anior Station (picture 6)(32) is located on the
south side of the export harbor.
The entire area of the export quays and export harbor is surrounded
by a high wire fence. htrance to the town is only through the
southern gate. A guard room accommodating a guard unit of several
soldiers is to be found in that entrance/exit gate house.
,Indreas ,uay (33), also called the coaling harbor is 630 meters
lore; and 7.3 to 9 meters deep alongside; it adjoins the exeort harbor in
the south. An eight-storied grain elevator (54 - picture 6), having
a storage capacity of 16,000 tons, is at the northern end of the quay.
This quay is used as a coal dump, as no sheds are available there.
Two railroad tracks (one running close along the quay, and the
second about 50 meters landward)from the edge of the quay, and
six bridge cranes (one 20-ton crane and five 10-ton cranes) are
available for cargo-handling operations. Passenger ships calling
at iiieu generally berth alongside the Andreas Pier.
Andreas Harbor '35), adjoinin the Andreas ,.uay in the south, is the
berthing basin for towboats and harbor service craft. Railroad sidings
also run along the east side of this quay.
A small shipyard (56) (Suds Remont :dadaskoi Andrea Aevny Gavany),
located on the northeast side of Andreas harbor, carries out
repairs to ships and machinery. .A 1e0-ton marine railway is
available,but there is no dock.
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The Custois uay (37), 1,030 meters long (concrete) aad h eetere
deep alongside, is located south of the shipyard. Come of the
railroad sidings are double-tracks, and there are also 10 cranes
(one 25-ton crane, one 10-ton crane and eiaht 2.5-ton cranes.
The _customs quay is bounded on the south ba the recently erected
stone bridge (38).
The Tcren suay (39), located upstream from tis bridge, is the
oldest quay in Alga, it is beunded on the south by the railroad
bridge,and is 1,130 meters lona, has a aranite wall. is 7.5 meters
deep alongside, but has no railroad tracts; it is of lieited access
because of the low vertical clearance of the stone bridge and the
footbridge (40)spanning the river,
Details est _L
Several harbor basins, varying in depth between 1.5 and 7 meters,
are located on the west bank. They originated from branches of the
Duane diver which later were used as harbor basins protected by moles.
However, since no quays or cranes are available, except for the
oencrete pier (depth alongside 8 meters) at the cement factory ;,46), these
harbor basins can be used only for transhipeing coal or lumber in case
of emergency. July one side track connects the cement factory with
the railroad line in the west.
The harbor installations in the sest bank include
the A-B :asarf (47), depth alongside 6.5 to 7 meters, located oaposite
the town allay,
the iAepenholm
the ::ohlershof
7j)eirf (48), depth alongside
Lndreas quay,
elarf 49), depth alongside
the exports quay.
'Ju 1' Pacilitita
ue to 7 meters, opaosite
about 6 meters, oposite
Oil: Several large oil tame of inideatified location
allegedly are located near ::alehlaraben harbor.
and caaacity
Other reports also indicated teat vast underground Lana deaots were.
built 2 kilometers south of :eaehlgraben harbor (in the so-called
Kaiserweld (Emperor's ;:brest) but exact details are lacking.
Coal and '::aterf
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Coal is available on Andreas ,uay, sometimes also
on Wohlersdorf wharf. 'ater can be taeen,on from hydrants
or taps on the quays or from water carriers coming alongeede.
supply: slectric.current is supplied by the aunicipal
Power station. (32) located on the' Ahdreas uay. It was
destroyed in the war, has meantime been reerected and,
at present, is in operation with ite 4 boilers and 3
turbines. Its capacity was not determined.
,uehlgraben shipyard has its own steam-driven power station.
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e. Locks and Bride-ea
There are no locks in t-e harbor area.
:he arid 'es in the harbor area include
the railroad bridee (53), located farthest upstreame
the foot-bridee (40), reerected after the war, a little downstream
from the railroad bridge,
a Ltalusliaa resting on 3 eielars (3e) for car and pedestrian
Leaffic farthest downstream.
These three bridges connect old Riga with :Ate,. suburb.
A
railroad and road bridge (13) spanning the auehlgraben separate this
section of the harbor from Stint Lake.
a railroad turning bridge. (70a), located on the west bank of the
Alexia :liver (south of Duenamuende), connects fiolderaa Suburb with
Duenamuende.
6. Securete .easures
incoming vessels are met by a Soviet guard vessel as far out as the
two eeetern main approaches to tee Irben strait (swept channels south
and north) and subsequently are escorted to the harbor; oetgoine veeeels
are escorted as far as the Irben Strait. The escort service seeas to
serve the only purpose of sueervisin:, the ship and her maneuvere. It
was repeatedly re.orted that no mined areas are eueposed to he follrij
in the Irben Strait or in the aelf of Alga where even large aevet
naval vessels ..ere cruising for outside the swept channels.
eoth oh entering and leaving port, the snips are closely searched
be customs o:Ticials and military personnel, especially fee stowaways
and pamphlets printed in Cyrillic. The radio stations, einocelars
and cameras remain sealed in containers threu,hout the ship's stay
in harbor and are only released just before the ship pats to sea.
A female doctor in uniform performs the sanitary exae:nation,
a sentry eita a pistol guards each ship throughout her stay in harbor.
The crewmembers of the ships are granted shore-leave, but Lust comely
with many conditions and instructions concerning their behaviour
asaore, And the captain is obliged to sign an agreement that they
will observe these regulations. Zach crewmember receives a special
passport for going ashore; this passport and the discharge book must
be Pie:0)1=0d to the sentry at the ship, who detaches a counterfoil
from the. shore-permit (passport), which he keeps uetil the seamen
returns to his ship. The loss of the Lenore-permit is subject to a
fine of ten rubles.
On the whole, the behaviour of tee sentries was rather correct and
polite.
Connections with the Interior of the Country.
a. Railroads.
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Riga harbor has excellent railroad coenoctions; all quays have
adequate track systems, which also interconnect the various euaye.
Two railroad nhuntine svetems C54.59). one each near the Am reas
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quay and and north of the main freight station, are available. auehlgrabenhafen
is connected with the main railroad network by a sinele-track line
Duenamuende Harbor is connected With Riea by the railroad turnbridge
near 3olderaa.
eroad-3aue railroad lines lead from the important Riga junction in
all directions, making Riga a particularly favored harbor from the
point of view of traffic techniques
b. ar-teta
There is a sufficient number of streets in the harbor district.
"Export Street" runs parallel to LLe Quays from the Exeort Harbor
to the center of the town (city).
Transit roads run in a northeasterly direction via Pskov, and in
a southwesterly and westerly direction via iUtau.
Second grade roads extend in all directions.
c. Inland -aterwaye
The Buena River is navi;rable for barges as far as 12 kilometers
upstream from Riga; from this point on, only raftine is possible
as far as Jacobstadt (150 kilometers distant) because of the rapids.
de Air Traffic
idrplanes for I:ioucow leave Riea daily at 1200 and 1800; and daily
fli,ehts to Leningrad also are provided.
8. .Industrialallarrle_inalLheharbor area
In addition te the installations mentioned in connection with the
description of the various harbor districts, the following factories
and industrial plants were noted in the harbor district:
A cement factory (46) located on the west bank of the Juena River,
opposite the exeort harbor; it has its own railroad
connection with several sidings to the railroad line
between iliea and Duenamuende.
A rubber factory (Picture 7) on the aed Duena River between the export harbor
and Liuehlgraben harbor.
9. Old euena River
The swampy and partially flooded area between YAgnusholm and Altmuehleraben
within the "Old Buena. River" district (east bank of main channel opposite
?Duenamuende) seems to be undergoing draining operations; two land reclartation
dredges were seen working there in October 1954.
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C. limed Porces in kiea
1. ,General
a. ermy
aiga is the headquarters of the staff of the "Baltic Lilitary
District" weich comprises Lithuania, Latvia and the northern
part of !;ast Prussia. The "Balic Lilitary District" has under
its coaaand 2 tank divieions and eiget infantry and mechanized
divisions, totaling about 1-0,0a) men.
Zile actual breakdown of the strength of the Riga Garrison is unknown.
b. eau
The Soviet Navy has a naval base in the harbor of Duenanucnde
which is used by submarines, destroecrs, PT boats and submarine
chasers.
c. Lir Porce
Rine seems to be the center of the rd tactical air fleet shich
is responsible mainly for tae protection and the surveillance of
the central part or the Baltic Sea.
For this reason, strong units of the naval air arm are stationed
around and in the vicinity of iia, (at least one eeiG-17 fighter
division, two or three bomber regiments, and two sea reconnaissance
regiments).
2. Details
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Both town and harbor of Duenamuende (Daugavgriva) are located
in the island west of the mouth of the Selena River, and bounded
on the east bj the main channel of the Duena diver, and on the
south and the west by the Bolderaa River.
The harbor consists of three harbor basins (61, 62, 63,); it is
used mainly as a naval base for Soviet war vessels and is faborably
located regarding the exercise grounds in the Gulf of Rina,the
Soviet submarines make use of durine the icefree season. Prom
spring to fall Duenamuende is permanently occupied by submarines
(up to 20 at a time), while during the ice period they mainly use
7iindau as a base. Large numbers of submarine chasers and
minesweepers as well as PT boats, and frequently also destroyers,
are constantly observed. One or two subnarine depot ships are also there
zesularly. The guard boats of the sea-border defense unit:, which is
reseonsible for the surveillance of the Irben Strait and the
approaches to the mouth of the Buena Rive-1.0.re also stationed in
Duenamuende.
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Zsitrance to Duenamuende Harbor is prohibited to merchant vessels.
The harbor is connected with the main railroad network across
the turning briilee 70a); eetails on the various side tracks are
lacking.
The outer basins (61, 62) of the total of three, have stone-walled
moles 1,400 meters lona and 3 meters deep alongside, and a wooden
signal tower, 30 meters high (64), erected on the north entrance
to the basins. The east side of the river mole (the outer one)
can also be uced to berth ships.
The entrance to the third harbor bac:in, the eo-called wintering
harbor" (63), is from the second harbor basin passing between two
moles, which were destroyed in the war, and of which a section of
the southwest tole is still under reconstruction A 400-m woodea eier
is available in the wintering harbor. The water depth of 4 meters,
which previously existed only in the northwest section of the basin,
seems to prevail now in the entire area of the basin since comparatively
large vessels were also observed in the southern section of the baein.
Up to 300 email veseels can be wintered in this basin.
A total of betweee 20 and 25 PT boats were reaularle observed
resting in chocks (eothballed).
The formerly rather poor ehieyard capactIle of Duenamuende was
considerably increased in the last few years by expandine the
so-called "Old Shipyard" (65) located on the northwest side of the
wintering harbor. A slip way, 68 meters long, 12 meters wide,
with a capacity of 1,000 tons and a floating dock (66) about 50
meters long are available. The shipyard instaliatione ashore now
consist of two comparatively large workshops (65). It was not
learned that new ehies were built there, it IL, however, believed
that only repair and maintenance work can be done there.
Two other buildings serving unidentified eurposes also :ere in the
area of the wintering harbor:
A long three-storied. building (67), eossibly barracks installations,
wore located on the southwest side;
A laree house, two- or theee storied, was under construction (in October
1954) (6E)'
The "Old 2ort", located south of the harbor (69), ie still used as
Soviet naval quarters,
b. Other Soviet naval ihetallation.
Six to eight three-storied buildinas (71), barracks installations,
are located on a short spit extending toward the west at tee eouth
of the Duena River,
A battery of 4 or 5 guns 7?) is located on the east side of the
entrance the eeena River.
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sour large buoys are moored formin a rectangle, were meored
1 1/2 miles east of the leading buoy which, accordire; to an
information received, is a degaussing- installation?
For the barracks installation at the ::.uehlgraben ehipyard, see
B 2c.
The mine depot of the Soviet Navy. eas mentioned under paraeeraph
B 2 c.
Another block of barracks installations (13) ie located in the
city of Ri,:et close to eorthern. ost bridge epaening the euena
River (the stone bridge (38) on the east bank of tae
Several five-storied yellow brick buildine, located near the
"Latvian Bank" (74),were erected on tis site, with entrances :77i0M
a side street. The barracks accomodate navy pereennel?
0. Airfield
One airfield is located on the west side of the Duena Aiver
opposite the export quay (75). It is used by Soviet military
planes and also by the daily passenger planes playing between
Riga and Moscow or Leninrad.
The airfield covers an area of abut 2 by 3 kilometers (the long
side extending in a northwesterly direction); the concrete ruaway,
about 2 kilometers lone, extends in a northwesterly/eoutheasterly
direction. 'Several larce hangars are located in the eestern section
of the airfield, but there also seem to be numerous caeouflaged
parking facilities for airplanes, The airfield is surrounded by
a .hih board fence and, in addition, is blocked from view by
shrubs planted on the river bank
Other airfields and airfield bases in the neighborhood of idea are
aiga - Spilve Airfield base (fighters)
SkJlte 'Seaplane base (unidentified types and streneVe:
Babitt Airfield base boabers)
Guschenhof Seaplane base (unielentified types and strenzt;4)
t, Skirotara Unidentified use ar0 state of completioe
Stiatsee Base for reconnaissance planes.
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errend to Harbor Installations injiat
1. Eagnusholm
2. Fish Cannery,
3. Fishing harbor
4. :;vooden watchtower at fishing harbor
5. Radio mast at fishinj harbor
6 - 7 unknown
B. Diuehlzraben harbor
9. Stintsee (Stint Lake)
10. Mueh13raben quay
11. "line depot of Soviet iavy
12. Fertilizer plant
13. Railroad and Road bridge
14. Muehl,fsraben shipyard
15. "Red Duena River"
16. High voltage masts
17 through 20. nil
21. Export quay
22. Storeyard, in the northern section of Export ',,uay
23. Cold storage warehouse
24. Storage house
25. Large storeshed
26. Storesheds
27. Second row of storesheds
28 through 30. ail
31. Export harbor
32. i(iunicipal power station
33. Andreas quay
34. Crain elevator
35. Andreas quay
56. Small shivard
37. Customs quay
58. Stone bride
39. Lunicipal ciuv
40. Foot brine
41. Inflot Office (approximate position pilot station';
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42 thruch 45. unknown
46. Cement factory
47. A-B wharf
4e. Kiepenholm-wharf
49. 'Nohlershof-wharf
50 through 52. unknown
53. Railroad bridge
MO.
Shunting tracks on Andreas quay
55. Sut1n= tracks at nein freight station
56 throuh 60 unknown
61. Outer harbor basin ? Duenauuende
62. Central harbor basin, Duenamuende
63-, :7interinz harbor, Luenamuonde
64. Signal to,7er
65. "Old Shipyard
66. FJoatin?: dock
6/. New building on southwest side
68. New building on northwest side
69. Old Fort Duenamuende
70. PT boats in chocks
70 a. Railroaa turn-bridge
71- Barracks installations
72. Presumed sun battery
73. larions barracks :Jistallations in Ri the city district
74. Latvian Bank
75. Airfield
75 through 79. anknovin
CO. St Peter'e, Church
(11. Dome
E32. aus*ian Cathseral
2-02.4,404
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