NAVAL VESSELS AT SASSNITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004101130009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
634O~8O
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Naval Vessels at Sassnitz %,
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
25 May 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following naval vessels were) at Sassnitz
4.
a. ERNST THAELMANN, with two masts and a radio antenna.
Armament: one 105-mm gun on the foredeck, two double 20-mm
guns on the bridge deck, three 105-mm guns on the afterdeck,
and antiaircraft artillery on a special bridge on the after-
deck. The radar antenna was covered.
b. Four minesweepers of the German M-type, with two masts and a
radio antenna between them. Armament: one 105-mm gun on
the foredeck, two double 20-mm guns and several machine guns
on the afterdecks No radar was observed.
c. Auxiliary vessel (tug). Armament: one 37-mm gun on the
foredeck. The vesse had two masts, with a radio antenna
between them.
d. Auxiliary vessel) I(fissing vessel), with two masts and a
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A lugger-type
Minesweepers
Auxiliary ves
auxiliary vessel
and E
ST THAELMANNO
I jAEC
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6.
7.
Motor torpedo boats
same type; minesweepers and
three other boats of the same type.
Motor torpedo boat 0 was taking torpedoes on board
from.a lighter. In the harbor there were also motor
torpedo boats minesweeper) and
auxiliary vessel.
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