SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS IN KLAIPEDA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 28, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
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COUNTRY USSR (Lithuanian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels in Klaipeda
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DATE DISTR. 28 February 1957
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Four reports on Soviet naval vessels observed in the port of Klaipeda
Among the vessels described, the
destroyer
~ and the KUBAN, a submarine mother-ship.
Fragmentary information on port installations and a sketch of the port are
also included.
1STATE ARMY NAVY AIR
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\1 large submarinef
and 2 -smaller submarines were o served-. in
7observed 6- surface vessels.
many naval vessels in the harbor None of these
vessels had more than one stack; some had forecastle and long
stern; others had flush deck. The largest of them were 80-100
metres long.
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the following naval vessels
were observed in the naval harbor in Klaipeda:
submarines.
1. 3 escription: Conning-tower alr:nost rectangular
wi round lines. Lencrth 80-100 :~etres. No guns visible,.
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under D scription: Tonnage 6-7,000 gross
tons. Jl stack, 2 rmlasts. Looked as it it were either a:notner
ship or a training ship, but no connection between this ship
and the submarines was observed.
Approximately 10 small vessels were seen far away in t a harbor.
Itwas not possible to observe any details, except the top part
of the masts on which there was a radar scanner right under the
yard (see the sketch).
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sl LRe~ 1.'_~ '1 ese submarines are of the W-class.
Tie 2. ZProbably KUBAN. so far and
prob6_E1 ' a m3stTe.
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l; 1) 2 submarines were lying next to each other alongside the
conning-tower.
2) In the same place a naval vessel, quite modern in shape,
apparently mother ship for the submarines. (The name
starts with a K). No detailed description.
3) A few minesweepers were seen in Memel, type as the former
T-301-class.
2. There were quite a few gray-painted trawlers in the former Paul
Lindanau Shipyard A couple of them on
slip. No decided naval vessels in the shipyard.
3. The oil tanks between the northern and the southern ballast
quay: 2 tanks completely finished, newly painted. One being
worked on, unpainted.
1~. The vicinity of the Nehrung fort: No observations, no quay
work either. No radar observed in this area.
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o3y~er pier in the Winter Harbor.
Both were 'quite large"
oth had a gun on the fore deck in front of the
The armored train on the northern side of the entrance on its
usual place. The guns covered by light canvas.
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Re 1. 2) The mother ship AN.
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