1. OBSERVATIONS OF NAVAL AND MERCHANT VESSELS IN NOVOROSSIYSK 2. NAVIGATIONAL DATA AND MERCHANT VESSELS IN ODESSA 3. NAVAL VESSELS WITH NUMEROUS ANTENNA MASTS

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• Publication Date: October 6, 1959
• 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 Z plonage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and ,1!!, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person L Prohibited by law.
S-E-C- -E-T
COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR, Krasnodar Kray)
SUBJECT 1. Observations of Naval and Merchant
Vessels in Novorossiysk
2. Navigational Data and Merchant Vessels
in Odessa
3. Naval'Vessels with Numerous Antenna
Masts
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ
SATE DISTR. 6 October 1959
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REFERENCES
Novorossiysk
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Att. No. 1: A report giving observations of naval and merchant vessels in
six or seven light vessels, perhaps corvettes, at the naval pier.
one of these vessels, which put out to se5OX1
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every evening and returned every morning, had about 20 mast
antennas (each about seven meters high) placed along the full
length of the hull on both sides; and there were three other mast
antennas on the bridge. The corvette-like vessels had radar, one
76-mm gun forward and another aft, several machine guns, a lattice
mast, a single stack, a square stern, a flush deck, no markings,
and a hull about 300 feet long. a 50X1-HUM
submarine less than 120 feet long, which left Novorossiysk (no
further information). Attached to the report is a sketch of the
port showing berthing locations and port installations, and a
disbursements account for the vessel. 50X1-HUM
Att. No. 2: A report on navigation and merchant vessels in Odessa ~
The report lists merchant vessels in the 50X1-HUM
port, and devotes six lines to port controls. Attached to the
report is a sketch of the harbor and legend for same, locating
vessel berths and installations. Also attached are two graphs
from the vessel's electric depth guage, which show the depths of
the port approaches to average three fathoms less than the depths
listed on the charts. The apparatus later refused to function, and
had failed in the past. The last attachments to this report are a
disbursement account and a time sheet.
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NOV AOSSIYSK
Naval and merchant vessels in port (numbers enclosed in parentheses corre-
spond to those on attached sketch) 50X1-HUM
Merchant
freighter
freighter
(1).
), which left with a shipment of
er (3).
(1+), which loaded barley and oats for BREST.
A floating dock, about 1,000-ton capacity (5), with a tug in it.
The Sergio Laghi was also in port
There were always ships in the roadstead, quite often tankers, waiting
for berths.
Naval
At the naval quay (6) were 6-"( light vessels, perhaps corvettes,
represented by a sketch [see original]. These vessels
had radar, a 76-mm gun forward and another astern, several machine guns,
a lattice mast, single funnel, and the hull was about 100 meters long, with
square stern
One of these had about 20 mast antennas,
each about 7 meters high, placed along the full length of the deck on both
sides. There were three other mast antennas on the bridge, probably for
the radio. this last mentioned vessel put out to
sea every evening and returned to port the following morning.
On the day of his arrival,
a small submarine leaving the 50X1-HUM
port. It was not over 1+0 meters long and had no
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Port facilities, etc. (numbers enclosed in parentheses correspond to those
on attached sketch)
The cement pier (7) has facilities for berthing on both sides, and is
built of stone, rising about 2 meters above water level.
The coal pier (8) has a large warehouse and heavy-capacity cranes.
The small shipyard (9), work being done on 50X1-HUM
the hulls of several unidentified small vessels.
The grain pier (10) has a large masonry building and 3-4 large cranes
running on rails.
The lumber pier has no cargo-handling equipment.
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Information and observations concerning navigation
Coast ob
to the port of ODESSA
together with the steamship Lince, and to reach port first took a short
cut between ZMEINYY (SERPENTS) Island and the coast. During the passage,
the usual lighthouse appearing ppearing on the navigation chart. The
vessel was not challenged, nor were there any patrol vessels in the area.
Along the coast from Cape ZMEINYY (FIDONISI) to Cape FONTANA,
four searchlight 50X1-HUM
positions with the lights sweeping the
immediate sea sector.
Approach route. Approaching the port 50X1-HUM
using the electric
sounding apparatus.
the apparatus worked normally, but
averaged 3 fathoms less than the depths listed on the navigation chart.
The apparatus failed to work on the trip back, until the vessel's subse-
quent departure from CONSTANTA (Rumania).
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Naval and merchant vessels in port
Three small Soviet naval motor tankers were idle at berth (1).
From vessel's berth (9),
the masts of 3-4 small naval
vessels in the port area marked blue on sketch.
Merchant
The freighter erthed (3) with a cargo of citrus fruits
from PALERMO.
A 10,000-ton Soviet freighter (4) was unloading cargo in medium-size
boxes.
An old Soviet freighter of about 6,000-7,000 tons (5) was unloading
cargo in medium-size boxes.
An old Soviet freighter of about 6,000-7,000 tons (5) was unloading
general cargo on forklifts which carried the cargo into a warehouse (A).
A new 10,000-ton Yugoslav motorship (6) was loading coal.
A new Soviet Standard-type tanker of about 10,000 tons (7), fully
loaded, was in port all during
stay.
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An old 20,000-ton Soviet transatlantic liner, two-funnelled, painted
white (8), left port without passengers at the same time as
vessel. 50X1-HUM
Port facilities (numbers and letters in parentheses correspond to those on
attached sketch)
Cargo warehouse (A) is a masonry building where
tea, sugar, and lemons stored on a previous visit.
A masonry shed (B) is used for deposit of citrus fruits.
Four old barges (C) are used to transport goods inside the harbor.
Three buoys (D. E. and F) are placed in a triangle about 300 meters
from the outer breakwater, perhaps to mark a wreck.
While berthed at (2), vessel was bunkered with 61 tons of 50X1-HUM
fuel oil in about 2 hours by a barge equipped with 20-cm hose, and supplied
with 30 tons of fresh water in about 2 hours from an outlet on the quay
equipped with a 10-cm hose.
Miscellaneous information
ew port is being constructed south of Cape
FONTANA for the exclusive movement of coal.
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