PORT OF LENINGRAD

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Iwws, Title is, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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USSR (Baltic)
SUBJECT i>ort of Leningrad
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 16 September 1954
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. At 0805 hours on 29 May 1954 while ship was enroute to
Leningrad a naval vessel was observed at position N 58-20 E 20-00
proceeding,at high speed on a northerly course.
ribed
th.evessel as. having one gun on the foredeck, a mast aft of the bridge,
a slanted stack, a short aftermast , and one gun on the afterdeck.
2. At 1050 hours on 29 Maya naval vessel of the same type as that described
(See :ketch No. 1). This vesse ~a -engaged in an exercise with a
larger vessel (See Sketch No. 2). Both vessels
disappeared in a northerly direction.
3. On 307May a naval vessel of the same type
was observed in Kronshtadt Harbor.
4. At 0900 hours on 31 May, 4 naval vessel ,,,7 tb t}ic
name MINSK painted on the, stern frame was observed towed up the
canal in Leningrad.1,2 A submarine was towed down
the canal by two tug boats. The submarine was longer than
ship,which was 265 feet overall. (See Sketch No. 3)
5. On 4 ge two naval vessels passed ship at a great distance.
(See Sketch No. 4). On the afterdeck there appeared to be two white 25X1
deckhouses or containers.
6. At 1900 hours on 4 June, at a position eight nnuticnl miles north of
Seyskari Island (N 60-02, E 28-23) eight submarines were observed
proceeds line formation. They entered a bay on the south side of
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Canal.
Comment:
referring to the Morskoy
of LENINGRAD Class.
Comment: Naval Vessel the MINSK, is a destroyer
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Sketch No. 1:
Sketch of Soviet Naval Vessel:
Sketch No. 2:
Sketch of Soviet Naval Vessel:
Sketch No. 3:
Sketch of Soviet Submarine:
Sketch No. 4:
Sketch of Soviet Naval Vessel:
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