RUSSIAN DRIFTER SAILING FROM KALININGRAD TO NOVOROSSIISK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009100080003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CLASSIFICATION SE EET/OOETR3L -- U.S, D FIOI:1L:, 3NNLY
CENTRAL C RITY I F RRVIA R N Y REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany /USSR
SUBJECT Russian Drifters Sailing from Kaliningrad to
Novorossiisk
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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26 Oct. 1951
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10 Fifteen Russian drifters accompanied by the 9L7 ton escort vessel VITIL~
passed through the }iel Banal on 29 June 1951 coming from Kaliningrad
enroute to 'Novorossiisk on t.'ha nlp.ck Sea. 25X1 C
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(three of these
RS traulerd were named 1,11Lt7B`, SEZAVS MIN and MM); 25X1 C
The VITIL,i is a converted. motor schoon.: r udth three masts and two holds
The ship has a high forecastle and stern and a fairly high
superstructure in the center. The ship's captain spoke good
I nglish0 The ship is not over eight years old and was built in Sweder+,
It has a draught of five meters and can attain a speed of 12 ttnote.
L. The drifters appeared to be seaworthy craft and were each manned by a
crew of seven to ten men. They were built about a year ago in yards
in rtettin, Stralsund, Lrandenburg, ":ismar and Fostocka:,* They were
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c ock^, etc. gore all produced by the People's Owned Plant in Tege1.****
130-ton craft, about 50 to 60 rotors long and had a c'saugat of three
meters. They were equipped tisith a 250 H.P. six cylinder engine capable
of attaining a speed of ]J knots. (See attachment).
Although several members of the crow., asserted that these were fishing
craft, the pilot who accompanied the drifters through the Kiel C c a1
openly stated that the boats were considered to be minesweepers. All
the crew members were Russian and the officers definitely belonged to
the 7-ussia.n ")Navy. The boats trere not equipped with davits on the sides for
otter boards (sic)***. They had no fishing equinnont. They were fittr.d
out with ultra? short wave, telephonic, direction finding, and echo depth-
sounding oquirr-ent. They cor.runicated with each other by means of radio
telephone. The engine room tclegrnph, helm angle indicator, etosn i,e s,
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On I. platform is built on the ..tern of the ship with. a roller
installed 'at. the end. p. Dotiierful electric t.inch,* ' ita tvic
warping e- ids, is fixed on the aft deck in front of the '.1.atf orm.
Gallows :for trawrlin ; are fixed aft on both si dos,, v i i ch arc si; i].ar ri
those Which are installed fore cif German fishing cr-ft. dour mires
v;ere stretched or, each. (.`See at..acin.::nt). Lo vreapons could be observed,
7. Ittaczu-ient vith sketch of a drifter and sketch of the platform on the
after deck. 25X1A
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Cor=ent: x- separate report stated that th
25X1A n Mcd `'CYIL, and '?i t i respectively.
25X1 A Corxbcnt s The Thaelmann l,erft in flraridenti ur. C has been re_)orted
as ui c To 350 ton drifters which 4.i?e specially constructu;d
for the fishing industry in the Black and Caspian `cas.
25X 1 A Con fit: ' Probab?iy minesweeping equipment t paravanes) .
Comments Not further identified.
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