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Saturday 23 September 2017

Russian naval forces at Port Arthur according to a report of the American intelligence dated 7 September 1951

An item reported that on 21 August in the Port Arthur-Dairen area a destroyer squadron was active consisting of 10 German Na-wei-kó type 2 destroyers commanded by Kan-na-wei-chí, commander-in-chief of the Port Arthur-Dairen area. Apparently it was stationed at Vladivostok. According to added comments were it possible Narvik-type destroyers (1) and that Karmanovski was naval commander.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, CIA document number CIA-RDP82-00457R008500610001-4.

Note
1. German Type 1936A and Type1936A (Mob) of Narvik-class destroyers, displacement 2.600 (standard)-3.605 (maximum) tons and as dimensions 127 x 12 x 4,65 metres or 416.8” x 39.4 x 15.3”. Horsepower 70.000 hp, speed 37,5 knots. Crew numbering 220 men. The Z33, laid down on 22 December 1940 was after the Second World War added to the Soviet fleet and renamed Provorniy and sunk while used as a target in 1961. Armament consisted of 1x2&3x1-15cm guns as main artillery armament and 8-53,3cm torpedo tubes.