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Friday 21 September 2018

The Albanian naval tugs according to a CIA report dated 15 November 1949

An item reported that the Albanian navy possessed 2 tugs of Italian origin with a tonnage of 70 tons/700 quintals, a speed of around 8 miles and usual an armament of a small gun of unknown calibre and the individual arms of the crewmembers. The crew numbered 10-12 navy personnel and 2 men of the M.R. One tug was built of steel plates. The other one was now disarmed for the time being and used for collecting longshoremen and towing cargo ships in the harbours of Shijak and Durres.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R003600460006-0