An item reported that that the border guard vessels Zorkiy1 and one of which the name was not supplied based at Lapaya, Latvia were very similar to the destroyer Prochny (1). In June 1953 was the Zorkiy handed over to the navy based at Leningrad.
Note
1. The former German destroyer Karl Gaster (Z20) acquired as war reparation by the Soviet Union on 6 February 1946? Building ordered on 6 January 1936, laid down by AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen, Germany with yard number W922 on 14 September 1936, launched on 15 June 1937, completed to 21 March 1939, handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparation on 6 February 1946, renamed Prochnyy, training ship since 1950, accommodation ship and renamed PKZ 99 on 28 November 1954 and broken up in 1954.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000400450006-5
Note
1. The former German destroyer Karl Gaster (Z20) acquired as war reparation by the Soviet Union on 6 February 1946? Building ordered on 6 January 1936, laid down by AG Weser (Deschimag), Bremen, Germany with yard number W922 on 14 September 1936, launched on 15 June 1937, completed to 21 March 1939, handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparation on 6 February 1946, renamed Prochnyy, training ship since 1950, accommodation ship and renamed PKZ 99 on 28 November 1954 and broken up in 1954.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000400450006-5
