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Thursday, 17 January 2019

Russian passenger ship Petrozovostkyactive on the Danube according to a CIA report dated 17 May 1948

An item reported that on the Danube mainly for passenger transporting the Russian side wheel paddle steamship Petrozovostky (Eug Enia) with a displacement of around 100 tons and a 200hp oil fuelled engine allowing a speed of 15 kilometres. She was a former tug in 1945 converted into a passenger ship and was able to rake 250 passengers at once with her. Active between Bulcov and Reni every other day alternating with the Kiev. In spring 1947 was she sent towards Bucharest, Romania for further conversion into a passenger ship.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R001500460010-8