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The intelligence officer of the USS Sturtevant which recently made a trip to Odessa, Ukraine wrote in his report dated Constantinople, Turkey10 May 1922 No. 2139 that Russia did not manufacture new mines. His source was an anonymous captain of a minelayer who also stated that the old supply practically was exhausted. The were no more mine fields in the Blakc Sea contemplated for the time being. The mines laid off Odessa were of two types, one with a charge of 2 poods (72 lbs) of gun cotton laid at a depth of 4 feet below water level and a second one with a cahrge of 8 poods (288 lb) of gun cotton, laid at a depth of around 10-12 feet below the water level.
Note
1. DD-240. Part of Clemson-class, laid down by New York Shipbuilding on 23 November 1918, launched on 29 July 1920, commissioned on 21 September 1920, assigned to the Constantinople detachment on 16 June 1921, stricken on 8 May 1942 after she sunk while accidentally hitting American mines off Key West on 26 April 1942.
Source
National Archive. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs Series: Security Classified Correspondence and Reports. File Unit. Russia: Navy - MID 2503-16 THRU 2503-265. Roll 1443.
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