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Operation Stella Polaris was the cover name for an operation in which Finnish signals intelligence records, equipment and personnel were transported to Sweden in late September 1944 after the end of combat on the Finnish-Soviet front in World War II. [1]
Originally classified Agate (AM-78), Agate became PYc-4, 20 December 1940.She was built in 1930 by Mathis Yacht Building Co., (Hull # 209, O.N. 229834) Camden, New Jersey. as Armina (for William W. Atterbury, Pres. Penn R.R.Co.) (later renamed Stella Polaris); acquired by the Navy 27 October 1940 (from then owner, Mr.Livingston Short); and commissioned 31 January 1941.
The Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency is subordinate to the Intelligence Division of Defence Command and its self-stated tasks include analysing military strategies, gathering geospatial and meteorological intelligence, training Defence Forces and partner staff, such as police or border guard, as well as supporting peacekeeping operations, such as Finnish deployments to the War in ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The Swedish contact person for the Stella Polaris operation was the Chief of the Swedish intelligence Carl Petersén. The operation was initiated in September 1944 on orders from Hallamaa. About 350 wooden boxes were transferred by ship to Sweden, along with some 700–800 men who had worked with the radio intelligence, and their families. [ 1 ]
Cunard's first ocean liner – sunk as target ship by Prussian Navy July 1880 SS Calgaric: 1918 Orca (1918–1927) Scrapped in 1934 SS California (1928) 1928 SS Uruguay (1938–1964) Scrapped in 1964 SS Cambodge: 1952 Stella V (1970) Stella Solaris (1970–2003) S. Solar (2003) Scrapped in Alang, India in 2003 RMS Cameronia (1919) 1919
The Venona project was a United States counterintelligence program initiated during World War II by the United States Army's Signal Intelligence Service and later absorbed by the National Security Agency (NSA), that ran from February 1, 1943, until October 1, 1980. [1]
The SS Santa Paula (3) was built at Newport News Shipbuilding Company with her bigger sister the Santa Rosa for the Grace Line's renowned New York-Central American service, to replace the two 1932-built 9,100-ton liners of the same names, Santa Paula (1932) and Santa Rosa (1932).