CIA/RR-G-15, Comments On

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00346R000100290005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 29, 1957
• Content Type: MEMO

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ch and Reports 29 larch 1957
Chief, Ooography
15, dents O
Q-15 and PR-70 on
-e or essentially couplete
intl. T b* main el nt of difference is
Lal construction c aeity which in higher in
with a member of the Shipbuilding Branch
problem in its proper framework, it should be
zed at the outset that there is no figure on the actual
tion capacity of the shipyard. All available figures are
s derived on the basis of a-s ptione that use numerous
xperiences in US shipyards on the skills of the labor
rocedures, methods of construction, etc. The margin of
ibis, and there is a good deall of controversy on
fact, the 110 Shipbuilding'gxbconm ittee is currently
on methodology for estimating ship construction
e of the inability to achieve agreement on methodology,
u
ng devised to satisfy
ed. thod . 1 is b
he .vy Department for maximum potential caapacity,
is intended to cover the requirements for economic
ion capacities.
estimates for a "theoretical but realist
on of naval or cargo vessels at the Mo1otovsk
d. lowever, In deriving these estimates, -70 arbitrarily
tee itself to the assn tiozi that the yard is operating on a
-shift b is. "et, VR-70 itself acknowledges that work was reported
ed on in three shifts as late as 1949 -- presumably the date
n on this subject.
rking up the brief on this yard, our analyst found PR-70's
a Qnes-shift basis to be a bit too theoretical and decided to
ite -- the only estimate available on the
resolves itself into a question of judgment
risible analyst. We feel that his decision was
correct in-view of the scope of his assigned problem. G-15
ntended to be an exhaustive discussion limited to the present-day
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a brief survey outlinin
Va or tne v n. A
serve to illustrate out point of view
being used by two or three two-engine transpa,
field las been recently nstru.cted in t
layout and facilities of the field all
to focus on the latter fact -- its awn
ent limited utilization.
k shipyard capacity figure that vas
Navy still adheres to as their official
otovsk shipayard
25X1A9a
use by 20 or 30 heavy bombers simataneously.
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