HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM, PORT FACILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300280019-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 31, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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 DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW by NIMA/DOD 3/21/00
IB - 159/64
31 March 1964
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I RANDUM FOR: Chief, Manufacturing and Services Division, ORR
ATTENTION YZ/CST 25X1 A
THROUGH Chief, Requirements Branch, Reconnaissance Group, CGS
aFROM : Chief,- CTA/PID (IwTPIC)
SUBJECT Haiphong, North Vietnam, Port Facilities
REFERENCE (1) Requirement No. C-RR4-81,025
(2) Project No. C-269/64
1. This memorandum is in response to the above mentioned requirement
calling for a detailed, comparative photo analysis of the port facilities at
Haiphong, North Vietnam (20 53N/lo6 41E).
2. Haiphong, located on the south bank of the Cua Cam (river) approx-
imately ten miles upstream from the Gulf of Tonkin, is the most important port
in North Vietnam. ` -.
The three mile stretch of the Cua Cam (river) that makes up the harbor
contains nearly 4,200 linear feet of wharfage (annotations 9,10,13 and 15 CIA/
PIE s-P-507/64). These offshore wharves, except the coaling wharf (annotation
10), have no mechanical cargo handling equipment. The coaling wharf makes use
of four conveyers and seven automotive jib cranes. The warehouses at annotation
11, which parallel the shoreline and are directly linked to the wharf area,
contain over 500,000 square feet of floorspace. The open storage area at
annotation 14, which extends to the waterfront, has over one million square feet
of area.
The petroleum storage area (annotation 20), which is located on the
extreme west end of the port area, contains three oil bunkering piers; 800, 330,
510, feet in length.
The largest vessel that can be accommodated at Haiphong is estimated to
be 525 feet long and have a loaded draft of no more than 30 feet. The shipping
25X1D in the harbor at the time of the coverage (see CIA/PID/IB-P-507/64)?
included five ocean-going freighters; the largest being 505 feet long at annota-
tion 13, three vessels 450, 390, and 330 feet long at annotation 10 and a 250
foot vessel at annotation 15; and seven coastal freighters that vary in length
from 120 to 195 feet which are moored at annotation 3,6,7,10, and 15. This ship-
25X.1Dr. ping observed on coverage of (see CTA/PID/IB-P-508/64) includes six
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ocean-going freighters; the largest being 500 feet long at annotation 10, two
other vessels 450-and-425 feet long also at annotation 10, a 350 foot 'chip at
annotation 13 and two freighters 450 feet long at annotation 25 and 250 feet
long at annotation 26; and two coastal type freighters 185 and 175 feet in
length which are moored at annotations 3 and 13 respectively.
as erected
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Other than a fabrication type buildi annotation 24 that w
25X1D during the interval of photographic coverage , no
expansion or construction activities were observe .
25X1A
3. The photo analyst on this project were 25X1A
who may be-contacted on extension 2547 should any question
concerning this memorandum arise. This requirement is considered complete.
25X1A
Enclosures:
1 Annotated Map
(cIA/PID/IB-P-5o6/64).
2 Annotated Photos
(CIA/PID/IB-P-507/64 and P-508/64)
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NO OREIGN DISSEM
HA1PHONG,
'North Viet-Nam
Port Facilities
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KEY TO Al OTATIONS
Pier (190')
3.
T-head pier (250' x 190')
4.
Boatyard
5.
Explosives
storage area
6.
T-head pier
(135' x 50')
7.
T-head pier
(135' x 35')
8.
AAA site
9.
Coaling wharf (425' x 25')
10. General cargo wharf (2850' x 35')
11. Warehouses
12. Dredger in operation
13. General cargo wharf (470' x 35')
14. Open storage area
15. Hospital wharf (290' x 35')
16. AAA Site
17. Drydock (occupied by three "Swatow"
class PF's) _
18. Boatyard
19. Cement plant
20. Petroleum storage area
A.
Oil bunkering
pier
(800')
B.
Oil bunkering
pier
(330')
C.
Oil bunkering
pier
(510')
21. Boatyard
22. Boatyard
23. Railyard
24. New fabrication type bldg.
probably associated with boatyard
25. Ocean-going vessel
26. Ocean-going vessel