FREE WORLD DELIVERIES OF NEW AND USED SHIPS TO THE SINO- SOVIET BLOC IN 1954 AND PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AS OF 1 JULY 1955.

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 1998
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• Publication Date: November 2, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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EDIC/ID-16 (Rem.set,)
Control No, 2196
2 November 1955
MEMORANDUM FOR: Economic Defense Intelligence Committee
FROM : Acting Executive Secretary, FDIC
SUBJECT : Free World Deliveries of New and Used Ships
to the Sind-Soviet Bloc in 1954 and Proposed
Construction as of 1 July 1955,,
1o The attached revision of EDIC/ID=16 is circulated for
the consideration of FDIC members.
2? The revised tables provide a more specific breakdc
of countries, as requested by MDAC, and incorporate the
amendments suggested by ONI,P
25X1A9a
cting Executive Secretary
Distribution
Cato B (3, X122 I/st)
D (All)
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ThIC/Ir $6 (sssd)
R!Qverlez of Now and Used cidpl
I lk" arld Do tries to the Sine-Soviet Bloc 1
Nor Shi21 Deliyt
COM
vatAl now
COCOM
DoocM
Tom Ua Ship
32
Grote
T O-
799248
7 36 , 67
3 SOW.
Total Now and D i DH.iv 42 123.561
Includes 8 slips (of less than 1,,000 GAS' eacb)9 totaling 5,197 GRTt,
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Table 2
FDIC/M)-16 (Revised)
Deliveries of Hewly=Const acted Vessels -IM Free World Countries to the SinomSoviet Bloc, 1254
By Number of Vessels and GRT Totals
Built for
or
Builder Sold to Tankers Icebreakers Trawlers Dredges Tugs Dry Cargo
1 I a is rLn
BELGIUM USSR .
NETHERLANDS USSR
UK USSR
FINLAND I USSR
CZECH (Co
China)
For breakdown of Dry Cargo Vessels see Table 2a
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Deliveries of New Constructed Car o Vessels b F'r'ee-World Countries to the Sins-
. SRriet Bloc 1
Ez Number of Vessels and GRT Totals
!Built for
or
Builder Sold to
BELGIUM USSR
NETHERLA.ND USSR
UK USSR
TOT COCOM
Dry Cargo Vessels
1001-3 a OW
11 - 3,001?5,000 J 5,001.7,000 J 7,000 plus
16 59,824
# The ATLANTICA (sx-ARAGCffA) is shown as a delivery f
in fact, however, the vessel was actually constucteof new d in construction from Finland to the USSR,
the vessel to the USSR prior to taking delivery, ' Iai~:and, which reportedly sold
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EDIC/IDm16 (Revised)
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EDIC/ID@16 (Revised)
Deliveries of Used Vessels Pree.World Countries to the Sino-Soviet Bloc, 1
P Number of Vessels and GRT Totals
Builder
Built for
or
Sold to Tankers Icebreakers
Trawlers
Dredges
Tugs
Dry Cargo
Total
DENMARK
POLAND
1
4,516
4,516
FRANCE
CZECH W
m
1
5,130
1
5,130
NORWAY
USSR -
2
7,949
2
7,949
UK
USSR ? -
o
2
11,609
- -
POLAND
m
a
m
1
7,063
18,672
TOTAL COCOM
7
36,267
7
36,267
FINLAND
USSR
1
1,437
C0CHINA
1
1,959
3,396
SWEDEN
POLAND
1
4,750
l
4,750
GRAND TOTAL - ?
-
?
10
44,413
10
44,413
For breakdown of Dry Cargo Vessels see Table 3a
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S-E-C R E-T
DENMARK
FRANCE
NORWAY
Deliveries of Used Dry Cargo Vessels by Free -World Countries to the Sino-Soviet Blocc 1954
B.. Number of Vessels and GRT Totals
Table a
Built for
or
Sold to
POLAND
CZECH
USSR
POLAND
COCOM
-USSR
C. CHINA
POLAND
TOTAL
EDIC/ID?16 (Revised)
Corrected 16 November 1955
7,000 plus j Total,
1 5,130
(Built 1949)
2 3,396
2 11,609
(Built 1951)
16,739
16,739
Dry Cargo Vessels
2 7,949
(Built 1948
and 1949)
3 12,465
17,215
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1 4,516
1 5,130
2 7,949
1 7,063 3 18,672
(Built 1943)
1 7,063 1 7 36,267
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44$413
 Builder 1
Belgim
9
1L
{F~
b b S
P ?
1L L?
6B 1L
4 OF l OP
1 15 1,L10 3 5,133 3 10,200
15 TA 3 TA 2 OF I
1 1 TA f
9, 1,520 9 2,640
60?
23 2930 13 7v - 35 73,9616 20,393
23 113 K% T. .1 t.
6 OF 6 0P 11 3 3 OF
15TA 2TA 130? 1TA
6 TA
17 5, 755 3 22 13;555P 9 19,960-S)
See 'o< l.-tea or r., e
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Pro2osed Construction in 1955 of Goee Going Shippiiig for ;hc S1nt Soviet Bloc by Free vorli Counteles
byNNumber of V~:nse1s and GRT Totals, (Information as f ,,T S )e
Zy M~'~er,'_8
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30?
10 25,O00 2 6,600
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byrNumber of Vessels and GRT Totals. (Information as of 1 July 1955;
Builder 9 Tamkers {Icebreakers I Trawlers I Dredges
12 3O OOO
See Footnotes on page 0
Ur -
ll 5939O
m es
12 OP 1 3 0P
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Pro-posed Constriction in 1956 of Ocean.Going ShiM for the Sirio?Soviet Bloc by Free World Countriesp
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Table4b
r,r ~ee;l cnst ~.~cticzr ir. 'Q -1 CT t~'Cen'zn tG
Rui 4e '
B elgit
Vest
Germany
fcr.,,tbc Sinn-Soviet 1oc by Free World Countries
I' al ~ ~n r ~: 5 ^ ? as o 1 JUL
Footnotes for Tables 4< 1 a a~=el 4s)
All construction for USSR account e::cept as indicated t,,. foctnot ? ,: ^w-
a/ Includes 3 ships (28730 GRT each) being built for Communist China.;
These 4 cargo ships of 6fl5OO GRT each are being built for Poland,
These 3 ships (2,730 GRT each) to be built for Communist China,
df Includes 2 tankers (3000 ?GRT each) to be built for Com,A iet Chi=.
selsV 1,clude fish carriers, fish factories, axd reefers.
For COCOM countries, the fallowing break=down symbols iave been usod:
B keel laid or buiidingc
OF = order placed with shipyard or firm contract concluded-,
TA - trade agreement provision nnir
,73o Table does not include dimb and auxili#~p 1 a 9994 0~2 A bP' 'D'~1 0 1~~
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