WATER TRANSPORTATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 199
• Publication Date: May 27, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[NFORM;D:TION FROM
FOREIGN DOCURgENTS'OR RADIO BROADCgaTS
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
Sl;i3JECfi #ater transportation
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PUBLISHED Jaa-Fab 1949
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~ LOfl1NJ R)~[TILT -- Poaozatto, Ao 1, Jan 4^
The &8 Loein; rae built io 8nglacd in 1926: Class "Shoe Islaad," grobs
registered tonnage 4,332.7 tone, net registered tonnage 2,478.07 tons, onrrJia~l
onpaoit~ 7,663 tons, length Li6.64 asters, baem lb meters, draught 7.02 meters,
The ehlp ras alrea~j in bud oonditioa at the time of its dolivery. Tha
Losi~J ras bu~.lt rich higl2ly loedeQnato gnartern far the crew, ~ the Yagosla~r
lYneigation I1ae turned it over to the "61~aal.t" ShiD7ard 'Ln Pula to bs repair,~d
and rebuilt.
The ships hall belutt the waterline rns scaayed and the uadersater cocks,
the teel, nod the propeller were repaired. Plates rere rep]aoed or repaired.
The tmke yore olesnsd sod ooulked, and cast rna remored i5roa motel surfaces.
large-scale repairs vere mde in the engine room. The propeller dries
syaft in the tunnel rao repaired, the enia ea(line crankshaft ass ad~asted,
the aylidier~ rere opened, the chits metal in the Bearings tae replaced, the
amciliar~ engiaes rere ad~nsted, the maia aoadenser xas apea~G aa3 alaaet half
of the tubes rere repaired, IfaJor repairs were made on the shi ~s boilers a~
the pa~sags coder ~-he boilers ras partly rebuilt. p '
Sb emke roa~a for n larger nnaber of comfortable caDlns for the orer, the
stosriag cell was olaad cad oabins built in Lhe apace thas reoorered, rich
one three-bed aad eNOa too-bed oaDias on the right, cad sersa Era-bed cabins
cad a la~ator~ an the left. The cabins are rooeq, airF, sod dsoonited. ,39sah
cabin oontalao t-o ooafertabls bode, tno large chests, a mirror, a desk, cad
two chairs. Shore are lighting Mztnres ubooa the deed nad orsr the bads.
Cartalns acs hang at the do9rs, rindors, and bads.
A I:sge uses rith three long cad cas smaller table has besa installed
!a the middle of this space. It rill aoaaaeodste 24 orer aembsre. Baths and
dressing rarr~e are to the loft of Lhe mess. There are acne lnratories aodt
four eherers rich hot nad cold rater oa the right.
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~7ra the laver deck, to thq right of~thie apace, le a laundry with hot and
gold water,
dabin add sgilgmet~t, plumbing faailities, sad the sick bay with two Dede mnd a
vhioh lahda into"hie Mice ha?e base enlarged, add a bathnaom flee boon
16etalled:''
Oa ahe odptain's bridge, the navl~tor's c8bin and the capCain'? cabin
lfgy 1948. On 31 Aeoemb?r th9 ship ve.s pnt into service, after being completely
:repaired and reYitted.,
OY,D OARE70 s~IF OP~fiAULND -- Fomoretvo, No 2, Feb 49
The Eonernl cwerbaul of ttis 89 ZrtzemLerk was begun. about the middle of
ehlpynrd in 8ootland. Before ldorld War Ii it ensiled is the Nediterranenn.
Durieg the war it was taken to the United States where it sailed between various
Ameriona ports, as it was too old nod wornout to Bail is convoys.
A Yugoslav military mission in New York arranged the ship's transfer to
Yugaelavie, and after some repairs it oroeeed the Atlnntio with a cargo of
wnent. Although it met a very severe store on the vny, and in eyite of its
bad ooadition, :t reaohea Yugoelavla before the end of the war. This sae the
first Yngoslnv ooeea-going vessel returned to~YuEoslavie from abroad attar the
MBr. ~
The general overhaul acmpletely traueformed the ?u zemberk. Thirty-seven
plates, or 25 peraeat of tho rater Ltniog of tae ship, sa-eral ribs, and nbuut
45 percent of the deok were replaoed. 1'he aoal bunlera were repaired, oex
peartltions were built, about 85 peroent of the platve in the holds, 100 peroent
of the plates wader the boilers, 90 peroent of the plates in the saupyere, and
all plumbiog pipes were replaced. In the foreoaetle, new masts were set ap, a
new oaptain'e bridge, aew oaptaia's gaartere, and n new radio etatioa xere
bni~t. the ship now hoe seven instead of four steam-cperated oranee. A nav
emokes~`.ack vas installed.
4tiuo:~ ~epaire were made oa main toilers. The main engine vas removed and
e coaeiderable part of its base replaaed. Tvo aev pistons were Sostallad in
the high a~ intermediate pressers oy Cinders, sad all three ecceotrio rode rare
replaced. lfev white metal vas poured into the bearloga of the high, interlediate,
and low-preeeu:e cylladere end into tho ma.n crankshaft bearings. A aov oolmm~
vas lostalled on the low-pressure oyliMer. A ner piston vas iostalled is the
oimulation pusy~. The coffieneer, all tubes, Dallaet pomp, oranes, and dynnao
rsre oveThaaled nad olsnned. A anohine for removing aehe? hoe been installed.
new eleotrio Light system also hoe bees installed.
Partionlar nttentloa hoe been paid to equipping living quarters for the
3rew. Niae new two-bed cabins, a mess, tai let, laundry, and ehrnrere wore
bulls in the foreoaetle. Hot nod cold canning voter. hoe beeo piped to e-era
rooa. Oifioere' quarters, the en ion, and the scullery have been rebuilt, end a
new refrigerator hoe teen installed for the crew.
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About 3~ Percent of the tatal expenditure on the overhaul sae: used to
improve ,living quaYtera for the crew.
The S9 Zuz~mberk has a carrging capaoity of 2,030 tone.
D90TOR SHIP, P,~1d7ILT -- Pomoratvo, 16a 2, Feb 49
After i! months So th3 "Ul,}anik" Shipyard in Pula
the mot
r ship
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Topueko vas put Snto sezvioe on,29 December. -The Topueka, a oarga-paeeagger
ship, wnebuilt ip Aamburg in 1925, vitli a carrying oapacity of 4,3E>O.tone,
paceenger capeci.ty ' 3b in 16 double and tvo single oabins, and is dziven
by a four-cylinder double=acting,tva-atrako MAAi ~naheim, Au~bnrg,"Furnberg]
Diesel, eng:ne. The engl?e, built in 1930, develops 2,200 effeotive horaepinrer,
and 2,750 lndioated horeepover rr?th a'mnximum of 12g revolutions Ter minute.
Ice speed 1a 12 9znots sti'hour.
The'i9h1p vas assigned to the Yugoslav Navi~t.ion ];ins in 19k7. After
certain repairs 3.t vas put Sntca eervioe,about mid.-F?bruary 1948.
Although the ship heal been overhauled, the Living quarters for the orev
had not been altered. Conaegnently the ship vas. vlthdraxn from aersioe after
several rgyagee in the Bediterranean anfl laid up in ties '?Ul,yanikp Bhpfnrd 8or
reaonatruotion'of'livlug qunrterg'.
Two :four-bod;oabine`have been built under the foreoaet'l.e, ore yell as e
root rooei`with four lavatorioe and two shovers, baggage x?oams n ship's'
oarpentry chop, and a cordage store.
lis~or repairs were made amidships. The offioare' satins on A 3eok very
rebnilt, enlarged, and redeoarated. MncH of the vocd sad irorn-ark on A deck
wne replaoad. Oa B deok, nine passenger onbine vero ralirniahed and re-
decorated, as rare the onptain's oabic and the ship's nffioae. On C deok, the
emolring roost' the ship's bar, and the orer'e onbine were renovated and re-
fnrniehed, nad one oabin Rae made into s sick bay. On D deok a eoallery, n
food storage room, refrlgerntors, ovens, n mesa, and rest rooms vero equipped.
In the steerage 10 doublo sad two triple oabine, a baggage room, a room
for vorklcg clothes and rainooate, and teat rooms vero built.
3leotrio Li(thting and steam heating were installed Sn ell thr rooms.
The onbine and passages vere painted and tastefully and aubatnn~islly furnished.
The eh1.p'e orew resoved rust from the note,: plates, painted all walls
where wort ass acing done, alenne3 vtoreraoae, iaepeoted the main and anzlliary
engines and the auxiliary boiler, cleaned the engine roar and 'cannel, and
i wtellsd a 200-volt eleotrio oable. iihile in drydoot they opened, inapeated,
and refitted all the eeaoooke.
ltTQ081APL- 13JILU8 FII29T I~IARIItB STE4M ]~GIIPS -- Pomoretvo, i1o 1, Jm k9
At the sod of ilorld kkr II, the unflniehed keels of three tugo ltq mid
the wreokage of the "3 ~tnJa" Hhipyerd in R1~ekn. Conetruotion of the tugs was
started daring tho was:, but they vere badly damaged by enes~ Doabardaont and
ooastrnationwae not :~eanaed nntil after war ended and the ehip~ard had been
rebnilt.
The ?rsabeet problem involved vas build?np; power machinery. Plane for the
tags sailed for eteeei engines. Before the vat, ship's e~nehfnery had never been
bailt in 7ngoela~ shipyards but had nlwye been lmgorted. Bo workers with
ei~srienoe in building such maohinery vere available. However, skilled Morkean
at the shipyard learned, by etadying existing aaohineq of the required type,
how to ooaetiilat and aeeemyle the naoesen~ parts.
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TBe first engfine rasa oast,. tasted, and installed snooaeefflll,' in rho first
tug. TZ:e saaond ?nRietey Mhioh paused tests even mono snaoeestullq these the -,
first, leas beau imstslled? in the seoond' tng.' i~eith?r e~,gioa had to be oast
saute than onus, fleapits tha ineaperiance of the ~arkers.,,P'arta for tBe third.
angina bimve noes been oosgpiatad.
dt pparsataa at 13 atsmopheres pressure, awl makes 139-revolutions der satowLs.
to 4avalope bao harsepo++aer. ?`
6i Mater preDSnre. The seooad bailer also Maaaaompleted enoooesinlly.Ztiran
boilers sahde abroad Bare sever shoMn better reenlts ender stater pressers.