HARBORS AND SHIPYARDS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States. Within the mean-
ing of Title 18. Sections 793 and 794, of the V.S. Code. as
amended. Its tranamission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Harbors and Shipyards
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 17 March 1953
NO. OF PAGES 3
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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S iscie CSwinemuende)
1. The harbor is in good condition. It is used as a ferry point, as well as a base for
light Polish and Soviet naval vessels, a headquarters for life-saving ships, and as
a base for a small number of large fishing vessels which serve as leader and guard
vessels for smaller fishing craft based in Swinoujscie. Loading and discharge of
ships is carried out on a comparatively small scale, partly in order to lighten
those ships which have too deep a draft to be able to navigate as far as Szczecin
with a full load, partly to fill up the stocks on land belonging to Polish and
Soviet naval bases, or in order to bfinker. The depth in the fairway to Szczecin
from Swinoujscie is 24 feet. The ferry landing south of Eichstaden is no longer
in use. North of this point there is a newly built industrial area which is closely
guarded by soldiers. South of Odra Port a new fish canning factory has been erected.
Auxiliary vessels and light naval vessels which have been laid up or are under repaid
are lying in the shipyard, in the yard basin. On the western shore of this basin
there are slips. Twenty wooden patrol boats,whioh have been laid up and are in bad
condition' are lying in the yard.
S2012012 (Stettin)
2. The harbor is in good condition. The rebuilding and expansion continues. A new
quay has been built in Gliwicki harbor. This quay is called the Wutomeky quay,
and on it are located two new coal loading machines. One of these lifts up rail-
road oars and dumps them; the other machine raises cars up on a platform where they
are emptied. Each one has a capacity of about 700 tons an hour. Several railroad
tracks are laid along this quay. On the Gornoslaski quay there has been erected
a new storehouse. The Starowka pier has been made into a piece-goods pier with a
new large storehouse. The pier has been equipped with three modern seven ton cranes,
and three railroad tracks have been laid along the landward side of the pier I The
Kaszubski pier has been equipped with new` railroad tracks. West of the canal arm,
which is opposite the Przemyslowy Canal, south of Parnica beach, a wall has been
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built around the oil tanks which are situated there. The canal east of this point
has been drained, and in the southern part of this canal extensive excavation is
underway. Work on the Czechoslovakian free harbor at Wyspa Gryfia is approaching
completion. Some cranes are ready and others are being erected on the new pier.
The central harbor continues to be used as a Soviet free harbor.2
3. The area of the Vulkan yard has been extended. Two ships, probably merchant vessels,
4.
are under construction. The yard has two floating docks. Two submarines, which
were salvaged during the fall, have been brought to this yard.
The Stocznia Odra yard has been renamed Stocznia Szczecinska. This yard has a
floating dock with a capacity of about 1,500 displacement tons. Since 1951 the
yard has built fishing cutters. There are ways on which two combination coal-and-
ore ships, of about 2,500 BRT, are under construction. Repair of vessels is also
carried out in this yard.
KOlobrze( lberE)
5. The harbor is entirely closed off and seems to be completely under military control.
A large number of small naval vessels has been observed in the harbor. Since the
middle of 1952 the harbor has been closed to commercial traffic.
Darlowo (Rue?enwalde)
6. The harbor has been dredged to a depth of six meters. It is used as a base for
ships belonging to the fishing enterprise Kuter. No foreign merchant ships have
visited Darlowo during 1952.
Ustka (Stolnmuende)
7. The harbor has been used during 1952 for the export of coal and briquets, as well
as for a base for ships of the'fishing enterprise Korab. The western harbor pier
is under repair. A wall, several meters high, which is closely guarded by soldiers,
has been built around the harbor. On both piers there are watch towers equipped
with 75 mm. guns. The beach area west of the harbor is closed off for a distance
of about ten kilometers. Artillery positions have been erected in that area.
Thirteen-meter-long fishing cutters, at the rate of two per month, are being built
in the shipyard. In addition, open fishing boats, nine meters long, equipped for
rowing and sailing, are also being built.3
Wladvslatro 'o
S. The harbor has no loading or discharging equipment and is used almost entirely as
a fishing harbor. The outer section of the west breakwater has been under repair
for a stretch of thirty meters for a long time. Two new mooring places for fish-
ing ships have been established in the western part of the harbor in a north-south
direction. Each of these is 100 meters long. Over 100 fishing vessels have been
observed in the harbor at one time. The entrance to the harbor is deep enough to
permit the entrance of ships with a draft of 2.8 meters. A new shipyard is under
construction immediately south of the eastern pier. This area stretches westward
to the first mooring pier. Pouring of the foundations for a dock are underway.
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Gdynia
9. Traffic in Gdynia harbor during 1952 was less than normal. There has not been any
extensive new construction in the harbor. Two new 1.5-ton portal cranes are being
erected at Nab Polskie. The stone pier in Oksywie is ready. A pier there has been
turned over by the Soviets (sic). Large underground oil storage facilities exist
there which are also used for bunkering Polish and Soviet naval vessels. The des-
troyer BURZA is under repair in the Oksywie navy yard.
10. The direction of the Stocznia Gdynska yard has been taken over by the Soviets. The
yard delivered to the Soviet Union the motorship MLLITOPOL (about 600 BRT) and also
the KOMUNA PARISKA in the middle of December 1952. There is considerable activity,
but it is not known what is under construction.
Gdansk (Danzig)
11. Traffic in Gdansk harbor does not seem to have been particularly lively during
1952. Work on the dredging and improvement of the harbor basin continues. It is
thought that this area will be used as a naval base. The west harbor (previously
the free harbor) is in good condition with respect to its piers and cranes. The
Gorniczy basin is used for export of coal. There are three coal elevators, three
bridge cranes, and several additional portal cranes. The area to the south of this
point is used for wood export. Opposite this area, ore and piece goods are unloaded.
At the entrance to the harbor several barracks are under construction.
12. During 1952, the KRIVOI ROG (2,500 BRT), the KREMATORSK (2,500 BRT), the MAKEEVKA
(1,946 BRT), the DONBASS (3,858 BRT), and the NOWA HUTA (2,900 BRT) have been
delivered by the Stocznia Gdanska shipyard.. Eight trawler hulls, of the type
GDY 101 RADTJNIA (700 BRT), are awaiting fitting out. These ships are awaiting
delivery of their engines.4 The yard is under the supervision of Soviet engineers.
Ella, (E 1 binrr)
13. Maintenance work is in progress in the harbor. Coal, wheat, and piece goods are
shipped from this point. There is considerable barge traffic in the harbor. The
State School for Inland Shipping is located in the city; this school trains personnel
for river shipping.
14. The Schichau shipyard and workshop repairs ships and builds machinery for ships and
locomotives. It has two floating docks.
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four eleotri
the Starawka pier and that the pis
freight station by five railroad t
o cranes of German origin were installed at
is connected with the Wroclaw (Breslau)
asks.
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to 8,000 BRT can anchor at this bas
shipping various orated materials
submarines and other naval units run on deisel engines.
used exclusively for unloading and trans-
nd boilers imported from Germany. Ships up
in.
Ustka is to booms one of the supply basso of the Polish
and ieov t Rav es; n partioular, it will be a liquid fuel supply base for
4? I Ithese vessels
arrival of engines
about 250 tons each and are awaiting the
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