PRODUCTION FACILITIES AT DAL DOCK, DAIREN

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Production Facilities at Dal'dock,
Dairen
1950
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The following are approximate yearly production figures at the Dal'dock
shipyards at Dairen:
1948
10 15
80 10
*Oil tanker barges
100~ton capacity 100
Oil tanker barges
500-ton capacity
Dry load barges
500-ton capacity
150-hp tugboats 30 - 40
1949
1952
140
100 12 50**
1953
(plan)
* Not completed
** Production interrupted in 1952
2. In the summer of 1952 the construction of two-1,200-hp tugboats was started,
but by the end of the year they were still not completed, although according
to plan they should have been. In March 195:3 the construction of five more
boats of the same type was started. Diesel engines of 1,200 horsepower and
two screws each were supplied from the USSR. These engines were manufactured
at a Leningrad engineering works.
3. Boats and barges of the larger type were built in two slipways. Two boats
were built simultaneously in one slipway, one boat placed behind the other.
A third slipwayvs under construction.
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4. There were two dry docks, one approximately two-thirds the size of the other;
the larger drydock was capable of accomodating the Soviet 10,000-ton tanker
SOVNEPHT. Repair work was of three kinds: general overhauls, medium repair jobs,
and light repairs and routine checks. The first two types were carried out in
the dry docks except for the finishing stages, which were carried out with the
ships floating alongside one of the many piers. If there was shortage of space
at the piers two or more ships were tied to each other. During the year 1952
about 12 general overhauls, from 10 to 15 medium repair jobs, and from 40
to 70 light repair Jobs were carried out. This is approximately the number
of repairs carried out yearly since 1949. During the winter of 1948-49 a
Soviet engineer, in order to use the dry dock space more economically, began
placing two ships diagonally behind the other and this method came into
common usage.
5. During the summer months ships with home ports on the Russian arctic coast,
usually come to Dal'dock for repairs. These repairs are carried out with the
utmost speed and priority as the ships must return to their home ports before
winter.
6. In 1951, the cruiser CHUNGKING, which had been sunk off Hulutao, was raised by
Soviet engineers and brought into Dairen port. The cruiser was in the larger
dry dock for six months having its underwater damage repaired. The ship had
been stripped of all its armament and engines. The turbines were reported to
have been sent to Shanghai for repairs. The old gun turrets had been placed
on the pier next to the ship.
7. The vessel had been renamed the HUAN HO. This name had not been painted on
the hull, but in orders filled out at the yard it was referred to under its
new name. The actual damage was believed to be slight and mainly to the
stern. of the ship; the damage caused by the prolonged submersion seemed to
be far heavier. In March 1953 it was being used for the training of Chinese
naval cadets, although they were probably doing mainly cleaning, painting and
repair work and not receiving actual naval training on the ship. Between 60
and 80 of these naval cadets reported daily in two trucks. The pier at which
the cruiser was moored was restricted to everyone except the cadets and the
sailors guarding the ship. No power was maintained on the ship and no one
lived on board except the guards.
8. There were between 6,000 and 6,500 employees in the Dal'dock Shipyards in 1948.
Since then the number has gradually increased, reaching nearly 9,000 in 1952.
Almost all the Chinese employees of the yards were members of the Communist
labor union; about 50 percent of the local Russians were members. During
the Korean war all Chinese employees were twice compelled to make a contribution
equivalent to one day's wages to the Chinese war effort. The Russians were
not urged to make this contribution and did not volunteer to do so.
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