SHIP CONSTRUCTION AT GDANSK SHIPYARD

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2005
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• Publication Date: December 16, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT
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1. The Gdansk Shipyard builds merchant vessels, tugboats, and trawlers for the!
benefit of the Poles and the Soviets. All vessels are built according to the
regulations of the Soviet classifying association. In addition, all designs
of vessels are examined by the Soviet naval authorities in Gdansk (Danzig),,
whose desires concerning strengthening and changes are observed. Because of
shortages of,materials, as well as shortages of propelling machines for vessels.,
completed hulls have stood and waited for fitting, in some cases., up to two
years e
Ship Construction at Gdansk Shipyard
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2. The construction program from 1 January 1951 to September 1953 was as follows
(the shipyards designations for the various types of vessels are used below)u
a. Constructed for Poland:
(1)
Six merchant vessels of 2,90() grosstons of a type called the
(2)
(3)
(4)
LEVANT class, equilped with Italian diesel motors. Of these, the
NO1A HUT and the MIKOLAJ KOPFR NIK are in service, the GDYNIA and
SZCZECIN are being completed at Helsingor, and the GDANSK and the
WARSZAWA II are still at the shipyard in Gdansk2.
Six merchant vessels of 490 gross tons. Of these, the SA:`.,
NYSA, ODRA, PILICA, and DUNAJEC are in service.
Six tugboats for the naval fleet in sizes ranging from 150 to
250 DWT and equipped with 450 hp. engines.
Five trawlers of about 750 gross tons, with an engine of
about 804i.,reinforced for transport of heavy materials. There
is a great deal~of space on board, which is not used when the vessels
are engaged in fishing. There is an electric elevator going from the
holds to the main deck, and the vessels are equipped with modern
navigational equipment. Of these, the RADUNIA, REGA, URAN;, and
URANIA are in service.
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b. Constructed for the USSR:
(1) A series of merchant vessels especially constructed for
transport of coal and ore of 2,620 gross tons.3
(2) II Continued construction of a series of merchant vessels of
1,946 gross tons. Of this series, the KURGAN, MAKEYEVKA SOLIKAMSK,
NOVOSHAKTINSK, and ZAPOROZHE have been put into service.
(3) I A series of merchant vessels of 3,858 gross tons. Of these
the D NBA S., KUZBASS, and KARKUTA have been delivered.
(4) The following merchant vessels have also been delivered; MOGILEV
and VORKUTA, both of 2,1490 gross tons; BEK-TASH, MELITOPOL and
MINGACHAUR, all of 671 gross tons.
(5)
Twenty trawlers of about 750 gross tons of the same design
as the Polish trawlers in the same series. Of thee, 15 have been
delivered, including the YAKUTSK, MINCH and ORION.
1. Poland sent
two crews to Denmark to take over the GDYNIA and , ut when they
arrived the were informed that the Soviets had already taken charge of the
vessels. the GDYNIA was sent to Riga in July
1953 after its completion in Denmark and was ceded to the USSR.
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Gdynia and was
18 vessels of this type had been constructed as of
September 1953? All of them were consigned to the USSR.
CZERIMCHOWO.
the GDANSK was in the Paris Commune Shipyard in
due for cession to the USSR.
five were completed; thenam6 of the-last one was
20 were constructed but 14 of these were sent to the
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