SZCZECIN SHIPYARD (ODERWERKE) IN SZCZECIN (STETTIN)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300620003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 9, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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] y The following re ort. is, based on~cys~rvatirons of .t~-a uderwerke s;~i.rya,rc?
in Stettin in mi~=December 1954; So far as could be determined the three
building slips of the Oderwerke shipyard vrere busy vonstructing ships
of between 2,500 and 3,000 G.RT similar tc ~Uhe new Soviet vsssel K$ULYi~}:,
2,735 GRT,,wrlicYl had been built for the C1SSR in Stettino Tt way believed
trwt the ships a~._.orted under construction also were destined foL the
OS.;Rd The three auilding slips occo.~~moda.tPd the following ships: No
1 (north) Slipway; Cne ship :ready to be launehed~;~rith smokestack erected,
and. all deck and bridge structures as is usual in Po?.ish
a,nd ;soviet shipyards. P,ia.sts and d.err3.cks had not been rig;;eda No 2
(central) Slipways Cne ship v,as in the early stake of construction; the
double-bottom tanks were cornl~i.eted, transverse frames set up, while
the she]1 pla.ti,'lf; wa.s not yet in place r1o 3 (soutizj Slipway: One ship
with hull complete, but still lwc'czn; the superstructures.> Proba'aly
ready to be launchod in four weeks.. It may be ss.fely said that the
n,ew ships on the bu~l3in~ slips belonged to a orctil. of "standard e}zips
since they seer.,ed to be identical in size and 'cy;~e insofar as their
stake of Construction could indicate. Th3.s opinion seemed to be confirmed
by the size and types of the ships jshi~:h, lying alongside the outfit
quay and nearing completionv could be clearly identified. The following
strips were moored alon:3aide the Oderwerke ship;yard: ,
Srli;~ No 1: Blank topsides a.nd green bottom Dainty separated by a .vhite
line., This srip~, which. had na smokestack sad no r,!~:stq sops w~~.s au;~poced
to :~e ready nor service about 6 weeks later.
whip Ido 2: ~onetruction cc~etedt., The
nlasi;s and s;:lokestacks were erected. as also were alI other acaes~ Dry
parts. The s'rlip was thit#Iy painted from ;up i;o bottom and still lac~~ed
her final coat; presumably rcad~r for servire n.~ter 3 or 4 weeks.
5}:if, No 3: Thfs ship was complete with all superstructures, the topsides
2.nci bottom still were thinly pnintedf with :.}.ite separstinE; line, and
seeried to be reauy for service except f'or a poet of paint and outfit;
co>apletion w zld tale place in about 11' &eeks'
2. At the time of previous observation about a year ago, the situc.tion at
tYl~s Oderwer.'.ce shipyard was as fo].lo~=s:
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