MERCHANT VESSELS SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400750009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUUIJECT Merchant Vessels, Shanghai
DATE DISTR.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
the following vessels were in Shanghai:
bags near the Huangp'u Wharf.
b. SS CH'U.R UM (2504/3932), a 2,600-ton vessel
8 April 1955
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(0361/0735/4382) Wharf.
c. One 8,000-ton freighter of the Blue Funnel Line and one 10,000-ton freigh-
ter near the Kung Ho Hsiang Wharf.
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e. Two gunboats under repair in the Patachiu (0360/2092/0046) dockyard in
Pootung. Outside the dockyard was a 1,300-ton gunboat, armed with one
2-inch gun on the bow and three guns on the stern. Three 1,000-ton land-
ing craft were also moored nearby, under repair or being painted.
at the former Blue Funnel Line Wharf in o
d. One 2,000-ton freighter, painted black
f. One LST at buoy 38.
g. One LST, the CHIN 14aiG SHAN (6855/2916/1472) at buoy 40.
h. One LST, one 1,500.ton single-funnelled gunboat, and two double-funnelled
river gunboats at the Jukong Wharf.
the following vessels were in Shanghai:
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a. your L!T's tied to buoys 42, 43, and 44. Each craft was armed with one
2-inch gm on the bow and one on the stern, and with one 14-inch gun
on each sift amidships. More than ten soldiers in black uniform
were on each ship.
b. One LE and one 7,000-ton merchant vessel undergoi repairs at a dock
dun mounts were fitted on the stern and on s
c. TA CI'A* (1129/2490) loading rice in gunny bags alongside the Huangp u
Wharf. The vessel was about 1,200 tons, was painted black
One 1k-inch gun with shield was mounted on s ern,
am"" on Abe bow.. and one antiaircraft gun on the bridge.
3. the following vessels were in Shanghai:
a. Six Unto anchored at the naval wharf near the Garden Bridge.
b. Five Lli"s and one 6,000-ton merchant vessel undergoing repairs at a
dock sr4 in Pootung.
c. Some L/T'a at VWYI 40., 411 and 43.
d. T'woL$T's berthed at the Chiuehiang (5876/3068) Wharf.
e. On. two*ttmnellM river gunboat at Woosung.
f. Three la's on patrol near Lit'ungsha (9190/6894/3097)
4.
fishing
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the following vessels were in 2hanghal:
vessels of from 70 to 80 tons each. painted dark
rows at the Oh'iuchiang Wharf.
each vessel had a heavy machine gun mounted- on
b. Two IATxs, each armed with 2-inch guns fore and aft and other guns
amidships, behind the fishing vessels -
c. AD PZI (3149/0554), a 1,000-ton dredger, moored to a buoy near the power
plant in the Tangtsepoo area.
d. Six L!1'ws moored to buoys 37, 38, 40, and 41. About ten sailors in
dark re,acosts stood behind the gun positions in the rain.
e. Two 1,000.mtca laa~dint craft and the T$AO C$w (2764/4545) under repair
at the Patst'ou (0360/2092/7333) shipyard.
f. Oars 7,000-teat mu -chant vessel being painted at the left side of the
Fatat'ou shipyard. The vessel had a gun platform mounted on the stern.
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