THE PARIS COMMUNE SHIPYARD IN GDYNIA (:LOCATION OF BUILDINGS, INSTALLATIONS, EQUIPMENT, MANPOWER, SECURITY, SHIP BEING BUILT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A048700050001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 26, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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. INF.ORMATIO.N REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
SUBJECT The Paris Commurle Shipyard in Gdynia(0,
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GG Poland. The report contains informat:!on on the location,
buildings, installations, equipment, and construction of new vessels
at the yard. A simple sketch of the shipyard, with Polish
annotations, is also included,,
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INFORMATION ON THE PARYS COMMUNE SHIPYARD, GDYNIA 25X1
The Pars Commune Shipyard (Stocznia imienia Komuny Paryskiej) is
lacted in the southwestern section of the port of Gdynia, along the
U1. Czecho'glowacka, between Harbor Basin VI and the state owned enterprise
PAGED. The shipyard area comprises an area of about 850,000 square
meters, of which about 80,000 square meters is under roof.
A three meter high inner wall of concrete extends through the yard
area, and a fence several kilometers in length separates the residence
barracks from the shipyard. There are two entrance gates to the shipyard,
under constant guard by personnel from the Industrial Guard.
Next to the Gdansk Shipyard (Stocznia Gdanska), this shipyard has
the best and most modern equipment among Polish shipyards. It is capable
of building several types of vessels, and 'tcarry oiit extensive repairs
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of naval vessels. this shipyard also installed armament in
naval vessels, but this work has now been taken over by the shipyard in
Oksywie.
At the present time, the yard has about 5,000 employees, but this
figure is constantly increastr~g along with, the steadily increasing production.
The shipyard has the following equipment:
One construction way about 90 meters long and 30 meters wide
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One floating dock simw& 6,000 tons
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Two dock pontoons of a total of 1,500 gross register tons.
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One pontoon crane of about 100 tons
28 electric or steam cranes having capacities of from 2 to 40 tons.
300 milling machines and machine tools of various kinds for wood and
steel, some of them being of over 40 tons, and a great number
of them being new and modern.
The most important buildings of the shipyard:
One large machine shop building
One smaller machine shop building, built after the war
Two electric power plants, both modernized, one of which supplies
power to the whole port area, while the other furnishes power to
the shipyard only.
Several postwar storehouses and other buildings, in which are located:
A hull section shop
An assembly shop
A mec~anical and electrical workshop
The oxygen C elding- section
The foundry
The locksmith shop
The carpenter shop and furniture shop
The dock and salvage section
The Construction Program
Construction of new vessels:
a) Cargo ships, most of them motor vessels of less than 1,000 gross
register tons. Some of these are being built for export.
Smaller naval craft, such as, for example, MTB's, "Speedboats, patrol
vessels and mine vessels.
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Repairs:
Small and large repair jobs fon naval vessels.
At all times there are naval vessels at the yard for inspection.
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