THE PEENE SHIPYARD IN WOLGAST

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• Publication Date: June 16, 1950
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Germany (Russian Zone)
The Poen e Shipyard in
Wolgast
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feflLc on1pyerU in .olcast was corapietu eb.rly in JV4V.
is built on the preaises of a former d.pied-vegetablo
and foodstuff plant. _L...or the first inetallation Tlom'k 250
workmen were onr7,aged 'The work force luri :111ter5 1,300,
of r'hom GOO work on shipbuildin6 There are plans to in-
crease the work force to 4,500.
ez, The manager of the shipyard is a technical director prob-
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ably named Petzold (?). 1..err atzo71 is assistant manager.
3.. program,: Gomplete assenbly of seiners and
drifters of 150 to 200 tons, draught 1.80 meters and
2.20 meters resoeetive1y1wwth 22 meters and 30 neters
respectively, speed 10 knots, engines 350-:IE Jiesels made
by the ,cilf-L,uckau Compeny, The hulls aril entirely of steel
and arP delivered afloat ty the jesaa-R7,ss1au and other ?
inl,!Ind shipyards0 ll components such as pumps, screw
shafts, propellers, net winches, carstans, q:lindlasses
etc, are delivered as finished products and are merely
fitted in ,at the shiTlyard. The assenbly of the ship's hulls,
delivered afloat; also include the e:auipment for the crcli
luarterS belo deck, the deck houses and other super-
structures stch as the wheel house, lasts, etc.
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finishinc their trial runs the ships fitted out for
sea have been, up to no, delivered only to the .:.ovlets
5. Jurin7 the first year (1940) of the existence of the
shipyard, 22 Rossels loro Jelivared, thus the
quota. ThL-; success oas rellardd with considerable
bonuses0
hc ad:_linistuatien build inc is outside the yard prodses
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-proper. -lso outside the nrenises is a harseshoe--
shaped hospital which .is protably used by yard rer-
sonnel.
7. There is a boiler house with two traveling-Erato
boilers, and a turbine for generating current in
the yard. J1 multiple-story warehouse also belongs
to the sripyard. The ncrner station is supplied by
"Jnercy
8. Two shinbuild1ug shops are in ororation. The mecha-
nical 14orkshop,.,ltich is equipped with ten lathes
(including two turret lathes), one large lathe, one
shaner ana three planers (otan parallel planers),'
is cliO the main side of one of the shops. The ad-
joining large room was not acconsible. A desienin
office lAth about seven drawing boards and the car-
penter shop were on the floor above this mechanical
workshop.
9. In the ;min nart of the adjoining shop are: the pre-
liminary--,ork office with about 12 to 14 calcalators ?
and the clerical staff and, urstairs, the apnrentice
traininn chop. The adjoining half of the shon was not
accessible; it probably houses the shops
joining are the loc'z-sm:Ith's shop and the rieassomb17
shop, equinrnd with a sheet bending mnchine, about
3 meters wine, for bendin shr-,cts not thicker than
5 mm; it is mechanicf:11Y driven and used for such work
as bendinr? sheets to shape.
10. The ,'able side of the two sh':Ps faeasa quay. ,tt a right
angle to this ;uay thole is a second qua7 -hich is
still unfinished; it has a small landinr stage whore
the vessels uncle renair are Lerthea. ,t the cornor of
the two qua7s is a sle-inn? crane (dilantled fro,1 the
)amnarten s:in-ard) which can serve tho two quays. :he
liftinn rower or the crane half utended ls 1d tons,
fuloy extended about 10 tons; its rulit extenslon
radius is tout 10 leters..
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a. eport gives a clear ricture of the rrosent state and the
intended extension of this asselbly shinyard. _
b. it i intonostinr to note that even cutters and seiners
a2e built by the assen,Lly System. of construction. It
is therefore inferred that %ass production of these
vasses is intended.
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c. It seems impossible that so many cutters 7:Jould
bs required for comercial use; especially be-
cause vessels of tho same typo are also built
in other yards.
d. :he fact that the finished ve9sels are taken over
by the doviets and credited to the Cierman rerarations
account loads to the conclusion that they are de-
livered to tae h,oviet Lnion; Ivhere they are pro-
bably employed not only in the Laltic btut also
in other seas.
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