PRODUCTION OF THE PEENEWERFT IN WOLGAST

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009300340009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INF R ATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY C< n ar;y (Thissian 'one)
SUBJECT Production of t ho Peene;x.-.rin -.Iolgast
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The Peenewerft in Zfolgast (t 55/P 92) has been working since 1949 on
reparations orders for drifters and seiners. Difficulties were at
first encountered t1rough lack of tools, materials, and technical
personnel. Dy the end of 19L9? the 1, 200 workers then employed at the
yard had gained considerable familiarity with construction methods as
a result of the intensive production schedule. There had also been an
improvement in the tools and materials situation. During the early
part of 1950 the flow of ice on the river and in the harbor prevented the
delivery of :lulls and work was slowed down but, by Larch, everything
appeared to be going according to schedule.
Difficulties then arose in the procureTnt of nonferrous metal.
Piping, which until then had been made of copper, now had to be
supplied partly by galvanized steel tubing. Snips' parts,, which had
heretofore been made of brass, were now made of synthetic materials.
This scarcity of nonferrous metal has occasioned the production of
a new alloy which is made up of the following components:
57.94 % Cu 0.47 % Sn
3.36 r t# 0.86 0% Pb
1.38 bFe 0.12%L
0.25 % Al 35.62 w Zn
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The tensile strength of the petal per kilogram on one square wter is
46.3; it has a ductile strength of 36.8 and can be bent to 180 degrees
without breaking.
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By the surair of 1950,, the number of workers had risen to 2,040*..
slipway capable of ' and:li.ng ships up to 1,000 tons was completed in
January 1.951. Py t.h ,.s the construction of bulls in the inland yards
was slavod down. by a shortage of?materials. This shortage was said to
ee:ist because of failure of ..est;-,rn fires to make promised deliveries
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About 36 to L;G drifters ward 12 to 3.') scir er; were corapletcd during 1950,
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of vahice, 10 drifters v.or? for the ostock fish ; con Line. The
:~-eepoli Lei. brought two Loats, the TT IM, and the L flGER, allegedly
diving and ? salvage boats, for the f .rst title, in October 1950, to have
the eng:..nes ovorhwil ad and for sore minor reconditioning Cork, A
voice radio system with a 20 vatt : ender was installed on one of the
boats,
54 During the first ti w?ee rzonths of 1:,1151, 00 to 70 per cent of the work
consisted of repair for the Seep:;? izci, although four drifters were
completed ^ or the flcstock fishing cornbino and the dredger U LDGI'_ was
recartdition,id. Duri e, this time, the 1,050 ton :teamr IORSC1i and the
sea-going tug of about 60' tons, were brought by the Seepolizei
for repairsa
6a. etvreen the end of ,arch and the .,"first week of T.hy 1951, six seiners and
two drifters were co:rpleteda Tlim seiners were to be completed in i.Tyy,
ton in June ~.nd five I m July,, aft,:.r which time the yard vas to work
exclusively for the Cpolizei.
74 ',.or. kmen from the Yacht-m;rft (for.-.,--r Engelbrocht ;" erft)' "~, in Perlin Icoeponick
arrived iaa.,'.pril to replace the engines on four Si boats. Thee 625 h.po;;
former Jua> tye 205, aim,plane .:nCines were installed in each boava
In source's opinion., t.,c boat c were probably equipped i.i.th twist machine
gum
In '.hy 1951, repairs Z:ea?e compl:tc; on four :inestiaecpers (forricr German
navy n-boote) whie h had been ia' ugL t to the yard in Decemtx:r 225O ~ The
t!:-W- ww:is rO' lacee on one ,if t-m
9. The civilian population has bean evacuated from Greifswalecr Cie Island.
1355 - 14) which is ,t.pposcd ta. become a support point for the
eepolizei.o
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Comaxt : In ;ipril 1951,
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4oO workers were re 7orted employed at.
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or.r ent: re _-rort dated pr it 1951 stated t, fiat the pr )ducti on
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goal at the yra:c consisted of about 11. minesweepers per
year acid that, ' n addition,, repairs are undf rtaken on
small Russian rat rj. `ressels and German c uttars
Comment: Formerly the Yachtwerft Clain Engelbrecht.
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