PRODUCTION OF THE PEENEWERFT IN WOLGAST

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CIA-RDP82-00457R009300340009-0
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April 16, 2002
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9
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November 15, 1951
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REPORT
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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 25X1A PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. -3~ 25X1 AF( DATE DISTR. 15 :Iov. 1951 NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 X REPORT NO. 25X1A 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 25X1 30 ate: = i --ci?tP'fM Bw Irnf1T. - TT n (11 ferry 25X1A Vl" Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009300340009-0 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. 11' Io ! Class. ^ i 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 Document No. ----------- ----- Approv CENT."? iL Ii TITEL.` IG: rICE ..o a.?icY /~~i:aC041'~DO~-YR009300340009-0 ~:aCiJ'IITY 33 M:3 tiTION 25X1A About 36 to L;G drifters ward 12 to 3.') scir er; were corapletcd during 1950, -in 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 25X1A Comaxt : In ;ipril 1951, 25X1A "KO 4oO workers were re 7orted employed at. 25X1A or.r ent: re _-rort dated pr it 1951 stated t, fiat the pr )ducti on 25X1A 25X1A 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. CONFIDENTfAC Approved For Release 2002/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009300340009-0