REPORT ON THE EXPANSION OF THE WISMAR SHIPYARD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011200240002-3
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM No, '*? L'LLcn (14
FEB 1952 51-4AA
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COUNTRY Germany (Russian zone)
25X1SUBJECT Report on the Expansion of the Wismar Shipyard NO. OF PAGES
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Work on the two new slips has been greatly speeded up since mid-October 1951
so that both slips are now nearing completion. Only some flooring and some
small water canals will remain to be finished in January 1952.
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on 29 November 1951, it was expected that the shipbuilding shed would be
sufficiently constructed on 31 December 1951 to make it possible to start
building the foundations for the machinery and equipment which the shed is
to house. The flooring, however, can only be finished after all machines
have been installed.. Work on the steel construction was being carried on
in three shifts. The arrival of four internal. cranes (10 metric tons) was
expected by approximately 5 December 1951 from:,Abus Koethen-Dessau.* The arrival
of shipbuilding presses, ordered some time ago from.VVB Abus, has been delayed.
HV Schiffbau has been informed that if the presses fail'to arrive by.2 January
1952 as presently scheduled, the shipbuilding program which is scheduled to
start on 1 January 1952 will be delayed by three months. The delivery of the
straightening rollers (one large and one small) due to arrive in December
1951 and mid-January 1952 from Gotha** has now been delayed until 15 February
1952. HV Schffbau has been informed of this as well as of the resulting
delays in the shipbuilding program.
Cableway crane
Work on the erection of the one cableway crane at this shipyard has now almost
caught up with the planned schedule. It is still hoped that the crane will
be finished by 28 February 1952 so that the work In the slips can begin on
1 March 1952.
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N -v statism,
It has now been decided. to abandon the plan of building a new power station
at this shipyard for the time bein and to fall back on VVB Energiebezirk
Nord (the normal public supply net) instead. Therefore arrangements are
under way to connect the shipyard with the nearest point of the net by two
HT links. The total output Energiebezirk Nord will be able to supply amounts
to about 1+5,,000 kw.
New aheds'
The three new sheds under construction. were completed by 29 November 1951.
Other work
It was anticipated that most of the other minor tasks under way at the yard
would be finished by 31 December 1951. The water supply, however, is so poor
that axi additional pipeline-= is now being laid. The existing supply would
not have sufficed in case of fire.
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public-services like electricity, water and gas supplies, sewage nets, schoolsy
hospitals etc. would-have to be expanded in order to handle the infh= of labor
expected in the early spring of 1952, at which time the shipyard hopes to start
building ships Although only 234+ new apartments were planned for 1952, a total
of at least 2,000 will be needed. New buses will also be required; if possible,
trolley buses are to be operated. Four new roads leading to the yard will
have to be built in 1952. More shops and a new hotel for transient visitors
also have to be considered in the expansion plans, A new railroad station
in the vicinity of the shipyard. will be necessary and the dredgers which keep
the waterways open will have to be exchanged and supplemented to insure the
required depth of 15 meters.
Comment: Abus Kranbau,. Koethen.
Comnont: Possibly WW Mago-Werk Gotha.
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