DDR 1952 PLANNED SHIP CONSTRUCTION

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• Publication Date: July 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET/COZIIiX, - U.S. OFFICIALS Ord
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CENTRAL NTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
f OUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT DDP 195 Planned Ship Construction
ACQUIRED
DATE O?'
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DATE DISTR. 24 &Uly 1952
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THIS DOCU5C IT COW 1INS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE HATIOHAI. DEFi:ESL
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TiTI.E IS. SECTIONS 793
AED 790, OF THE U.. S. CODE. AS AMENDED, ITS TRAFISMISSIOA OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT ST AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
3S PROHIVIT#i) BY LAW THE NEPPIODUCTSORI OF TIlIS .^OIl IS PROHIDnTu'D,
SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1,590
1,300
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STA E r' X F ,VY 4 I r +. RD I I DISTRIBUTION
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the number of ;.:or: errs employed at
.mast Gernan state-orrmec- s i?i.pyrxds eras as follow; :
1113 V1T7 Scha..:fsberCun-s-, ;:eparatur- and
Neub uzrerk, Stralsund
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2. The following is the rear. ations production program of East
German shipyards
16 seiners
30 steel cutters
4 motor freighters
(2 x 300 HHP )
31 refrigerated luggers
9 Neptune luggers
10 ;seiner tugs
10 tankers (lugger type)
Staatswerft Itothense3 (9)
Volksrwerft Ernst
Thaelmann, Brandenburg (7)
Rosslauer Schiffsrierft
Rosslauer Schi.ffswerft
Elbewerft Boizenburg
Rosslauer Schi.ffswerft
Volkswerft Ernst Thaelmann, Brandenburg (7)
Staatswerft Rothensee (3)
(5 more Seiner_tur-s have been
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Rosslauer Sc td
6 passenger ships (Type II) Stastsvrerft Rothensee
6 pontoons for floating
cranes
Scfiffawerft Uebigau
reparations
3. DDR shipyards are to produce four inland water icebreakers
for export to Poland. T:?:o of the icebreakers, Which are to have 250
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by v-hich they are to be driven are not yet develope : ~. The ether two
inland water icebreakers, which are to have 500 HP each, will be built
t the Rosslauer Schiffswerft.
floating pile drivers valued at 10000,000 Rubles are to 50X1-HUM
be constructed at the VED A3US Kranbau Eberswalde plant. They are to
be 30 meters high and are to be equipped with a 6-ton rarmer. They
will be used primarily for driving 25-ton concrete piles. These pile-
drivers are supposed to be able to drive at a 10 degree angle under the
pontoons. The cranes will have a: reach (1'uslage) of 12 meters and
will be able to lift 12 tons. According to present estimates, the
pontoons will be 25 to 30 meters long0 The pile drivers are to be
manned by crews of 13 men.
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The following is the DDR planned ship prodwtion whim: `.1.'ill be
used in East Germany:
Type of Ship
Construction Firm
1 hopper barge, with- Staatswerft Rothensee
out engines,, 100
cubic meter capacity
L motor lifeboats. 18 mav'erft Gehlsdorf
3 tugs (Schubboote) 60 Volkswerft Ernst
IIP Thaelmann, Brandenburg
1 Seagoing bucket
dredger., 1400 cu. mR
capacity. Valued at Rosslauer Schiffswerft
2.2 million UME
(backlog production
1 light ship
(ADL'ERS3PUND) Valued
at 2.8 - 3.2. million
UL".L (
work had to be -
stopped because of an
emergency reparation
order for 10 tankers)
1 buoy layer, 600 tons
Valued at 1.4 - 108
million DP. .(will pro- Rossi auer Schiffswerft
bably be stopped because
of reparations orders)
2 seagoing tugs, 500
II?,, Valued at 600,0000 St,aatswerft Rothensee
DIME each back l.og pro--
ductiora
1 icebreaker and salv-
age tug 100 tons., 800- Rosslauer Schiffswerft
1000 TIP. Valued at
1.2 million 7M E
4 tug boats (?ugsier-
Sclhiepper) 300 HP. Volkswerft Ernst
Valued at 700,000 Thaclmann
D! tE each
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Energie--Dry zirk D.ords,
Rostock
Seenotdienst (Sea
Rescue Service)
Generaldirektibn
Schiffahrt (GDS)
GDS
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Type of Ship
2 hopper barges, with
Construction Firm
engines, 300 cu. in. Staatsxerft Rothensee
capacity (backlog
production
1 hopper barge, without
engines, 300 cu. in. Staatstiwerft Rothensee
capacity
2 dredgers (Sp{Ilschuten)
without engines, 300 Staatswerft Rothensee
Cu, M. capacity
4 motor freighters, 700
tons. 100 HP. Valued Staatswerft Rothensee
at 750,000 WE each.
t3 "Mass" beiges, Amanda Volkswerft Ernst
type
Thaelmann
2 steamer tugs, 300 HP Staatswerft Rothensee
1 dredger tugs, 300 HP Staatswerft Rothensee
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6. The following is 'East German shipyard production ~ assigned
to "Verkehr" (Traffic) that is, for the Seepoli ze-f.: 50X1-HUM
Type of Ship
to.iistruction Firm
2 fire-fighting boats, 180-200 IIP V;erf t Gehlsdorr
1 Surveying cutter, 2h M. (wood) ?
1 surveying cutter Rosslauer Schiffswerft
3 seagoing scows, 200 HP Volkswerft Ernst Thaelmann
(Brandenburg will farm out order
to privately-awned shipyards)
7. The following represents the DDR planned ship production accord- 50X1-HUM
ing to shipyard:
Claus Engelbrecht Yachtwerft, Perlin-dpenick
30 composite cutters for reparations
3 tugs, (Bugsierbotte), 60 IIP, for the GDS
I ferry boat, 60 IIP
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Claus :ngelbrecht Yachtwerft,, Berlin-K8penick (Cont."
1 launches, 12.3 meters, for the F:eepolizei
6:) motor launches..', 6.75 meters, for the Seepolizei
6 launches, 27 - 55 meters, for the Seepolizei
Production is being started on hulls for coastal patrol boats
(NS-Foote), which mill then be completely constructed. elsewhere,
moo: tl:r at the Peenenverft.
Volkmverft Stralsund
3 lug..-ers for reparations
12 trawlers for the Fischkombinat Rostock
3 lighthouse tender control boats for the GDS
2 harhnr na.t.ra boats, for export to Poland,
Poland is supposed to cancel
o r d r,
6 coastal patrol brats for the Seepolizei.
They will probably be similar to the former type t?RL--lOO0;
in army case, they will be different from those now being
produced at the K8peri-ck and Peenedinde shipyards o
2 coastal patrol boats for the Seepolizei. Formerly-
called Type ?.RL-?1000 3000 HP suitable for mine-sweeping
and nine?la n -
Russian
authorities are most anxious that these boats be conpleted,
and work on them takes priority even over reparations order,
One thousand tons of materials for the production of these
ships was specially imported.
of ,his types
requires construction of a total. of boats
z arnowwerft
1 freighter., 9500 tons.
The keel has not yet been laid bec-.fuse of shortages of
critical material. Moreover, one 2,500-ton. dock is being
built; it will water be enlarged trrr a 4,000 ton dock.**
Schiffsreparatu.rwerft 111smar
This shipyard is now beginning to construct 950-ton freighters
-which supposedly brill be put out in a series; one and one-fourth
ships are supposed to be finished this year,
1 spec? a1 motor ship, 1500 tons, for the Seepolizei; will be
50 per cent finished this year.
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This shipyard is building special ships for the :epolizei; one
and one-fourth ships are to be completed
8. Despite all the efforts of the shipyards,, shortages of critical
materials still occur. }Because of these shortages, about one-half
the employees of Volkswerft-Stralsund, that is 5.,000 employees, ,tiad
to be laid off with retainer salaries (.iartegeld) Rolling mill
products? especially 6-7 mm, plate, are in short supplye From time
to time, critical materials are imported from Russia
Rolling mill xxadurA_q_vwnn
recently delivered according to a secret contract
It turned out, however, that the products delivered
could not be used in the construction of ships.
shortage of copper.
There is also a
9, AU East German shipyards operate at a loss. an adverse 50X1-HUM
balance of 1.5 million 1 iE was anticipated.
the shipyards had operated at a loss of 50X1-HUM
1 million DI.;I: (investments are not counted in this sum). The three
shipyards which construct seagoing ships? 1`;;a mill t
rn smar and
Rostock, showed a loss of 15 to 17 million DL 1~ and 50X1-HUM
Volkswerft Stralsund and K8penick together a loss of 12 to 14 million
DME. These high lasses are caused by the long periods of inactivity
at the shipyards caused by shortage of materials as well as the poor
quality of the available material which has time and time again led
to complaints about finished ships and made the reconstruction of
completed ships necessary. There is a great difference in price be-
tween the actual cost of building a snip and the cost fixed for re-
parations delfiveries As a rn.ule, the reparations cost credited amount to
about once-third of the actual production cost. Moreover.? the Russians are
collecting large sums of money from the fines which shipyards have to
pay if they do not meet the target date. The fine amounts to 0.1; per 50X1-HUM
cent of the total cost of the object per day,. The ".arnemlinde and `'.ismar
shipyards each had to pay about 8 pillion D: E in such fires
~f om~ ent, Lifeboats, spurt boats, etc. are omitted in all
Lists of production figures quoted in this report.
IComnent. The on ;inal German sentence reads as follows:
ttAusserderr. vdrd an diner 2,500 t-Dock gebaut,
Baas spater durch ein I,000 t--Dock erweitert
vwrden soil, it
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