NEW CLASS COMBATANT HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300530001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 7, 1969
• Content Type: PHOTO

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NATIONAL PHOT06AAPIIIC NiERPRETATNMi CENTER
NEW CLASS COMBATANT
HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
20-S1N 106-44E
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NEW CLASS COMBATANT
HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
2051N 10644E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS A NEW CLASS COMBATANT, PROBABLY OF
CHICOM CONSTRUCTION, IN NORTH VIETNAM.
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HAIPHONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM.
3. BACKGROUND:
A VESSEL OF THIS TYPE WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN NORTH VIETNAM ON
AT THE HAIPHONG MARINE HOSPITAL (INFILTRATION) WHARF ALONGSIDE
THE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED SL-2, WUHU, YF AND AN SL-4. IT WAS NEXT OBSERVED
IN LATE 1868 AND AGAIN
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~+. MISSION READOUT:
ALONGSIDE A SMALL BUNKERIlVG PIER, 3.g NM WEST OF THE HAIPHONG NAVAL BASE.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
portir~g period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
GROUPI EXC LUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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ON THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE DECKHOUSE. TWO PROBABLE GUN MOUNT'S ARE
LOCATED FORE AND AFT OF THE DECKHOUSE. THE YP HAS A DISTINCT STERN
SECTION IlV THAT THE DECKLINE, AT THE STERN, RISES SHARPLY FOR THE FAST
10 FEET AND THEN DIFS TO DECK LEVEL AT THE CENTER OF THE STERN. THE
VESSEL IS PROBABLY ASTEEL-HULLED HARBOR AND RIVER PATROL CRAFT.
5. REMARKS:
THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THIS VESSEL (WHICH IS NOT YET NAMED) AND
OTHER CHICOM BUILT VESSELS INDICATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED IN
CHINA. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS NEW CLASS YP ADDS FIVE MORE COMBATANTS
TO THE NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE OF NORTH VIETNAM.
MAP REFERENCE: 6350 Iv
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re?
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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