NEW CLASS COMBATANT HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300600001-1
• 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 PHOT06RAPHIC IITERPRETATNIN CENTER
NEW CLASS COMBATANT
HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
20-51 N 106-44E
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
NEW CLASS COMBATANT
HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
2051N 10644E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEF IlVG BOARD DEPICTS A NEW CLASS COMBATANT, PROBABLY OF
CHICOM CONSTRUCTION, IlV NORTH VIETNAM.
2. LOCATION:
HAIPHONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM.
3? BACKGROUND:
A VESSEL OF THIS TYPE WAS FIRST OBSERVED IN NORTH VIETNAM ON
THE RECENTLY IDENTIFIED SL-2, W[THU, YF AND AN SL-4. IT WAS NEXT OBSERVED
AT THE HAIPHONG MARINE HOSPITAL (IlVFILTRATION) WHARF ALONGSIDE
IN LATE 1968 AND AGAIN
ATTACHMENT TO M-6459
7 MAY 1g6g
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PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED AT THE SAME BUNKERING PIER AS IS DEPICTED ON THIS
4. MISSION READOUT:
REVEALS A NEW CLASS YP MOORED
ALONGSIDE A SMALL BUNKERING PIER, 3.9 NM WEST OF THE HAIPHONG NAVAL BASE.
A SEARCHLIGHT IS MOUNTED
These notes have been prepared far briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefi~ boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only (or the re?
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
G ROUPI E%C LUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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ON THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE DECKHOUSE. TWO PROBABLE GUN MOUNTS ARE
LOCATED FORE AND AFT OF THE DECKHOUSE. THE YP HAS A DISTINCT STERN
SECTION IN THAT THE DECKLINE, AT THE STERN, RISES SHARPLY FOR THE LAST
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 IlVDICATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED IN
CHIlVA. 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 onty for the re?
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. for infannation concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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