UNUSUAL DISPOSITION OF NORTH VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS VESSELS HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 21, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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NIJSUAL DISPOSITION OF
NVN LOGISTICS VESSELS
PI-TONG AREA, NORTH VIETNAM
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KER ANCHORAGE.
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UNUSUAL DISPOSITION OF NORTH VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS VESSELS
HAIPHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
2052N 10642E
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS AN UNUSUAL DISPOSITION OF NORTH VIETNAM'S
-HAIPHONG PORT AND ANCHORAGES, NORTH VIETNAM.
3. BACKGROUND:
FREQUENT PHOTO COVERAGE OF HAIPHONG HAS REVEALED LOCATIONS GENERALLY USED
FOR THE MOORING OF NORTH VIETNAMESE NAVAL LOGISTICS VESSELS AND MERCHANT SHIPS.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE 1 NOVEMBER 1968 BOMBING HALT, THE NORTH VIETNAM MERCHANT SHIPS
WHEN NOT INVOLVED IN RESUPPLY TO THE SOUTH WERE USUALLY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES. NAVAL LOGISTICS VESSELS (AND OTHER NAVAL
CRAFT) WERE GENERALLY OBSERVED NESTED NEAR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARVES,
THE NAVAL BASE, FISHING PIER, MARINE HOSPITAL WHARF, AND AT DANCETTE SHIP REPAIR
YARD.
4. MISSION READOUT:
MOORING AREAS FOR NORTH VIETNAMESE MERCHANT SHIPS AND NAVAL LOGISTICS VESSELS
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.
GROUP I EXCLUDED FROM
AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING
AND DECLASSIFICATION
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(AND OTHER NAVAL CRAFT) ARE NOT BEING FULLY USED. NORTH VIETNAMESE LOGISTICS
VESSELS ON THE CONTRARY, ARE FOR THE MOST PART DISPERSED IN UNUSUAL LOCATIONS.
REVEALS 12 NAVAL VESSELS DISPERSED ALONG A 25X1
3 KM AREA OF THE CUA CAM. THESE VESSELS INCLUDE 1 SL-2, 1 SL-4, 3 SL-3/4,
4 WUHU YAK, 1 SWATOW PGM (STRIPPED),1 T-4 LCM (ARMED) AND ONE UNIDENTIFIED YP.
REVEALS FOUR (ONE NOT SHOWN ON GRAPHIC) 25X1
OF NORTH VIETNAM'S EIGHT MERSHIPS AT AN UNUSUAL LOCATION, THE TANKER ANCHORAGE.
THE VESSELS ARE MOORED AMONG THREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING VESSELS (ONE NOT SHOWN
ON GRAPHIC). THE NORTH VIETNAMESE MERSHIPS ARE THE CARGO VESSELS BEN THUY AND
HOA BINH, AS WELL AS THE TANKERS HAIPHONG AND CUU LONG. ALSO IN THE TANKER
ANCHORAGE ARE FOUR NAVAL LOGISTICS VESSELS: 2 SL-4, 1 SL-6, AND 1 SL-3/4 (THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT THE SL TYPE VESSELS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT ANCHOR IN THE TANKER
ANCHORAGE.)
VESSELS OBSERVED IN THE NORMAL MOORING AREAS, ON INCLUDE 25X1
FIVE TO TEN SL-1s.
THE UNUSUAL DISPOSITION OF THESE NORTH VIETNAMESE NAVAL VESSELS AND MERSHIPS
FITS INTO A RECENTLY NOTED PATTERN IN WHICH 5 SL-1s HAVE BEEN DISPERSED TO
AN AREA 13.5 NM NW OF HAIPHONG, AN INCREASE IN BARGES MOORED AT HANOI PORT HAS
OCCURRED, AND THERE HAS BEEN AN APPARENT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF BARGES IN THE
HAIPHONG AREA.
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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