KOMAR PTG HA TOU, NORTH VIETNAM 22.5 NAUTICAL MILES FROM TRACK

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• Publication Date: January 6, 1974
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KOMAR PTG
HA TOU, NORTH VIETNAM
22.5 NAUTICAL MILES FROM TRACK
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FROM THE FOURTH SCOPE SHIELD MISSION
2. LOCATION: SCOPE SHIELD MISSION
OF THE NORTH VIETNAMESE COAST FROM APPROXIMATELY
18? NORTH TO VINH THUC ISLAND, JUST SOUTH OF THE
NORTH VIETNAM-CHINA BORDER.
3. MISSION READOUT: . SCOPE SHIELD MISSION
(N-8401)
SCOPE SHIELD MISSION PROVIDED THE BEST PERIPHERAL COVERAGE
TO DATE OF NORTHERN NORTH VIETNAM. CLOUD COVER WAS APPROXIMATELY
60 PERCENT, WITH 95 PERCENT OCCURRING SOUTH OF 20?-30''. THE AREA
REFERENCE TO: SCOPE SHIELD
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1. SIGNIFICANCE: PLANNED MISSION TRACK AND SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS
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NORTH OF 200-30' WAS ALMOST CLOUD FREE. THE INTERPRETABILITY OF
THE PHOTOGRAPHY WITHIN 35 NAUTICAL MILES (NM) OF THE TRACK RANGED
FROM FAIR-TO-GOOD WITH AN OVERALL EVALUATION OF FAIR FOR SATISFYING
MOST INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS. PHOTOGRAPHY BEYOND THIS RANGE WAS
CONSIDERED UNUSABLE. INTERPRETATION OF THIS MISSION, LIKE ALL OBLIQUE
PHOTOGRAPHY, WAS HAMPERED BY MASKING FROM TERRAIN, VEGETATION, AND
BUILDINGS.
THIS MISSION PROVIDED NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION ON SAM DEFENSES,
NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE, AND A NEW NAVAL ACQUISITION (SUCTION DREDGE)
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EVALUATION OF THIS MISSION FOR SATISFYING EEi
FOR SPECIFIC TARGET CATEGORIES. DUE TO THE HIGH INTEREST IN THE PORT
CITY OF HAIPHONG AND IN THE FEASIBILITY OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE CITY
FROM PERIPHERAL FLIGHTS., THE INITIAL PORTION OF THIS EVALUATION WILL
DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF INTERPRETABILITY WITHIN THE CITY. THIS WILL
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BE FOLLOWED BY AN EVALUATION OF THE BALANCE OF THE MISSION FOR
SATISFYING THE SAME CRITERIA.
A. HAIPHONG COMPLEX:
THE ENTIRE HAIPHONG COMPLEX WAS IMAGED ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR
INTERPRETABILITY. THE PORT AREA WAS 36 NM FROM THE PLOTTED TRACK.
ALL LARGE MERCHANT SHIPS COULD BE EASILY COUNTED. THOSE UNIQUE
IN APPEARANCE, COULD', BE CLASSED. THE SAME WAS TRUE OF THE LARGE
VESSELS MOORED IN THE ANCHORAGES OUTSIDE THE MARITIME CANAL.
ALTTIOUGH NO DECK CARGO WAS PRESENT, IT IS LIKELY THAT LARGE ITEMS
SUCH AS AIRCRAFT CRATES COULD BE IDENTIFIED. IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT
SMALLER ITEMS SUCH AS VEHICLES COULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM'INORMAL
DECK CLUTTER. ON THE DOCK, IDENTIFICATION OF LARGE ITEMS WAS HINDERED
BY BUILDING MASKING.
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SMALLER VESSELS SUCH AS SHANGHAIS, SWATOWS AND AKL'S, GENERALLY
COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED BY TYPE. THE OVERALL LEVEL OF ACTIVITY
IN THE HARBOR COULD BE ASSESSED. HOWEVER, AN ACCURATE COUNT OF
SMALL VESSELS IN THE HARBOR AREA WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. THEIR
IMAGES TEND TO MERGE WHEN SEVERAL ARE MOORED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
ONE ANOTHER. THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO'THE EXTREME OBLIQUITY.
NO IDENTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT PIECKS OF EQUIPMENT WAS POSSIBLE
IN OPEN STORAGE AREAS OR ALONG ROADS WITHIN THE CITY. SCALE AND
OBLIQUITY WERE THE MAJOR CAUSES. GENERAL CLUTTER THROUGHOUT THE AREA
AND BUILDING MASKING ADDED TO THE. OVERALL PROBLEM. IDENTIFICATION
OF NEW CONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE CITY COULD ONLY BE
DETERMINED IF THERE WERE MAJOR CHANGES. IT WAS POSSIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE,
TO DETECT THE FURTHER RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE OF THE LARGE VERTICAL
POL TANKS IN THE PETROLEUM STORAGE FACILITY WEST OF THE CITY..
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DETERMINING OPERATIONAL STATUS OF INDUSTRIAL TARGETS COULD ONLY BE
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH EXTERNAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS SMOKE BEING EMITTED
FROM THE STACKS. USING THIS AS A KEY, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE
THAT THE CEMENT PLANT WAS OPERATING WHILE THE THERMAL POWER PLANT
DIRECTLY BEHIND IT WAS NOT.
ROLLING STOCK AT THE HAIPHONG RAIL YARD COULD BE ACCURATELY COUNTED
EXCEPT FOR THOSE PIECES MASKED BY BUILDINGS. THEY COULD NOT
GENERALLY BE TYPED. HOWEVER, AT LEAST ONE LOCOMOTIVE WAS IDENTIFIED
BY THE PRESENCE OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE STACK. IDENTIFICATION
OF VEHICLES/PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO SCALE,
OBLIQUITY, AND MASKING.
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B. LOGISTICS MOVEMENTS /VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON LINES OF COMMUNICATIONS:
THE PANHANDLE AREA OF NORTH VIETNAM WAS ALMOST TOTALLY CLOUD-
COVERED. A SMALL OPENING IN THE CLOUDS REVEALED A NUMBER OF SOUTH-
BOUND VEHICLES ON ROUTE 1A WAITING TO CROSS THE SONG CA (RIVER) AT
THE BEN THUY FERRY CROSSING. THESE VEHICLES, 27.5 NM FROM THE TRACK,
COULD EASILY BE IDENTIFIED AS TRUCKS. THE NUMBER AND DIRECTION OF
MOVEMENT COULD BE DETERMINED. HAZE WAS A PRIMARY FACTOR IN PRECLCn'"-=
CARGO ASSESSMENT. COASTAL VEHICULAR. ROUTES IN THE PANHANDLE SERF IMAGED BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER. THE SERVICEABILITY OF THESE RC?'?
INCLUDING SURFACE CONDITIONS ANTS BRIDGE REPAIR/RECONSTRUCTION.
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C. LOGISTICS FACILITIES:
THE HIGH INTEREST LOGISTICS-RELATED FACILITIES IN THE SOUTHERN
PANHANDLE WERE OBSCURED BY HEAVY CLOUDS. THEREFORE, NO ASSESSMENT
COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.
D. WATERBORNE LOGISTICS:
NO MAJOR WATERBORNE LOGISTICS FACILITIES, OTHER THAN HAIPHONG,
WERE IMAGED. THE WATERBORNE TRANSSHIPMENT FACILITIES, ANCHORAGES"
AND COASTAL WATERWAYS SERVING THE PANHANDLE AREA WERE CLOUD COVERED.
THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND THE ISLANDS EAST OF HAIPHONG, HON GAI
AND CAM PHA WERE COVERED. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USUAL LIMITED LOGISTICS
ACTIVITIES AT SAMLL TRANSSHIPMENT POINTS AND WATER LEVEL CAVES COULD
BE MADE. THE IDENTIFICATION OF SMALL LOGISTICS CRAFT WAS POSSIBLE
WHEN NOT OBSCURED BY THE NUMEROUS ISLANDS IN THESE COASTAL WATERS.
SMALL LOGISTICS CRAFT, SUCH AS SL-2 AND SL-7 AKL'S, AND SMALL
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COMBATANTS,-SUCH AS THE KOMAR CLASS PTG'S, WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE
HA TOU NAVAL ANCHORAGE, 22.5 NM FROM TRACK. VESSELS OF THIS SIZE
COULD NOT NORMALLY BE TYPED AT HAIPHONG, 36 NM FROM TRACK.
E. DETECTION OF MILITARY BUILDUP:
HEAVY CLOUDS IN THE PANHANDLE PRECLUDED ASSESSMENT OF KNOWN
EQUIPMENT CONCENTRATIONS AND THE DETERMINATION OF ANY MILITARY
BUILDUP IN THE AREA.
F. SAM/COASTAL DEFENSES:
NO NEW SAM SITES WERE FOUND ON THIS MISSION. ONLY SIX JOF THE
34 KNOWN SAM SITES WITHIN 35 NM OF THE AIRCRAFT TRACK WERE OBSERVED
IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS. FIVEjOF THESE SITES WERE UNOCCUPIED. ONE SITE,
30 NM FROM TRACK, WAS OCCUPIED.WITH UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THE SITE WAS CONSIDERED NON-OPERATIONAL BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF
EQUIPMENVIN THE CENTRAL GUIDANCE AREA.
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AN OCCUPIED COASTAL DEFENSE SITE WAS OBSERVED ON THE DO SON
PENINSULA, 17.5 NM FROM TRACK. THE SITE CONSISTED OF TWO FIRING
POSITIONS EACH OCCUPIED WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED PIECE OF CANVAS-
COVERED EQUIPMENT. MORE REFINED INTERPRETATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT
WAS HINDERED BY IMAGE MOTION ON ONE OF THE TWO FRAMES USED FOR
STEREO VIEWING. THE FACILITY WAS IMAGED AGAIN IN STEREO ON THE
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NORTH VIETNAM
20-52-OON 106-41-40E
'36 NM FROM TRACK
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THE HAIPHONG COMPLEX WAS OBSERVED ON FAIR PHOTOGRAPHY. THE LEVEL
SEVEN MERCHANT SHIPS WERE MOORED AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHARF
(SEE N-8407). ONE LARGE SUCTION DREDGE (NEW) AND ONE ARSD (SALVAGE
LIFTING SHIP) WERE MOORED AT HAIPHONG SHIPYARD NO. 1
(SEE N-8409)!, NO DECK CARGO WAS OBSERVED. NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT
WAS OBSERVED ON THE WHARVES OR IN OPEN STORAGE WITHIN THE CITY.
CONTINUED RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE VERTICAL POL TANKS WAS OBSERVED
AT THE HAIPHONG PETROLEUM PRODUCT STORAGE FACILITY
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OBSERVED AT THE HAIPHONG RAIL YARD AND SHOPS
SEVENTEEN PIECES OF ROLLING STOCK INCLUDING ONE LOCOMOTIVE WERE
ALSO, THE HAIPHONG CEMENT PLANT
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HAIPHONG PORT FACILITY
NORTH VIETNAM
20-51-57N 106-41-43E
36 NM FROM TRACK
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NO-MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS OBSERVED. THE FOLLOWING MERCHANT SHIPS
WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE PORT FACILITYI k ONE KEYLA
CLASS (UR), ONE LIAO YUAN CLASS (CH), TWO FRIEDEN CLASS (GE), ONE
PADEREWSKI CLASS (P0), ONE ANDIZHAN CLASS (UR), AND THE HUU NGHI (VN).
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NEW SUCTION DREDGE
HAIPHONG SHIPYARD NO. 1
20-52-20N 106-42-12E
36 NM FROM TRACK
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THE EX-WEST GERMAN SUCTION DREDGE TRANSMUNDUM.4 WAS OBSERVED FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN NORTH VIETNAM. IT WAS MOORED AT HAIPHONG SHIPYARD
NO. 1 THIS DREDGE HAS A'LENGTH OF 312 FEET AND A
WORKING DEPTH OF 16 1/2 FEET. IT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE
NVN AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR DREDGING CAPABILITIES.
THE NEPTUNE CLASS ARDS "HA LONG" WAS ALSO OBSERVED AT THE SHIPYARD.
CAT BI AIRFIELD
NORTH VIETNAM
20-40-01N 106-43-46E
32.5 NM FROM TRACK.
(N-8406)
NO AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN AT THE AIRFIELD. SEVEN OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED
FIVE PROBABLE HARK
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HAIPHONG SAM SITE A17-2 (VN34)
NORTH VIETNAM
20-47-11N'106-42-22E
30 NM FROM TRACK
(N-8402)
THIS SA-2 SAM SITE I I CONSISTS OF SIX REVETTED LAUNCH
POSITIONS AND A REVETTED GUIDANCE AREA. THREE OF THE LAUNCH
POSITIONS WERE OCCUPIED WITH UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THE GUIDANCE AREA WAS UNOCCUPIED.
KOMAR PTG
HA TOU NAVAL ANCHORAGE
NORTH VIETNAM
20-56-28N 107-08-43E
22.5 NM FROM TRACK
(N-8403)
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TOU NAVAL ANCHORAGEI THIS WAS A REDUCTION OF ONE
KOMAR FROM THE NORMAL FORCE SEEN AT THIS LOCATION. CONCRETE BLOCKS,
EXTENDING THE WHARF AN ADDITIONAL 160 FEET, WERE BEING EMPLACED.
DO SON COASTAL DEFENSE SITE
NORTH VIETNAM
20-42-05N 106-46-46E
17.5 NM FROM TRACK
;(N-8405)
AN OCCUPIED COASTAL DEFENSE SITE WAS OBSERVED ON THE DON SON
PENINSULA. IT CONTAINED TWO FIRING POSITIONS.-EACH WERE OCCUPIED
WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED, CANVAS-COVEjED, }PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. ANOTHER
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO AN SA-2 LAUNCHER, WAS
OBSERVED IN A GRADED FIELD NORTHWEST OF THE SITE. AT LEAST-FIVE
PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED PROBABLE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WERE SEEN AT THE
SITE.
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VEHICLE CONVOY
BEN THUY FERRY CROSSING
NORTH VIETNAM
18-38-20N 105-42-35E
27.5 NM FROM PLANNED TRACK
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AT LEAST 12 TRUCKS WERE LOCATED ALONG ROUTE 1A ON THE NORTH BANK
OF THE SONG CA (RIVER) AWAITING FERRY TRANSPORT.
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