SHORTAGES AND PRODUCTION PROBLEMS OF SHIPYARDS IN ROSSLAU, STRALSUND, ROSTOCK, AND WARNEMUENDE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2010
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• Publication Date: May 9, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United states within the meaning of the Espionage Lows, Title
18, U.S.C. seos. 70.7 and 794, the t=ansmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Shipyards in Rosslau, Stralsund,
Rostock' and Warnemuende
Shortages and Production Problems ofDATE DISTR.
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REQUIREMENT
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9 MAY 1957
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS-ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL 'OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
A. Report concerning the hydrofoil boats built at the Rosslau.shipy
in December 1956, VEB Volkswerft Stralsund received orders
luggers under construction at VEB Volkswerft Stralsund; anc ge
built at VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock. This report merrtions hat
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B. Report concerning the repair program of the Stralsund shipyard for 1956
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shortages and personnel problems of VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, ck,
and VEB Warnowwerft Warnemuen - (2 Y)aaes). 25X1
C. Report concerning problems of VEB Warnoww
10,000-ton ships and material shortages.
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1/ The shipbuilding and repair shipyara ~~rulrille is
repair program 130% in 1956. In repairing coast motorships
they used a new fusing method by which the repair time was
reduced to one-half.
2. The NEPTUN Shipyard
At the present time there is a shortage of both the necessary
sheet steel and plates that are necessary for manufacturing
hulls. Quite a few shipyard workers were transferred to fac-
tories in the heavy industry already some weeks ago.
At the present time the shipyard's electro-welders work in the
lignite concern B6HLEN (15) and in the lignite mine GROSS-
Z6SSEN (12).
3. The WARNOW Shipyard
For the operation of each of the 24 trolleys in the WARNOW
Shipyard's cable-crane (translated directly) 3 men are needed,
in other words a total of 72 men, and in addition 72 assistant
workers are needed. The crane can only be used lengthwise,
not crosswise.
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The 1 10,000 tons ships of which the two first ones, "Frieden"
and Vblkerfreundsohatt," were supposed to be delivered already
in November/Decem*ber 106 are still lying alongside the equip-
ment quay at "Warner-erft.e Since the final data for delivery
has not been maintained, the "Warnow-Werft s equipment quay has
great difficulties. At best 3 large ships can be equipped at
the same time. Therefore,, the shipyard management cannot find
any way out of the coming difficulties which will arise because
the shipbuilding is continuing, and the next deadlines for
launching gust be kept.
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There is an unusually big shortage of materials. A big part
The shipyard's
of the workers have taken leave or are going to.
carpenter shop is advertising in the newspapers for orders from
one
other fires. The shortage of steel is felt the most. in March 1957.
10,000 tons ship is completed and can be launched
The other three slipways are empty.
Due to the shortage of materials, the delivery firm in Halber-
stadt cannot rake deliveries.
4 of the 6 necessary engines have been built into one of the
four 10,000 tons ships.
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1. The Elben Shipyard, ROSSLAU
The "wing boats" (translated literally from aerep n a
of light-alloy metal built at the Elben Shipyard in Rosslau
near DESSAU which have been described'as the fastest boats in
this class in the world have not lived up to the expectations.
The trial runs were made with boats without armament. Later
it appeared that the boats are too light to carry equipment
such as radio, a heavy machinegune, etc. The "wing boats"
were supposed to have been used by the coast guard.
The ROSSLAU Shipyard's construction department has been ordered
to start making new designs.
2. Volkswerft, STRALSUND
420 luggers have been built at Volkswerft, Stralsund, up to
now. In 1957 they will only use 2 months for the completion
of a lugger. In December 1956 the Volkswerft received orders
The NEPTUN Shipyard, ROSTOCK
In order to keep up the continual dredging between STETTIN and
SWINEMUNDE, a special dredge that only is going to be used in
this fairway has been built at the Neptun Shipyard.
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