ECONOMIC - SHIPBUILDING TRANSPORTATION - WATER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600140130-2
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 130
• Publication Date: February 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Soviet Zone Germany
SUBJECT Economic Shipbuilding
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
PEOPLE-Owim SHIPYARDS IN sOYIhT ZONE s'#BEil4ANT
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1. L"' stye - -
trol'.ed shipbuilding induftry in the Soviet Zone.
2. The personalities listed are unknown, with the exception of Evald
Dehn.. He 1s probably the shipbuilding engineer Daehn who worked in the de-
signing office of the O1Q4 (Naval High Command) during the war. However, he
did not becemp prominent then.
3. The Peene shipyard at Wolgast is apparently the assembly shop for
two inland shipyards which cannot assemble their products thec.selves be-
cause of c1fficultims with the navigation channels.
4. The Elbe shipyard at Boizenburg is located at the mouth of the Boize,
a small tributary of the Elbe, and probably has considerable difficulty in
the coastr:ction of Tuggers and se'ners because the v n riaslebwate The level.
At any rate, regular deliveries by water are probably
yard ',s suffering from ltckof space. It is therefore doubtful whether the
specialization on construction of luggers will. be s?ccess1U.l.
5. The shape of the stern of the Tuggers is normal and suggests their
use as minesweepers rather than as minelayers, if the nine types involved are
those which weigh about one ton, including the anchor, and which are dropped
from a side amidships Otherwise, thit would have to be assumed e mines are brought out from thesholdson a btoom.
use otrol or picket
For the side
.For military use of the loggers, their function as guardr Pa ,
boat is much more likely. Since the Soviet Union has a very extended coast-
line, a large number of such vessels are needed.
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Shipping in the Eastern Zone was in an extremely difficult position in
1945, after having been separated from the basic industries and the shipyards
of Western Geri any. One important factor, of course, was the cousiderable
loss of vessels of all classes, the prohibition of certain classes of vessels
by the Allied Control Council, and the blocking of shipping lanes by war dam-
age
The only shipyard which could be classed as capable of operating at all,
German standards, damaged bysritishpand Soviet airtr Rostock, and this ids. Apparently,oGne had erman auen
very heavily damaged by B
up s - longterm i _ repair aniiireconstructionrplanstime
ahtertGes yei collasee to dra the
ef_ter Germany's wP
for shipyards. However, a clear trend did not appear until 1946-47,
A. Development of the Federation of People-Owned Shipyards
Since 1947 the Federation of People-Owned Shipyards organizehed edeas
a tonal federation wader the control of the uerblau aeon...: ..r----=-?_--
headquarters of the federation is in Schwerin, but since the end of 1947, a
number of branch offices have also been operating in other cities, including
Halle, Erfixt, Dresden, and Berlin, These branch offices only control the
procurement of material in their region. At the time of its founding, the
federation's administrative staff numbered 20 persons, but by now it has in-
creased to 200.
In 1947 the head personnel themfie field. Innthexmeantnime,
in the shipbuilding industry 1'.ti_
however, most of them have been removed from their posts for their past pu
cal affiliations or lack of interest in the SED.
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In general, the prerequisites for the desired development were lacking
and had to be built up laboriously, ;s etoted above, the Neptun shipyard at
Rostock, which is now a Soviet corporation operating under control of the AM)
Combine, was the only enterprise in the Eastern Zone which was able to build
vessels of the types required. Before 1945 the two shipyards at Boirenburg
and Brandenburg had specialized in building ships for inland waterways with
capacities not exceeding those of ships built at Finow. Thus, the Federa-
a v ~pprs~-nay Rr"rnva ds faced the task of creatixuc an entirely Hasa
branch of industry with totally inadequate means at its disposal.
The headquarters of the Federation of People-owned Shipyards is at
Schwerin, Goethestrasse 27, in the building of the former Chamber of Com-
merce
Externally; the administration of this "trust" differs only slightly
from other enterprises of this kind. However, as in other Eastern Zone
enterprises, the effect of the Soviet administrative system, is also found
here.
The Chief Director is Thiel, an old Communist who formerly lived in
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