SOVIET TANKER (Sanitized)VUNG HA LONG (BAY), NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000600050001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 19, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
NPIC/CSD-291/67
19 MAY 1967
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VUNG HA LONG (BAY), NORTH VIETNAM
2051N 10706E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE SOVIET TANKER GAGED
IN OFF-LOADING OPERATIONS.
2. LOCATION:
THE SOVIET LENINGRAD-CLASS TANKER IS ANCHORED 0.5 NM
NORTHEAST OF LE GOELAND ISLAND, 5.5 NM SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HON GAI IN THE
SOUTHEAST AREA OF VUNG HA LONG (BAY).
3. REMARKS:
THIS WAS THE SECOND TANKER-TO-BARGE POL OFF-LOADING OPERATION OBSERVED
ON PHOTOGRAPHY IN THIS AREA SINCE BOMBING OF THE MAJOR NORTH VIETNAMESE
WILL TRANSFER HER CARGO TO BARGES AND LIGHTERS, WHICH
4. MISSION READOUT:
]REVEALS THE 10,000 METRIC TON TANKER WITH
FOUR POL BARGES ALONGSIDE. FUELING HOSES ARE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE TANKER
AND TWO BARGES, AND CAMOUFLAGE NETTING IS APPARENT OVER THE FOUR BARGES.
These notes have been prepared for briefing pun oses only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(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, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(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, Collateral Support
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