SHIPYARD BRIEF

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SHIPYARD BRIEF
The Molotovsk yard is the most important yard and
the only yard in the area capable of building large ocean-
going vessels. Facilities include 2 covered graving-
building docks, each about 1,000 feet long and 150 feet
wide, and capable of building the largest of vessels, 2
transverse building ways, a large transverse shipbuilding
site capable of the simultaneous construction of ten des-
troyers, and a ship assembly shop 350 feet long and 80
feet wide for the construction of subchasers and smaller
craft.
As the building-graving docks and the ship assembly
shop are covered, operations are not halted during the
winter months.
The maximum annual construction capability for
this yard is estimated to be 282,000 gross register tons
or 224,000 naval standard displacement tons.
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register tons capacity and an estimated 300 feet in length.
3. ESTIMATED ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION CAPACITY
a. Merchant Vessels -- Based on the assumption that the entire
facilities of the yard are utilized for the construction of merchant vessels,
that adequate materials and personnel are available, and that no prefab-
rication is used, the annual production of the yard Is estimated to be as
follows:
1-shift operation -- With existing facilities and personnel
working 1 shift of 40 hours per week, 148,000 gross register
tons of shelter-deck standard cargo vessels or 170,000
gross register tons of passenger vessels could be built
annually.
2-shift operation -- With existing facilities and personnel
working 2 shifts of 40 hours per week 267,000 gross register
tons of shelter-deck standard cargo vessels or 305,000
gross register tons of passenger vessels could be built
annually.
3-shift operation -- With existing facilities and personnel
working 3 shifts of 40 hours per week 371, 000 gross register
tons of shelter-deck standard cargo vessels or ?129,000
gross register tons of passenger vessels could be built
annually.
b. Combatant Naval Vessels -- Based on the assumption that the
entire facilities of the yard are utilized for the construction of combatant
naval vessels, that adequate materials and personnel are available, and
that no prefabrication is used, tha annual production of the yard is esti-
mated to be as follows:
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1-shift operation -- With present facilities and personnel
working 1 shift of 40 hours per week 94,000 tons naval
standard displacement could be built annually..
2-shift operation -- With present facilities and personnel
working 2 shifts of 40 hours per week 169,000 tons naval
standard displacement could be built annually.
3-shift operation -- With present facilities and personnel
working 3 shifts of 40 hours per week 235,000 tons naval
standard displacement could be built annually.
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12 February 1957
MIOUNDUR FOR: Assistant Director for Research and Reports
THROUGH:
THROUGH:
SUBJECT:
Chief, &manic Research, ORR
CIA/M-10145, Comments on.
1. It is noted that subject report contains a section on ahipbuilatng
(Section III D) based primarily, according to the report, on OKI Fort Series
Study 25X1A2G
2. This ONI report is actually the draft of Section 64 NI3-26
submitted to ORR for review in February 1955. Review of the draft by ORR
disclosed so many errors and deficiencies that in June ONI requested that the
draft be returned for a complete rewrite-, ny. that time OKI Fort Series
had been published - a word for word copy of the EIS draft which was wi
The Shipbuilding section of the subject docummat unfortunately reflects same
of the errors in ONI 25X1A2G
3. This branch has prepared and published a study of the principal
shipyard in the Arctic Area, (Ws/4ov* Shipyard No. 40201 1 This study
apparently was not consulted in the preparation of 11445.
4. In view of the above it is suggested that corrections be made in
RR-G-15 Section III D and that the corrected section be coordinated with this
branch prior to publication.
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considered to be the 'principal lithibing factor
of th rOdua: on,' rate. Estima.::es have been made based on estimated
and repor4ed,',rates elsewhere in the USSR and modified according to.
geographic' iodation of the shipyard, weather conditions which would.
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4. MANAGEMENT
The yard is under the control of the Ministry of Shipbuilding. The
management is believed to be in the hands of naval officers, and frequent
inspections are made by visiting commissions consisting of high-ranking
naval officers and government officials. The competence of the present
management is not known, but it has been reported that the yard's directoir
along with about 40 administrative employees was arrested in 1949 for
sabotage and was removed from office.
5. LABOR
No reliable information is available on the size or composition of the
yard's labor force or the loyalty, efficiency, or capability of the workers.
A U.S. naval officer, by personal observation in 1944, set an estimate of
about 5,000 to 6,000 employed production workers; in 1949 another obser-
ver estimated that 6,000 persons were employed on a 3-shift operation.
If these estimates are correct the yard was working at a rate considerably
below its full capacity.
The degree of skill of the shipyard workers has undoubtedly improved
over the years through on-the-job training, a limited apprentice training
system, and a shipbuilding school in the city of Molotovsk, which offers
4-year courses.
It is estimated that 21,000 workers 'would be required to operate the
yard on a full 3-shift basis, were sufficient personnel available and
capable of producing in amounts comparable to U. S. workers.
Insofar as labor-management relationships are concerned it is pre-
sumed that the yard follows the pattern set in other Soviet industries;
labor and management participating jointly in directing worker-welfare
and related activities.
6. YARD SECURITY
a. Personnel Security -- The yard area is believed to be en-
closed on all shoreward sides, a'wooden wall 10 to 12 feet high enclosing
the eastern end and a barbed-wire fence enclosing the rest of the area.
Armed guards are posted at all entrances, and a pass system for admis-
sion is undoubtedly in effect.
b. Fire Protection -- Information is not available as to the
yard's facilities for fire protection, although it is probable that the yard
is well equipped and that when required additional equipment is available
from the city of Molotovsk.
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SHIPYARD BRIEF
The Rosta Naval Shipyard is the second most important
yard and is the major repair yard of the Soviet Northern
Fleet. Facilities include two graving docks (656 feet long and
328 feet long) and a floating drydock reportedly of 3,000 tons
lifting capacity. There are no shi building ways and the yard
does not engage in ship construction. An portant function
of this yard is the preparation of vessels for the trip over the
Northern Sea route.
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ROSTA NAVAL SHIPYARD (SEVMORPUT)
1. INTRODUCTION
The yard is located in the northwestern part of the town of Rosta (69?03'N.,.
33?05'E.) on the eastern shore of Ka skiy Zalivo, It is bounded on the north-
eastern side by the Rasta River and lies just southward of the mouth of the
river. The yard is approximately 2.5 nautical miles northward of the city of
Murmansk.
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It is the second most important yard in the Soviet Arctic area and is the
major repair yard of the Soviet Northern Fleet.' In addition to naval repairs
it prepares both naval and merchant vessels for the eastward trip over the
Northern Sea route. Its location on Kol'skiy Zaliv, an ice-free inlet, makes
the yard accessible the year round. It is not known that new construction has
been undertaken; however, vessels have been observed in what appears to be
fitting out.
The exact date of construction of the yard is not known; however, it is
reported that large-scale work was proceeding at the yard in 1936, and during
World War II, upon receipt of additional equipment from the United States, the
yard expanded its operations. The yard is Government owned and is under the
administration of the Soviet Navy.
2. PRODUCTION RECORD
_The arc_y_n_s sfrictly:ashlp-repair yard and haatno Shipbuilding ways, al-
though it is possible that during World War _II some?fordoboata,and submar-
ines were assembled hem from wts fabricated-elsewhere. Major repairs
can be effected to cruisers and smaller naval vessels as well as to merchant
vessels.
3. ESTIMATED ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION CAPACITY'
Since the yard does not engage in new con.struction, no estimate of con-
struction capactiy is given.
4. MANAGEMENT
The yard was constructed by the Government as a naval shipyard, and,
as far as can be ascertained, has been continuously under the administration
of the Soviet Navy. Information on personalities and management is not
available.
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(2) Water -- Both fresh water and salt water are available in the
card hut the source and system of distribution are not known. It is believed,
however, that the yard receives its supply from the Rosta municipal system.
(3) Steam -- The latest available information indicates that steam
is supplied at 20 pounds per square inch by a stationary locomotive. It is be-
lieved to be for dockside supply, and the shops are probably supplied by a boiler
in one of the shops.
(4) Compressed Air -- Compressed air is obtained from the air-
compressor house (Referencb Number 14, Figure 9 ). Further information
concerning distribution and pressure is not available.
(5) Industrial Gases -- Information on inciustrial gases is not
available.
8. OPERATIONS
Major machinery and hull repairs can be effected to cruisers and smaller
vessels in the drydocks and floating repairs on larger vessels at the quay.
Shops are grouped in the central part of the yard and are very well arranged.
The machine shops and the plate shop, where the greatest flow of materials orig-
inate, are connected with the graving docks and the repair quay by rail and road.
These shops and otherprincipalahops are arranged more or less in three rows
and are quite accessible to each other for intrashop material handling.
9. SOURCES OF MATERIALS AND COMPONENT PARTS
Most materials and parts are received from Leningrad and Moscow. Coal
is probably received from Spitzbergen. Information permitting a detailed
breakdown is not available.
10. ESTIMATED FUTURE .OPERATIONS
Based upon past ierformance and current intelligence it is believed that
both under normal and all-out emergency conditions the yard will continue to
be the most important naval repair yard in the Soviet Arctic area and probably
will continue to prepare naval and merchant vessels for the eastward trip over
the Northern Sea route. Because of. the relatively ice-free condition of the
harbor, it appears logical to assume that the yard will remain a most important
naval repair yard for the Soviet Arctic Naval Fleet.
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