TURNU SEVERIN SHIPYARD

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• Publication Date: April 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT -IM luly 1948
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The correct official name of the so-called :IRT Yard is
Sant ierul i1aval Turnu Sever in (Turnu ever in shipyard),,
It is a nationalized plant and under the control of the
it is a non-military plant which
Ministry of Traffic.
has nothing to do with the armed forces and was not mili-
tarized in the war. Only the guard detail consists of
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soldiers
B,, ;ona ement perso e_ L ovie ontrcl
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General 1 a.nagers
popescu, about 42 years old, 'tail.,
dark; he was forrierly a smith in the
shipyard and is a Conununist o He was
appointed to his present position in
1947 0
managing Engineer: s'ngineer Tancu, about 40 years old,
married dark-complexioned, 1.68 iii high
In the yard s its a 1947 9 previously in
the Galatz shipyard where he was In
charge of the shipbuilding section. He
is a specialyiisty {in thep desi /urn. ofjtsubma-
rines. ~): n experMO He is not a. CojT13i~Anis t6
Deputy :',anaging rrzgineero
zngineer Georges cu p 39 years old marr ied ,
working in the yard since 1939 0 :1n efficient
expert o
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a. Before the war the number of workmen was 1,240 to l 9500;
during the war it was raised to 2,000. In 1948 the total of
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lkubor and staff a:ouned to 1,400 persons; 150 of them
were o ficir-Is and clerks. In addition there vere 2CC
apprentices a:iho have their on vocational-tra.inin , school;
lessons are held in a buildin in the city (gen.(--r.ai1y at
Dulv.Carol)
b. The labor' I: i ~ 95 percent Ruraaniau o , includi n ; 2 pareent
women. '.ost of the working people are between the ages of
25 and 40. They mostly live in Turnu Jeverin, oily a few of
them in the nearby villages.
c. political purees, especially amon= the officials, took place
in 1946/19,117.
d. The workmen are frequently compelled to do uiipsid overtime
work under the' desiC-nation of Voluntary Labor service, and
regularly on 5aturdaay.
3. soviet control:
There is a permanent soviet control and quality inspection
(acceptance) co:i?,r issiou with hcadc uarters outside the ship-
yard in the off ice building; of the JRT(-io 1 on ,.nnex) .
This is a one-story building, 2015 rmeters, with a mezzanine.
L1l Members of the joviet cordlission :ear civilian clothes.
the coa,xaission has about five members.
t; m LoC t ..on.E. r~'let'?~Id Conditions
Al Tho area of the yo-rd is level and about 6 or 7 meters above
the riean level of the Danube. the dhipyard area is shaped
liLc an irre3ular trapeze, longgitudinal sides 6CCC and 4CC me-
tens (the loner one is on the river side), the western side
is 220 meters long, the eastern side 150 baeters. The nain
entrance is on the eastern side. The control check clocks for
the t'rorkri,eu are also there o i%nother entrance on the eastern
side leads only to the administration buildings.
The premises
of the yard are surrounded by a board fence on the
ward sidesa, 2 meters high in the west and th
three land-
e cast, and
2.5 to 3 meters in the north.
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approach roads, railroad sidings:
There are railroad siding: in the yard. The track
the railroad station of Tunnu ,,everin which is abo
comes from
ut 1,200
meters west of the shipyard. It enters the premis
es of the
D.
yard on the western side and crosses the whole are
with the Danube, almost to the eastern side
Buildings
a parallel
(The serial nunbers correspond to the nwabers on the layout
sketch)
(1) Office buildin of the srRT (sovrom Transport),, outside
the shipyard, heudc uarters of the yard rs JoviUt control Gory-
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(2) .drainistration building, 40x15 Meters, ground floor
and second story, accomodates the offices of the general
manager r.nci of the administration riana;;er, the ..dr-iinistra-
tion off ice; -;nd the account in of rice . ?, porters s lodge
is on the ground floor.
(3) i'ech aic,-l service. ground floor nd second story,
size l5x8 meters mitt the o fice roofs of the .ianaging
engineer, drawing,lud cr..lculatin? offices, etc.
(4) Dwelling; house of _,ene.':..1 mana?er, 20x12 meters.
(5) 'in arbor, 4 Maters in dia.reter, in the middle of the
garden .
(6) park, about .60x8Q motors
(7) Boiler house And bath, 80x5Cxle meters
(8) storehouse, for minor material and component p-rtq tools
etc. one-story,, L-shaped, 60x25x15 meters.
(9) ?irkshop building, leOxlOx20 meters, with smithy, lathes,
mechanical workshop, several cranes on traveling bridges 0 The
interior is divided into several compartments by sheet-iron
partitions.
(lc) Carpentry, 40x15x7 motors. the interior has several
shops, i.e. rough and precision working shops, maat er car-
penter's office etc.
(11) . ransforr:iur cabin, 4x4x7 meters, where electric current
is transformed to the volteige of the yard
(12) Grano, running on rails, or cc:rryin, ms( rial from the
workshop to the sli9) .
(13) , lectricr.l workshop, 4Cx20 .,rotors
(15) slip, t' a 'ts slip", for building motor veaso1a ".rx" staff=
m.mers, l3Lx7Q deters .
(14) slip, "small slip", for build in;; Danube barges (tDtl
1CCxGC .)eters, 3G rioters to the east.
(16) ea -teen -wits: kitchen, a canUon;jaerLt building; 35x15 r;ieters,
(17)Trigonorietric~.1 beacon of yard.
(18) Dockin._, crane, for prArti-l lifting of ships, 35 Meters
high. The boom of the crane reaches to about 25 ::raters across
the Danube. The foot of the crane rests on an 8x8-meter con-
crote base. The crane can lift ships out of the enter to .a
certain height so repair work can be done on the skin plating.
(19) Foundry and forge, completed as late as 1948, with foundry
for bronze castings etc., for making ships s propellers, pistons P
crank shafts etc., with one smokestack.
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in early 1944, the ahipyard was attacked by the U; jr
Force and the buildin6 s in the It section were damaged.
: s early as 1946 evorythin; was rebuilt and all war da-
rrz a;es repaired.
The most vulnerable spots in the yard are the boiler house
an . the transformer building.
E. productio.a. capacity
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1ectric and steam power are used for driving the m chine
tools and other machines.
The shipyard has no power station of its own but uses our-
rent from the public mains of the tMm of Turnu ieverin
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;Steam power is produced in the boiler house, fuel oil is
used for combustion and arrives by tray of the Danube.
7. :;aw material , serri-f iniahed products , etc.
Semi-finished iron products, sheet iron eta. are supplied by
the lesch: tza ,'orks and arrive by rail; timber is furnished
by the forest ad.ainistration of the vicinity. I.C. enUines are
ordered r: nd arrive for: abroad.
8? prewar production:
Before the tour this shipyard was the most important ship-
buildin,; yard for, both passen;er and car;o vessels of the
biur:wnian Dfznube navi ction. ,,~.ong other vessels the passen-
er express Carol 3 was built in the late thirties and was
about So r;a :tars one? 27 to 3ti meters wide and her draft was
3,5 to 4 meters; she had two decks over the r;aain deck. This
pride of the Rumanian Danube fleet was sunk in 1940.
9. Production during the '.1ar:
During the war, only warships, PT boats for employment on the
}nn.u e and sea-goin; PT boats for the-eruan Navy were built.
4;t that time ,errmian engineers also worked in the yard. Repair
work was continually done.to warships and merchant vessels
which had been drn.maged directly or indirectly by enemy action.
Present Production;
&fter 194Y river ships for the soviet Union were built almost
exclusively. 'Both specifications and other data for the
ships are furnished by the aoviets. The end fines arrive from
the aoviet Union and are assembled in the yardl iep_air -..ork
to ?ussian .nd Aur1anian vessels is also done. The major p~:.rt
or the deliveries is on armistice and peace treaty accounv i.e.
they are not paid for; part 01' the deliveries, ho,wwwever, is made
under the cor: ierc ial treaty.
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11, Tests, Delivery;
.1 inished ships undergo their test runs on the Danube
when they are inspected nild taken over by the Joviot
control coin Llssion. ?;rhile the ships are under con-
struction the 4ovicts do not interfere -..nd leave everythin;
to the .?utaanian engineers. The Joviets do not appear
until the ships are taken ovc:r. . The accepted ships ;;of
-jusslan crews .nd proceed to the ,;oviet Union under their
own power; they ;ot zunanian. pilots as far as Galati.
12 o 7ork Hours;
,he shipyard works in two day sh if ts from 6 a ?m. to 2 p.m
and fror.k 2 p.m. to lC p .r; . ?Eork in the workshops is
continued after nightfall, but is discontinued on the slips.
Jocialist 4.fficiency Competitions with other shipyt.rds of
the country are frequently held
f. protection
]During; the night the shipyard is guarded by Auranian sol-
diers. During the day there are only the porters of the
yard.
orrltilEnt:
The mentioned shipyard has been dealt with in a previous
report. The present report contains a layout sketch and
detailed information on the leading persons and the mecha-
nical equipment of the yard a j, remarkable feature is the
statement that the ;enera.1 (administrative) as well as the
technical riana.ger:3er. t of the shipyard are in : ur,,,.anian hands
Despite the fL;et that this shipyard is an enterprise of the
,;ovromtransport Corporation (3.RT) the -joviets confine therm
solvves~to the ~;nneral control. In contrast, in the Joviet
Zone of perllany, the posts off:' :g eneral ri1:.n; _;er; in the soviet
,or?porations affiliated to then are, as a rule, held by
jussiar s
knnex: Turnu jeverin shipyard
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