SHIPBUILDING ACTIVITY IN GDYNIA AND GDANSK

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2013
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• Publication Date: July 10, 1963
• 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 Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Shipbuilding Activity in
Gdynia and. Gdansk
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1. The fourth "cargoship," the TIORIZONZ, aJei trial run from
16 to 21 April. It left Want* from point 17 of sketch 3.
After the trial run it moored at the Stecznie Gdynska Im.
Kemeny Paryskiej in Gdynia at point 5 of sketch 1 next to
a floating drydock in which wes a "fishing research ship"
described in paragraph Wbelow.
Two other ehipo of the eargoship type lay in the writer at
point 6 of sketch 1. All three ship e had a superstructure
around, which there ens wooden scaffolding; see sketch 2.
The purpose of the eargeehip., of which the ITORIZONT 13:
one, is still unclear. Vb demagnetizieg inntallation was
obeerved in e.
4. The fifth cargoship, at present moored in Gdansk at point
19 of sketch 3, still has no name. On 26 April the sixth
cargoship is to be launched.
5. A Polish Ship technizian said that the map room and the
room in which the central control on these ships is housed
can be shat and mode airtight. This airtight system is
intended to permit sailing in areas where there is radio-
activity.
. The map room is built againet the bridge. Communication
between the bridge and the map room is through a watertight
door. The map room has only windows which look out to the
side. In this room there is a square object like a television
net on the top of which there Is a round screen about 30
centimeters in diameter. By the control knobs there is a
text in Passim for this apparatus. There is a normal nevi
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7. It is possible to run the engine room from the central control
room. The rudders can be operated by telephone from this room.
The doors to the engine room can be closed off watertight.
8. The object on the bo v of these boats is really a light buoy.
During a trial run a similar buoy was sot out and later taken on
board.
9. An enployee o,f to Polish shipyard said that thes11;$hifs are being
built for the Soviets. They are ahead of schedule in building.
these ships. The building plan in going quichOr than originally
planned.
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10. In the drydock next to the MR/7=TO mooring in Gdynia at point
5 as described in paraGraph 1 vas a ship which, judgingrfrom its
screw installation, must belong to the co-called planned "fishing
research ships." they are really naval
patrol vessels. This chip, in the drydook at point 41 was still
unpainted nnd had no superstructure as yet. It had a double prop
installation with =Oust:Able screws. The dock was about 60 meters
long and the entire ship fit in it.
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11. The 26-1 named xosnos and the 26-2 named the ;META have been de-
livered. The 26-3, mite unknown, had a trial run from 11 to 16
April. .
12. The last ship of the 11-15 riea built for the Sovieta is the
B-15-14*
13. The rurms, a ship of the P-15 series, sailed from October 1962
to mid-March for Nigeria pith a Nigerian crew of /5. The shin
berthed in 14,3os. They fished in the vicinity of Nigeria with
much success. In one haul they are said to have caught 20 tons
of fish. The ship was in Nigeria to develop now sales area for
this typo of ship. The sale of the fish caught, however, apneered
to be rather difficult in Tligeria*
14* The fishing factory ship MOM% belongs t.
construction number in 9.
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the 13-15 series; its
15. The fishins. factory ship ?ISM= has a five-cylinder ship en,7_,
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-1iyBUrrieieten ana Wcia: glib a capacity of 6000 hp. -r2he ship is
the only one of It kind and more will be built. Itp berth is
still unchanged4 no further information isevailable.'
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16. The landing vensel which ley by the shone at an tailien date mnot
have been delivered because it is no longer there.
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17. On 23 Anril two loanairvf,:, vessels were by the shore a points 13 and
15 of sketch 3 and two were under construction on a slip at point
U. There was as yet no radar on these chips, nor were there any
names or numbers yet. The diff tcul ties, in the construction rbf these
? ships seem to have been solved. What the cause was is unknewn.
V-enginey were standing in the halls; they very probably will be
built into the landing vessels. The number of ?hips to be built
? is unknown.
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I. Below t an object index to cketch 1 of GdynIaa
1. Polish warshin, presumably a, destroyer, moored alongeide a
pier. This warship
was painted with brownieh-colored red load in mtny places.
2. Polioh aubmarine, pendant number not observed, moored at a
? pier for re-cairn at the yard.
3. Two industry guards, armed vith a rifle, continually on guard
in the immediate vicinity of the fletting dock at point 4.
4. Floating drydoek, an estimated 60 meters long.
5, rourth cargoship maned VORTZONT.
6. Two fishing research shipn moored next to each other along
the vier.
19. Delow is an object indoxto Sketch 3 of the Xorth Yard at 01anaks
1. North Yard clothing store. Vero protective clothing i
supplied to welders, etc.
2. Unknown building belen3ing to the North Yard and parking-
area for management.
3. Uorth Yard management building.
4. Ansa whore matorisl in stored.
5. A work made from stone where section building for the
landing vessels and cargoships is done.
6 Openir area where sections of the superstructures for
landing vessels are fastened together.
7. Area whore section building is done.
8. New hoisting crane with a capacity of 20 tone with a spa
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1) rioters and 10 to with a span of 20 motors. Thio
crane moves on rails and ic ucod to put the sections from
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10:. The sixth ?oargoship under construction on tho transverse slip.
11. Two landing vessels under construction on tha transverse slip.
12. old longitudinal slip which is no longer used.
13. Landing vessel which is being completed; it ls moored at the pier.
14 A -work sha? made from stone, partly turnery laning-mill and
partly fitting hop.
15; Landing vessel undorgoing oomp1ot4on ud moored at pier
16. A stone building need as a store.
17. The fourth cargoshiptnirted norazorT undergoing completion
and moored at pier.
18. Work vLp, function unknown.
/9. The fifth corgeship undergoing coapletion and moored at pi r
20. Building with stone smokestack.
21. Part of building with test utana for engines.
22. Brans nbop and galvanizing shop section.
23? ?o1ih tanker somewhat larger tonnage-wine than the on ioorod.
at point 26.
Capenterte iok nhop wlthv on the south side, a section of
office 44:moo forthe various managers chiefs of section, and
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25. ,Area where material is stored,
26. Polish naval tanker
27. A cork .$4,se where the pa
20. Industry fire department.
29? Industry guard.
30. Par'-in area for o-re.
31. Librarj.
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"Visserijonderzoekingmschip" in aembouw op de
scheepswerf "Stocznia Gdynska Lu. Komuny Paryskiej"
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"Fishing Research Ship" under construction at
the Stocznia Gdynska Im. Komuny Paryskiej Shipyard
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