1. POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AT NIKOLAYEV 2. SHIPS UNDERGOING REPAIR AT NIKOLAYEV

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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2021-02351
• Publication Date: April 7, 1951

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CEN 1 ELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainian SSR)
DATE DISTR.
7 April 1951
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Pcseible Construction of Aircraft Carriers at
Nikolayev
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As of mid-barch 1951, the following situation existed at the Marti (W(1)
Shipyard at Nikolayev (46N, 32-00b) Activity has been on the (b)(3)
increase, with about 24,000 workers employed. There are at the ship-
yard two large ways about 400 meters in length, eight fixed three-ton
cranes with horizontal arms on steel table bases, one 30-ton movable
crane on girder tracks, and an electric power central of three turbo-
generators with a total capacity of 27,000 kw.
One of the ways now contains the incomplete. hull of an aircraft carrier
with an estimated tonnage of 20,000. In addition to this informants
direct observation and three photographs of fair Quality, the vessel
has been so described by another informant, who added that German
technicians who worked on the Graf Zeppelin are employed on the project.
3. A second way contains another hull about 20 meters shorter than the
above-mentioned one and in a less advanced stage of construction. It
also is believed to be an aircraft carrier.
Informant had the impression that the construction program is imposing,
but the quality of the workers and the experience of the technicians
evidently are below the requiremente for work-schedules. The above-
mentioned vessels are not expected to be ready for three years, The
hull described in Para. 2 has been on the way for some time without
substantial progress.
The following ships were in Nikolayev harbor in' mid-Larch 1951:
The ex-Italian battleship Giulio Cesare was undergoing modifications
of the forward superstructure, installation of radar equipment, and
modification of anti-aircraft defenses.
b. The cruiser ex-Duca d'aosta was still in the first stages of being
refitted. It was being painted with red lead and few workers were
aboard. Anti-torpedo boat and anti-aircraft artillery had been removed.
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