CABLE TO RUABBS/JSPC SOBE OKINAWA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001000040094-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2007
• Sequence Number: 94
• Publication Date: November 23, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUAGUG/13TH ATF (P) TAIPEI TAIWAN
RUAPDT/CO 500TH INTO GR CP DRAKE JAPAN
RUAPDD/NSAPAC REP JAPAN
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RUMGUL/COMSEVENTHFLT
RUAUNJ/COMNAVFORJAPAN YOKOSUKA JAPAN
RUC.DSO/FTD WPAFB DAYTON OHIO
RUCSC/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB/DIT AND DEI
RUEADX/COMDR TAC LAFBVA
RUEAHQ!/HQS USAF WASHDC
RUEAHQ/SAFSS-4 WASHDC
RUEKDA/DIA WASHDC/COL COLE
RUEKDA/DIA PRODCEN WASHDC
RUEKDA/NIC WASHDC
RUECD/FSTC WASHDC
RUECW/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
RUEHC/STATE RCI WASHDC
RUEKDA/JCS/JRC WASHDC
RUEPCR/DIRNSA
RUEPDA/ACSI-CT WASHDC
RUEPWM/AMS WASHDC
RUHKR/CINCUSARPAC FORT SHAFTER HAWAII
RUHLKM/PACAF HONOLULU HAWAII
RUHKA/CINCPAC CAMP SMITH OAHU HAWAII
RUHKB/CINCPACFT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUHPD/FICPAC FORD ISLAND HAWAII
RUMABA/13TH AF CLARK AFB P.I.
RUMFCR/ALL SEVENTH FLT CVATG COMMANDERS
RUMFUB/CTG SEVEN SEVEN
RUMSBJ/2 ADIV VIETNAM
RUMSMA/COMUSMACV VIETNAM
RUWTPAA/ACIC ST LOUIS MO
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CITE NPIC 5975.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPRESENTS THE PRELIMINARY INTER-
PRETATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS
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1. NPIC AND CIA/IAD CONCUR WITH AN I TIFICATION MADE BY
DIAAP-1P3, ON CHURCHDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY OF A NEW CLASS NAVA. MBATANT
VESSEL CONSTRUCTED AT THE HUANG PU NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD, KUANG
CHOU, CHINA 2305N 11325E AT LEAST TWO (2) UNITS 25X1
WERE CONSTRUCTED AT THIS YARD OF A TYPE THAT CANNOT BE CORRELATED
TO ANY KNOWN CHICOM OR SOVIET BLOC NAVAL DESIGN. THE LOA OF THESE
UNITS IS APPROXIMATELY 195 FEET AND EACH HAS A MAXIMUM BEAM OF
THESE VESSELS APPEAR TO HAVE A POSSIBLE DEPTH CHARGE 25X1
RACK AFT AND A POSSIBLE LIGHT CALIBER MAIN BATTERY FORE AND AFT.
2. A PROBABLE NAVAL HULL OF THIS TYPE WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON
ON A BUILDING WAY AT THE HUANG PU 25X1
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD.
30A BOW SECTION OF A PARTIALLY25X1
SHED-COVERED POSSIBLE NAVAL HULL WAS OBSERVED ON THE SAME BUILDING
WAY UPON WHICH THE PROBABLE NAVAL HULL UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAD
BEEN OBSERVED IN JAN 1963. A PROBABLE SUPERSTRUCTURE WAS OBSERVED
BETWEEN CANVAS SHEDS COVERING THE VESSEL.
4. COVERAGE REVEALED THAT THIS 25X1
PROBABLE FIRST UNIT HAD BEEN LAUNCHED AND WAS MOORED ALONGSIDE THE
FITTING-OUT WHARF. WEATHER SHEDS WERE ARRANGED ALONGSIDE OF THE
BUILDING WAYS BUT NO POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF FOLLOW-ON CONSTRUCTION
WAS VISIBLE.
5. A VESSEL PROBABLY EQUATING TO UNIT ONE OF THIS CLASS WAS
OBSERVED ALONGSIDE THE FITTING-OUT WHARF ON MISSION
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1964. THE LOA OF THIS VESSEL WAS MEASURED ON THIS MISSION AS
APPROXIMATELY 195 FEET ON GOOD QUALITY STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY ON WHICH
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TRE'POINTS WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE. A POSSIBLE SECOND U1l OF THIS
CLASS WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNDER SAS ON THE SAME BUILDING WAY
ON WHICH UNIT ONE HAD BEEN BUILT.
6.I I UNIT ONE WAS NOT OBSERVED 25X1
AT THE HUANG PU NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD BUT CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS
HAD BEEN MADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POSSIBLE SECOND UNIT AL-
THOUGH IT WAS IN LARGE PART CANVAS-COVERED.
7. A VESSEL OF THIS CLASS, POSSIBLE THE FIRST UNIT PRODUCED AT
HUANG PU, WAS OBSERVED AT THE SHANTOU NAVAL BASE 2321N 11640E
A SECOND UNIT OF 25X1
THIS CLASS WAS MOORED AT THE FITTING-OUT WHARF AT HUANG PU. THE
VISIBLE LOA OF THE UNIT AT HUANG PU WAS MEASURED AS APPROXIMATELY
THE ASPECT ANGLE AND CANVAS COVERING ON THE STERN 25X1
PRECLUDED A DEFINITE DETERMINATION OF THE STERN END POINT.
S. ALL MEASUREMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY THE NPIC TECHNICAL
INTELLIGENCE DIVISION AND ARE CONSIDERED ACCURATE TO WITHIN PLUS
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