DESTROYER ESCORT (DE) IN SHANG-HAI AREA CHINA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2001
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: July 1, 1966
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DESTROYER ESCORT (DE) IN SHANG-HAI AREA, CHINA
The recent discovery of an unidentified
DE in Shang-hai, China, has lead to speculation
as to whether the ship represents new con-
stuction or the modification of an already existing
Riga-class DE. In an attempt to answer these
questions, the major shipyards of China (Fig-
ure 1) have been searched to determine where
the vessel (Figures 2 and 3) was constructed
or, if modified, where it was modified.
The following major shipyards, capable of
producing a ship as large as or larger than
this DE, were searched for construction: Shang-
hai Naval Base and Shipyard Kiangnan Dock
Company Shang-hai Ship- 25X1A
yard Shang- ai Dockyards (International Dock);
Lu-ta Shipyard Darien
Wu-chang Shipyard; and
the Ta-ku Shipyard Hsin-chiang.
In addition, the Lu-shun Naval Base and
Shipyard
Naval Dockyard
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searched for evidence of any modification to
an existing Riga-class DE.
A search of all available overhead photog-
raphy from - to the present provided no
evidence that a DE was under construction at
any of these shipyards. A DE was observed
25X1 D moored at Hu-tung in
25X1 D _ The negation date for the presence of
25X1 D this DE i DE's were observed
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at International Dock, in the graving dock in
Mand moored at a wharf during -
No relationship can be drawn between
these vessels.
The first sighting of a DE on either a
building or repair way is in - at
25X1 D Kiangnan (Figure 4). Coverage of
revealed this DE to be either a Riga-class DE
undergoing modification or a new-class DE in
late stages of construction. Objects which re-
semble certain sections of the DE's superstruc-
ture are alongside the buildingway (Figure 5).
Construction under covered buildingways
without detection was considered and only the
Wu-chang and Hu-tung yards have these facili-
ties. Hu-tung does have a secured area which
encompasses approximately half of the northern
2 buildingways and utilizes weather/concealment
sheds. The only time the total length of these
sheds approaches the overall length of a Riga-
class DE is in . At this time, an
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unidentified DE was observed at Kiangnan.
Because the launching transverser at Wu-chang
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little possibility of DE
construction there.
In addition, an attempt to account for more
than 4 DE hulls at all yards and bases on any one
mission proved negative. Only once
have 4 DE's been observed on one mission.
Gaps of as much as 18 months exist in
coverage of each of the major yards and bases.
Some examples of these gaps are as follows:
Shang-hai area
Wu-chang
Ta-ku
Ching-tao
Lu-shun
Lu-ta
If this is a completely new DE, no evidence
of construction can be obtained from overhead
photography, but there is insufficient photo-
graphic evidence to definitely negate it as new
construction.
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FIGURE 3. SCALE DRAWING OF CHINESE COMMUNIST DE, PENDANT NO 209 (Naval Reconnaissance Technical Support Cente,
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FIGURE 4. SHANG-HAI NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KIANGNAN DOCK COMPANY, SHANG-HAI, CHINA,
FIGURE 5. SHANG-HAI NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD KIANGNAN DOCK COMPANY, SHANG-HAI, CHINA,
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ACIC. US Air. Target Charts, Series 200, Sheets 0381-7A, 1st ed, May 58 (S); 0381-24AL, 3d ed, May 64 (S); 0381-9A,
1st ed, Jul 58 (S); and 0492-2A, 1st ed, Jan 58 (S).
1. NPIC. R-81/65, Shang-hai Naval Base and Shipyard Kiangnan Dock Company, Shang-hai, China, Apr 65 (SECRET/
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2. NPIC. R-86/65, Shang-hai Naval Base and Shipyard Hu-tung, Shang-hai, China, Apr 65 (SECRET/No Foreign
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R-175/65 Darien (Lu-ta) Shipyard, Lu-ta, China, May 65 (SECRET/No Foreign Dissem.
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R-241/65, Shang-hai Port Facilities, Shang-hai, China, Jul 65 (SECRET/No Foreign Dissem
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R-244/65, Lu-shun Complex, China, Jul 65 (SECRET/No Foreign Dissem
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6. NPIC. R-249/65, Lu-ta Port, China, Jul 65 (SECRET/No Foreign Dissem
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