SHIPYARD TUNG-LANG KUANG-CHOU, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002100010003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 28, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE:
SHIPYARD TUNG-LANG
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1� SIGNIFICANCE,
2. REMARKS;
KUANG-CHOU, CHINA
TWO NEW CLASS DESTROYER ESCORTS, SIMILAR TO
THE ONE IDENTIFIED AT THE SHANG-HAI NAVAL
BASE AND SHIPYARD CHIANG-NAN DOCK CO, ARE
OBSERVED �
THE NEW CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT (DE 209) OB-
SERVED AT SHANG-HAI IN JAN 66 WAS PROBABLY
BUILT AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TECHNI-
CLANS IN 60 BUT BEFORE MID-6~+, THE EXACT
ORIGIN OF THE SHIP REMAINS OBSCURE,
THIS NEW CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT APPEARS
TO BE THE FIRST MAJOR CHINESE COMBAT SURFACE
SHIP NOT ENTIRELY OF SOVIET DESIGN, ALTHOUGH
THE SHIP'S HULL IS THE SAME LENGTH AS THE
SOVIET "RIGA" AND APPARENTLY WAS BUILT TO
"RIGA" -CLASS SPECIFICATIONS, MAJOR CHANGES
ARE EVIDENT ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, THE MAIN
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re�
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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DECK HAS BEEN RAISED ONE DECK HIGHER AND A
LIGHTER MAST HAS BEEN INSTALLED, ONE OF THE
DECK GUNS HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE STERN AND TWO
MORE ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN MOUNTS HAVE BEEN ADDED,
THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY PROVISION FOR
TORPEDO TUBES WHICH ARE STANDARD ON THE "RIGA",
3, LOCATION: IN SOUTHWEST KUANG-CHOU ON THE CHU CHIANG
(RIVER) AT 230~+N 11315N,
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should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: SHIPYARD:
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
7, SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: SHIPYARD: ~ AND AT LEAST 3 KH-~+ MISSIONS,
8 , DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATIONS: NEW CLASS DE
LENGTH -
BEAM - AT THE WATERLINE,
DRAFT -UNDETERMINED, BUI' PROBABLY MORE THAN
MAXIMUM OF THE
"RIGA" -CLASS,
DISPLACEMENT - 1,500 TO 1,800 TONS (ESTIMATE),
FULL LOAD,
ARMAMENT -THREE 3,g"~56 DUAL PURPOSE MOUNTS
AND FOUR 37-MM AA TWIN MOUNTS,
9. MISSION READOUT: TWO NEW CLASS DEST30YER ESCORTS (TE'1VTATIVELY DESIGNATED
CHIANGNAN CLASS ARE OBSERVED, ONE APPARENTLY IS OUTFITTING AT THE MAIN
QUAY AND THE SECOND IS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE BUILDIlVG
WAY, A POSSIBLE THIRD DE HULL IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION ON
THE BUILDING WAY, ONE LST-I-CLASS LST IS AT THE MAIN QUAY, SEVERAL CARGO
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VESSELS ARE ALSO OBSERVED,
A NE41 2-BAY FABRICATION BUILDING, LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF THE
BUILDING WAYS, APPEARS TO BE STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE,
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