NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD CHIANG-NAN DOCK CO SHANG-HAI, CHINA

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T05929A002500050001-8
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RIPPUB
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T
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3
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December 28, 2016
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November 20, 2006
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1
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Publication Date: 
June 4, 1967
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REPORT
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rpproved Fo,rTRR le e ff/il 1720 . CIA - T05929AO02500050001-8 4 June 1967 Page 1 Copy 5 8 3. REMARKS: 4. COLLATERAL: 5. FIRST IDENTIFICATION: 6. NEGATION DATE: NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD CHTANG-NAN DOCK CO SHANG-HA.I, CHINA TWO UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINES OBSERVED UNDER CON- STRUCTION. THIS IS THE FIRST SUBMARINE CONSTRUC- TION OBSERVED AT CHIANG-NAN SHIPYARD SINCE AUG 66. HUANG-PU CHIANG AT 3112N 12129E. FACILITIES CONSIST OF 12 BUILDINGWAYS (3 WITHIN A SECURED AREA AND USED FOR SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION), 3 GRAVING DOCKS, 2 OFFSHORE WHARVES, 1 T-HEAD PIER, 2 BREASTING PLATFORMS, 2 PONTOON PIER SECTIONS, 6 CRANEWAYS WITH 7 JIB CRANES, 2 FOUNDRY BUILDINGS, 2 LARGE FABRICATION BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS SMALLER SHOP/ SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND AT LEAST 3 ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use 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 informs Division, NPIC. TOP SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO02500050001-8 4pproved For Release 2006 78T05929A002500050001-8 TOP SECRET c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Attachment t 4 June 1967 Page 2 7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE: ONE TALENT, 14 KH-4, 6 KH-7, 25X1 25X1 8. DIMENSIONS/ SPECIFICATIONS: 9. MISSION READOUT: TWO UNIDENTIFIED SUBMARINES ARE OBSERVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION ( 1 UNIT IS PARTIALLY COVERED BY WEATHER SHEDS AND THE OTHER IS PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED ON THE UPSTREAM SUBMARINE BUILDINGWAY). SEVERAL HULL SECTIONS INCLUDING A FORWARD MID-SECTION AND A BOW SECTION ARE POSITIONED IN THE BUILDING AREA. LOCATED WITHIN THE COMPLEX ARE 1 W-CLASS SS AT THE DOWN- STREAM WHARF, 1 PROBABLE W-CLASS SS IN THE DOWNSTREAM GRAVING DOCK, 1 PROBABLE RAIL FERRY UNDER REPAIR/CONSTRUCTION, 1 PROBABLE DREDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 2 MERCHANT SHIPS AT THE UPSTREAM WHARF (THE LARGER WAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED AT THIS SHIPYARD), 8 UNIDENTIFIED SMALL CRAFT AT THE UPSTREAM WHARF, 3 FLOATING CRANES (2 IN THE UPSTREAM GRAVING DOCK), 3 WORK BARGES, 1 POSSIBLE SMALL COMBATANT FITTING-OUT, AND 2 SMALL VESSELS (APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET LONG) AT THE DOWN- STREAM FITTING-OUT WHARF EACH WITH 2 WHITE ELONGATED OBJECTS (SLIGHTLY RESEMBLING KOMAR-CLASS PTG LAUNCHERS) LOCATED AFT ON THE HULL. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use 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 Division, NPIC. TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78TO5929AO02500050001-8 Approved For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78T05?29A002500050001-8 NATIONAL PIIOT06NAW NITER TATM OM, NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD CHIANG-NAN .DOCK CQ. SHANG-HAI, CHINA 31-12N 121-29E SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR cOPVANV&ed For Release 2006/11/20: CIA-RDP78T05929A002500050001-8