THE PORT OF GALATI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400070009-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 30, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUIJECT The Port of Galati
30 March 1955
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
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The following is a legend for the attached sketch of the Danube River
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A. Lumber quay: about 300 by 300 meters. The quay, entirely built of
cut stone, is dredged for about ten meters. There is no loading
equipment whatever and lumber is carried by hand. There is adequate
lighting for loading to be carried on at night.
B, C. The former arsenal of the Rumanian Navy was merged with the former
Fernic shipyard into an industrial unit now called the 7 November
Naval Yards. The unit is surrounded by a wall about three meters
high. The yard is under the supervision of a Soviet commission com-
posed of about ten Soviet officers. Guards on duty at the shipyard
are armed only with automatic pistols. At night the shipyard is
illuminated with small searchlights. Production of the shipyard in-
cludes:
Tow lighters up to 1,000 tons.
Small passenger steamships of 250-300 tons.
Tow boats with alternating engines of 150 to 200 horsepower.
Fishing boats and minelayers of 25 to 35 tons.
Repairs for the Danube River merchant marine fleet.
B. Description of the former Naval shipyard:
1. Drydock: About 100 by 120 meters including the underwater section;
slope -2?5'; capacity - 1,500 to 2,000 tons.
Construction: Built on wooden piles fixed in the earth and con-
nected by other piles just below the surface of the ground
parallel with the shore. Other piles, parallel with the shore
are placed on top of the latter.
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Docking equipment: 8 hand-operated windlasses which can be manipulated
on one axle (two men to each windlass), built at Resita. The windlasses
are operated by means of tackles on eight cars, with 12 wheels each,
which run on the same number of tracks.
2. Electric power station: masonry building, about 12 by 35 meters, with a
small electricians shop joining it. It is equipped with two groups of
diesel electric generators, 250 and 500 horsepower; voltage: 120 volts,
direct current. There are storage batteries for night illumination and
a two-ton overhead crane on rails.
3. Masonry building with one story; use not known.
4* Barracks: three story; capacity 200 to 300 men.
5. Boiler shop: one story masonry building, about 50 by 15 meters. The
boiler shop has the following equipment: one combination shearing
machine for punch work and cutting angles; cutting capacity up to a
thickness of 15 mm; small electric drills; and two-ton crane on over-
head rails.
6. Foundry: one story masonry building, about 50 by 15 meters, equipped
with one blast furnace, capacity three tons; and two crucible furnaces,
capacity 200 to 300 kilograms.
7. Blacksmiths' and iron wheelwrights unit: one story masonry building,
about 50 by 30 meters. Machinery: one crane on overhead rails, two
tons; one molding machine for metal sheet, with three rollers; one
rectifier for sheet metal, with five rollers; one planer; four vertical
drilling machines; three forges equipped with a small hand-operated
crane; portable electric drills; and miscellaneous equipment.
8. Machine shop: one story masonry building., about 50 by 30 meters.
Machinery: one crane with overhead rails; about 20 lathes, the largest
of which has a distance of )4.5 meters of bench between the points;
4 or 5 vertical drilling machines; two planers; and some rectifiers
for boring machines.
9. Carpenters' shop: one story masonry building, about 50 by 30 meters.
Machinery: two band saws; one circular saw; two milling cutters; two
planers; and various benches.
10. Sail shop: one story building, about 20 by 8 meters equipped with one
sewing machine.
11. Carpentry shop: one story masonry building, about 50 by 15 meters.
Small row boats are constructed here.
12. Paint shop: one story masonry building, about 50 by 15 meters.
13. Storehouse: Woodenbarracks, about 60 by L meters. Materials for the
yards are stored here.
C. Description of the former Fernic Shipyard
1. Drydock: Dimensions: about 180 by 120 meters; slope: 3?-3?-5'.
Construction: Similar to the former Navy Arsenal
Equipment: 12 windlasses, hand-operated; 12 ten-wheeled cars;
tackle, consisting of 6 to 9 steel cable pulleys.
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2. Model, sail, paint shop, technical and accounting offices: two story
masonry building, about 70 by 10 meters. Ground floor: sails and
painting; upper floor: technical and model offices.
3. Various units: one story masonry building, about 70 meters by 25 meters,
divided into the following units:
Boilers.
Repair shop, with modern lathes.
Welding, o]y-acetylene equipment only.
Compressors: two, with pressure capacity up to 6 atmospheres.
Iron work, part of the machinery modern.
Carpentry shop.
!t. Electric power station: small masonry building. Machinery: two
200 horsepower diesel generators; one 500 horsepower diesel generator.
5. Storehouse: wooden barracks, about 20 by 10 meters.
6. General management of the combined shipyards; a three story masonry
building, about 40 by 40 meters.
An auxiliary quay runs along the entire length of the 7 November Naval
Shipyard. It is built of cut stone and equipped with a 10-ton and one
20-ton crane. Depth of quay: about 3.5 meters.
D. Wharf: about 250 by 300 meters; entry about 80 meters. The wharf is used
for grains. Dredged to a depth of about ten meters and equipped with a
number of mooring guns. The wharf also has a floating wooden dock in two
parts, each 400 to 500 tons. Loading equipment: four traveling cranes on
rails, on the north side, capacity about five tons; two stationary cranes,
on the south side, respective capacity, 10 and 20 tons.
B. Buildings near wharf:
1. Four 3-story silos, each about 60 by 10 meters.
2. Wooden barracks use for machine shop, boiler shop, carpentry shop and
storage.
Port offices and customs house
1i. Harbor warehouses.
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