CHOU-SHAN NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD CHINA 3000N 12206E

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01471R000800070003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 6, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

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CHOU-SHAN NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD
CHINA
3000N 12206E
1. CHOU-SHAN NAVAL BASE OCCUPIED THE SITE OF AN INACTIVE SEAPLANE
STATION WITH PORTIONS OF THE ABANDONED CHOU-SHAN AIRFIELD USED
FOR STORAGE. THE NAVAL BASE SERVES AS ONE OF THE EIGHT NAVAL
BASES AND STATIONS SUBORDINATE TO THE EAST SEA FLEET HEADQUARTERS
AT SHANG-HAI.
2. COMBAT VESSELS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON THE FOLLOWING MISSIONS:
1 POSS RIGA CLASS DE
3 PF
19 PROB LCVP
3 PROB RIGA CLASS DE
2 PROB PC
3 PROS KRONSHTADT CLASS PC
2 T-43 CLASS MSF
1 T-43 AUXILIARY
1 DD
4PROBPI.
3PC
6 MINOR SURFACE COMBATANTS
1 LCM
3. FACILITIES AT THE NAVAL BASE INCLUDE ONE LARGE C-SHAPED AND 14
OTHER BARRACKS, ONE T-SHAPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 2 OTHER
ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, 2 MESS HALLS, AND 11 STORAGE/SUPPORT
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BUILDINGS. AN OLD SEAPLANE BASE APRON IS USED AS AN OPEN STORAGE
AREA. THERE ARE 3 T-HEAD PIERS ADJACENT TO. THE OPEN STORAGE AREA.
THE SHIPYARD, LOCATED 1.4 NM WNW OF THE NAVAL BASE, CONTAINS 4 END-
LAUNCHING SHIPBUILDING WAYS, ONE MARINE RAILWAY, ONE T-HEAD PIER,
A SMALL FINGER PIER, 20 LARGE SHOPS AND WAREHOUSES, 17 BARRACKS,
ONE MULTISTORY BUILDING, AND ONE MESS HALL. THERE ARE 10 OTHER
T-HEAD PIERS, 4 SMALL FINGER PIERS, AND 2 MARINE LAUNCHES IN THE
PORT AREA.
4 REVEALS 2 RIGA CLASS DE; 4 T-43
CLASS MSF; 1 KRONSHTADT CLASS PC; 1 KAIBOKAN.II CLASS PF; 2 PROB
PC; 4 YP AND NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT.
5. INCLUDED IN THE CHINESE COMMUNIST NAVAL FORCE ARE 4 RIGA CLASS DEWS,
14 T-43 CLASS MSF'S, 24 KRONSHTADT CLASS PC'S, AND 4 KAIBOKAN CLASS
PF'S. THE 4 RIGA CLASS DE'S WERE PRODUCED AT THE HU-TUNG SHIPYARD
IN SHANG-HAI AND ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EAST SEA FLEET. TWO OF THE 14
T-43 CLASS MSF'S WERE OBTAINED FROM THE USSR IN 1954, AND THE OTHER
12 WERE PRODUCED IN CHINESE SHIPYARDS. SIX OF THE 24 KRONSHTADT
CLASS PC'S WERE ACQUIRED FROM THE USSR IN 1955, WITH THE OTHER 18
BEING PRODUCED IN CHINESE SHIPYARDS. THE 4 KAIBOKAN CLASS PF'S WERE
INHERITED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHEN IT
EVACUATED MAINLAND CHINA IN 1949.
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CHOU-SHAN NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD
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2 RIBA-CLASS BE
4 T-43-CLASS MSF
I KRONSHTADT CLASS PC
1 NAIBONAN 11 CLASS PF
2 PROBABLE PC
4 YP
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