SOUTHERN SHIPYARD FACTORY NO. 198 IN NIKOLAYEV

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1952
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The southern shipyard Zavod 198 which nacoextensively destroyed when the German
armed forces retreared from Nikolayev (46!:8102?00E) has been cleared and
reconstructed since 19440 (1) 5hipmays were repaired and resumed work in 1946, The
wo)d planking on the three small alips was repaired and renewed after each launching
operation, Between the small slips and shop 329 a slip installation whichhad been
partially destroyed Was still littered with debris and, as of 1949, no repair work
had been begun, (2)
2, Prior to Lay 19492 a large floatin dock wee seen moored in the larEp shipyard basin
It had been destroyed and .lay under water with only its superstructure projecting.
Another floating dock, 30d meters long and 50 meters wide, lay in a corner of the
quay near the large shipways and was seen in operation during the period from
September 1945 to September 19480 " third floating dock, 50 meters long, 20 motors
vide and 15 meters high, was partially destroyed, and oviet workmen occasionally
worked. on it? This dock was reportedly unserviceable prior to June 1948, .est of
the three email slips was a dry dock with a pontoon floodgate (Schleusenpontors.
abschluss) and a pump station, (3)
The large lorkshop west of the large squire ohipyard lasin had been roconstructedp
although the eastern lasrtion was not quite finiehed by Lay 19490 2ho floor was
being cemented, and tracks and cable were laid, After April 1949, m-ark was to be
resumed in the largor? western section of the workshop, Cince 1943, iron and steel
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tooling machines including lathes arid planes welding a-id punching
machines; cteel? riveting, and nneumatic ham:lens; chieels and electric cutters
were installed in the transverse bays of the workshop. Deep pits were excavated
in the concrete floor for other machanes, Numerous trevelair crabs ran along the
ceilins, in the spring of 1949, it was observed that iron plates, 1030x2020 moters3,
were welded together with carbide welding asparatas in the workshop, Anchors and
chain cables were manufactured, and tests on chain cables wore conducted by a
testing machine from iiannheirk, whose pressure indicator registered that the chain
cables broke at 50) kg per. 10 square ram. Numerous boxed maehines2 noL,t of them with
Gerslan inscriptions, were seen on the north and northwest of the workshops, Two
thirds of the machines instoUed in that shop were of German origin; the others
were of Britich origin, A German engineer stated that traveling crabs fitted under
the ceiling were of modern make, and that most of them were from Glacgow, The
Soviet rormen said that mese production of submarine ould start in the near
future. Seeing his judgement on the situation in 1949s source believed that
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completed stinmarines would be launched threan tne large gate of the
workshop into the lar7,e shipyard basin eaet of the workshop and would
be built and completely- outfitted in the oerIelhol.,
4. The embankment of slip I? as far as the slip instalTenion, was mode of
concrete and was about 3 meters hi410 In 19;49, the partially destroyed
embankment along the river had still not noen reoairen and to floating
dock,,owhich had been scuttled still bloceed the quay, :lowever, apart
from this section veeeels of any oizo cold tie up anywhere in the shipyard,
npur tracks coneecting all points in the ard neeo available; 5 shunting
ena:ines and about 5 or 6 small. Diesel lecomotivee an.o by the nieonnc-Halske
Firm.,) in Derlinn were seen,
The steel and iron works of the shipyard were repaired soon after the war and
put into operation in 1947 and 12420 Soviet workmen and aereah engineers stated
that from the end of 1947 to :ay 1249 one furnace per month were to be put into
operation; the glare of newly blown-in furnaces at night indicated thet .
furnaces actually were put into service at those intervals. Diginecro mentioned
open,-heerth Siemens-Eartin furnaces and iecoemer converters, It was obs)rved thet
anchors were cast in the foundries of this eection.
60 host of the electric currnt for the shiaurd
was cup lied by the municipal
power station which was east of the shipyard in the town and was reconstructd
between 1944 and 1946, Frequent interruptions in the current occurred ie
additions the shipard also had its own power station located a little west of
the center of it area. T14e shioyardvs power station une completed and put into
operation in 1947; this station produced curneat for light and power in case of
emergency.
7, As late as hay 1949, the forwird and of a large ?Inrshi) was still on slip I. (4)
It was gradually dismantled and the parts were subsequently carried to a
workshop at the head. of the slip where the various parts were welded together to
form new units, These were imodiatcly. u;Jed in the censtruction of a ship being
built on the seaward end of tee slip. -'ne bottom of this new ship was completed,?
and the ships sides wore being constructed in :lay 1249, Tilo bow section was still
lackings since the old hull blocked the enace reqnircd r7ne newly4-built part was
between we den scaffoldinoe whin extended over a length f about 30 metere on
the slip, The dimensions aen the onape of the component parts which yore eupolied.
there seemed to indicate that the ship under coestruction 7ne of the Nuibyshev
class.
80 In !ay 1949s the cruiser was was anchored next to the outfitting pier at
the foot of slip II and tlio large roofed elioway ho was being outfitted and
equip )ed with her armament, She was about 100 meters long, with a bean of about
20tieters, a curved bow (Sicholbug)s and 2 triple turrets on the foredeck. The
caliber was estleated at 150 Mr3. Source observed the installation of the guns and
the assembling and chocking of the mobility of the turrets. The second tureet was
superimposed behind the first turret, Closely adjoining the turret was the bridge,
consisting of several platform structures arraneoed in tiers to form the totter mast,
Optical instrumento, ran:;efinders, and fire-control equipnent were on the top of
the mast0 iarther aft was a radio mast a7:!d two oblique funnels, norn ens in
progress on the space between the latner, 31 the after dee.: was ono gun-turret, but
no guns had been fitted into it prior te oen 19:42, nho hen a stannord cruiser stern.
(5) nother shio of the oane size, otlil painted with red lend and without gune,
was tied up alongside the EaltyLIELI Her superstructures were under construction.
This second cruiser was launched from slip II in the fall of 1943. Prior to :ay
19!19? no new keel had been laid in slip II lEoweirorp it was observed that work was
resumed on this slip and that small transformer huts were under construction alono
its sidos0 nerk on the slip was done in day and night shifts0 o construction of
submarines was observed prior to hay 1942 on this or any other slip. Two tow Largos
one behind the other, were on the three emoll bnildino slips .which were about 120
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to 150 meter.- -
The bari;es vier
barges of this
superstructure,'
9. The labor forer-
percentaTe
unskilled work:
100 For protection.
wire, Also then
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orTioyed an
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sentry boxes 12) TC 4Dntr1cs -rriti fire
who were acconpa ' wore also tied to
Acnlarly im)ort-Ilt poilt
Cors'itents
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.(2)This slip imaL oaH
undoubtedly the
northern ef:e
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known to be
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outbreak of
(5)For a silhouetl,c:
either stn-!...2:
tyne,
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to be betweJa the
slips made for bro',:, ,
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s Ini 1 ar clry docks were
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1 Slip
2 Slip II, E:ak.c-1-,,
hamerhead cr?.1,1
3 large worksho
shop. .e.st of it-
slip scaffol(1
workshops.
slip.
slip, tt each
noters hi i.
fitted with a sli
aro three smaller
traveling luffirv.
Atachmemt 1
(..if slip T an slip II are 6
it .11.)3 30 noton;
rc..)o...: an used as n construction
cl?r; 120 to 150 :Acton:, lon? with
: crane :e.twoon tic slips are small
4 jerk :lace w'n,arr 2io shipbuildin:; plalc- ire ,:tetCod t
5
6 Slip.
Cruiser Kuillyshav and a sistership be
7 Floatind dry dock, 3032E50 meters,
ie tho outfitting quay.
8 Dry dock
9 Workshop 32, - steel structure, 300x100x4.0 motorc walled up with shell
blocks, allegedly for building submarines, jne s,:,ction? alout 300x40 meters,
extends along the etbankment, and tralverso bui1din7,8 are to the north.
Annex buildins were erected in 1946 &fld 1947
9a 7ater reservoir 10 motors in diameter
10 Joinery and wod-finishin: shop,
11 Plate anc2.. scrap (:ump4
to notors deep,
12 77; Camp lo 7126/2, was de-activated in -...:Aft)nber 1943 and convicts were
subsequently .)illoted there.
13 Shipyard V3 power Aation . et.mc and iron structure, approximately 60x40
meters, -with two steam turbines. Nearby 7!a:-, ty?aaLforner station for current
supplied frououtside.
14 Iron and steel -narks? .,;everal lnrge 1.147s inclurl.int7, a cast-iron foundry?
a brick and stool structure, about 200x70 -:ieters, completed in 1943; one open-
hearth shop for steel-castin? a brick an(I steel structurc;? 200x250 peters,
with a smoke stack, 4.) motors 414_;11; a late shop; '.;orkshop 25, 203x50 meters;
-Orks'.1op 13, 2:)ix50 motoc.s? Lrick and steel structure and a slant shoot iron
roof,.=;quipment in the iron casting smp includ 1 furnace for iron, 2 small.
furnaces probably for other metals? a:!d a completely equipped molding shop.
An old open-heart:1 oven, an overhoad crone and a drying room for the molding
shop were in the open-hearth shop. In 1,n.tho shop 25 were 6 rows of milling
and boring machines, shapers, vertical boring turning mills3 and horizontal
lathes, ne,rly all of them of Geraan origin and marked probably standing
for Alhelm Gustloff7;erke, and 5 electric welding machines of Kjellberg make.
The same equipm.,nt in lathe shop 13 was put Of in 19(3,
15 Anchor works,
16 Saw mill, dyrevo-obdyelotchny tsokh abbrevi ed anC. pronounced Dots), with.
2 frame saws and mIclimod-worhing mac Uncry mi:stly of 3erman origin.
17 Boiler factory,
13 Carago for about 1.0 motor vehicles.,
19 Gatehouse 'iit1 gateway, guard house,
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20 Administrntion building?
attac.
21 Reconditioned buildin;s2 a 5sav n111 and a plant for nalani:
concrete and concrete fittin7s?
ant 1
22 Munici2a1 7over stctionp 50 1:etor 4) neterc 11?7,11,9 vith coal?fired
steam.)-n:;ines.
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