RIVER PATROL UNIT AND SHIPYARD JIAMUSI, CHINA (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00491R000100810001-7
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 2, 1984
• Content Type: MISC

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1. SIGNIFICANCE: THIS IS THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF A MARITIME
PATROL BASE ON INLAND WATERS IN NORTHERN CHINA. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: A PROBABLE MILITARY MARITIME PATROL BASE, AND A NEW
SATI'YARD WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SHENYANG MILITARY REGION, ON
IMAGERY THE FACILITIES ARE ON THE SUNGARI 25X1
RIVER, 4 NM NORTHEAST OF JIAMUSI AND 70 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE
SINO-SOVIET BORDER. (SWN)
THE PROBABLE MILITARY MARITIME RIVER PATROL BASE IS AT JIAMUSI
BARRACKS AREA AND CONSISTS OF ONE MULTISTORY ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING, ONE AUDITORIUM, SIX BARRACKS (TWO MULTISTORY TYPE),
FIVE MESSHALLS, AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT BUILDINGS. THE PATROL BASE
SERVED BY A MARINE RAILWAY AND A SMALL BOATYARD. EIGHTEEN
RIVER PATROL BOATS (WPBR) WERE IN THE SMALL 25X1
BOATYARD ON THESE BOATS ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE 25X1
AND CONFIGURATION TO U.S. PBR MK-II CLASS RIVER PATROL BOATS
(PBR). SINCE THE SUNGARI RIVER FLOWS INTO THE AMUR RIVER, WHICH
MARKS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, THIS BASE
COULD SERVE AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR RIVER PATROLS OPERATING ALONG
THE BORDER. (SWN)
THE JIAMUSI SHIPYARD, ADJACENT TO THE PATROL BASE, IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING AND REPAIRING SEVERAL TYPES OF VESSELS TO INCLUDE
SMALL RIVER PATROL BOATS, THE LARGER PATROL BOAT 25X1
(WPB), THE YUNNAN-CLASS COVERED LIGHTER (WYF), AND RIVER
BARGES. THE WALL SECURED FACILITY CONSISTS OF ONE CONSTRUCTION
HALL, ONE TRANSVERSER/LAUNCH AREA, A FITTING OUT QUAY, 10
BARRACKS, ONE MESSHALL AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT BUILDINGS. FOUR
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RIVER PATROL UNIT AND SHIPYARD
JIAMUSI, CHINA SWN
WYF, SEVEN WPB, AND 18 RIVER PATROL BOATS WERE PRESENT ON
COORDINATES 46-50-SON 130-27-OOE (S)
COORDINATES 46-50-55N 130-27-OOE (S)
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