VEB SCHIFFSWERFT NEPTUN, ROSTOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A032800380001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 27, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Th1a material con
le. II.13.C. secs. 7f
Eains fnformatioa e.SectiaQ the National Defense of the IInited states within Lhe meaning of the lepionage Laws, Title
IS sad 794, the ttanamledon os revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by Lw.
COUNTRY Eat Germany
Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock
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27 February 1957
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE_ APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE
So~iet Civilian and Naval .Personnel at VEB Schiffswerft Neptun, Rostock
it was decided to reduce the number of Soviet civilian
pe sonnel assigned to the Neptun shipyard in an advisory capacity.
2. Th~ following civilians returned to the USSR
a. Maslenkov (fnu), member of the Construction Inspectorate.
b.~ Krinitskiy (fnu), member of the Construction Inspectorate.
c.~~ Stolterov (fnu), member of the Construction Inspectorate.
d.~'~ Veshnikov (fnu).
3. Th~ following are members of the Construction Inspectorate:
a.i, Krizhnikov (fnu).
b.~ Belachev (fnu).
c. Zhelakov (fnu).
~+. Ca tain Anatoliy Lapuk has been transferred to the Construction
In pectorate.
5. Thy following fare known of members of the acceptance crew of
Br ndwache
Zeyno (fnu)
Zakharov (fnu~
Captain I
X NAVY X IR X FBI
putioa indicated by "X"; FieM distribution by "#".)
Chief Engineer
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c. Both the above are currently stationed at .Kaliningrad.
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Bran wachen
8. Comp.~ete Brandwachen have been sent to the following ports:
a.~ ~ Murmansk)
b . ~ ~ Kaliningrad
c.~ Pllau. This vessel returned to Rostock to have superheaters
Ueberhitzer) fitted. Tt is the first Brandwache to be oil-fired.
d.~~ Kaliningrad (November 1956)
e. Kaliningrad (20.Dec~ml~er 1956)
9. Final; fitting-out takes place in Kaliningrad.
10. The
curr
)lowing details are known of the installations in the Brandwachen
tly under construction:
a. tch l: Torpedo hold. Dry cargo hold located beneath torpedo hold.
b. H ld No. 2 is now the diesel engine room and contains:
(~) 5 x 400 hp diesel engines
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(~) 5 Junkers compressor power units (each 35 atmospheres).
c. B tween Decks
(CL) Starboard Side: Mechanical Workshop containing forge, eleetro-
welding and acetylene power units.
(~) Port Side? Laundry.
d.
Emergency diesel engine-room.
e. U per Decd
T~o luffing cranes (Wippkraene) for taking craft on board. Lifting
c pacity 3 tons.
f. T rpedo Flat
0$~ each side of the hold is a HEMAGI electric Flaschenzug pulley with
lr7 ton automatic overhead ..cranes.
g. T rpedo Coaming
7m. long x 1.40 m. wide.
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h. Fuel Storage
~ouble bottom tanks for submarine diesel fuel. Standard diesel
dank installations. .
i. ~ide tanks and center tanks
$anka for storage of Mazut oil.
~j. adio Radar
~To details available because all radio and radar installations are
fitted in Kaliningrad.
k. ngines
~L200 hp turbines built by SAGEl Steam temperature is between 2950
end 310?. Maximum speed 11+ knots per hour.
11. All randwachen have received 600 tons ballast and a strengthened upper
deck'F
World in Progress
12. This tanker, still under repair,
Bran$wache 20
13. This, vessel has completed its acceptance trip and is to sail for
Kaliningrad
Construction-Project 21
11+. This vessel, a freighter being built .for Bulgaria
Construction Project 22
This vessel was leant e
Construction Project 23
16. This', vessel, a geophysical training ship called MIICHAIL LOMONSOV
17.
18. This
vessel, a freighter named THAELMANN PION~E
Cons{tr~ction Projects 26, 27, 28
19. Thes vessels are 3,000 ton freighters being built for China. Chinese
ship uilding personnel have already arrived in the yard to supervise
the onstruction of these vessels.
Salvage Vessel (Hebeschiff) 11
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20. This vessel is to sail for Leningrad She was to
sail but has had engine trouble. Capacity 75 tons.
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21. Two dugs being built for Czechoslovakia were completed
Two ether tugs .will be completed
22. This SAerrbrecher. is to be ready) She has already
sta ed her trial runs, and because of her draught, has not returned
to t e Neptun shipyards, but has remained in Warnemuende.
23. Thisvessel is to sail for Leningrad) ~ She has already
made two local runs but has had trouble with the superheaters which
have too low a temperature. She has reached a speed of 26 knots per
hour instead of the estimated 32. The skin plating which is 6 mm.
thic -is too thin and there have been many leaks.
Miscellaneous Items
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24. Negotiations are in progress to build additional Brandwachen for the Soviet
Navy;
25. Two ast German mine sweepers arrived in the yard
reps rs.
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26. Two oviet Navy ~~ ear arrived in Warnemuende
and ill probably be transferred to the East German Navy.
27. Poli$h ports will no longer be used by the Soviet navy for the final
fitt~.ng out of warships as a result of the recent disturbances in Poland.
Final fitting .out will be done exclusively in Soviet ports.
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