ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS FOR THE SOVIET FISHING FLEET DURING THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN 1959-65

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Economic Intelligence Report
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ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS
FOR THE SOVIET FISHING FLEET
DURING THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN
1959-65
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ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS
FOR THE SOVIET FISHING FLEET
DURING THE SEVENS YEAR PLAN
1959-65
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CONTENTS
Summary and Conclusions
I. Introduction
II. Total New Construction and Value
III. Soviet Construction
A. General
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1. Fish-Factory Trawlers
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2. Medium Fishing Trawlers
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3. Small Fishing Trawlers and Fishing Boats ?
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4. Seiners
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5. Other Ships
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a. Whale Factory Ships
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b. Whale Catchers
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c. Crab-Canning Factory Ships ?
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d. Refrigerated Fish-Carrier/Factory Ships
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e. Refrigerated Fish Carriers
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f. Miscellaneous Self-Propelled Ships
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g. Miscellaneous Non-Self-Propelled Ships
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IV.
Imports
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A. Satellite Construction
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1. Poland
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2. East Germany
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B. Non-Bloc Construction
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1. West Germany
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2. Denmark -
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3, Japan
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V.
Estimated Size and Efficiency of the Soviet Fishing
Fleet
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Appendixes
Appendix A. Statistical Tables
Appendix B. Methodology
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Tables
1. Estimated New Construction of Ships for the Fishing
Fleet in the USSR During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 . 5
2. Estimated Soviet Construction of Trawlers, Fishing Boats,
and Seiners for the Fibbing Fleet During the Seven
Year Plan', 1959-65
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3. Estimated Soviet Construction of Selected Self-Propelled
and Non-Self-Propelled Ships for the Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 22
4. Estimated Satellite Construction of Ships for the Soviet
Fishing Fleet During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 . . 23
5. Estimated Non-Bloc Construction of Ships for the Soviet
Fishing Fleet During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 . .
6. Estimated Number and Value of Soviet Construction of
Ships for the Fishing Fleet During the Seven Year
Plan, 1959-65
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7. Estimated Number and Value of Satellite Construction of
Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet During the Seven
Year Plan, 1959-65 26
8. Estimated Number and Value of Non-Bloc Construction of
Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet During the Seven
Year Plan, 1959-65 27
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9. Estimated Inventory of the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 28
10. Estimated Soviet Fish Catch During the Seven Year
Plan, 1959-65
11. Estimated Efficiency of the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65 . ..... ? ? ?
Charts
Figure 1. Estimated Value of Construction of Fishing Ships
for the USSR, 1959-65 following page
Figure 2. USSR: Percentage Breakdown of the Estimated
Fish Catch, 1959-65
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ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS FOR THE SOVIET FISHING FLEET
DURING THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN, 1959-65*
Summary and Conclusions
By the end of the Seven Year Plan (1959-65), the USSR probably will
have the world's largest high seas fishing fleet, equipped with the
most modern fishing ships of practically all types, which will operate
on a worldwide basis. Whereas the Soviet fishing fleet** in 1959 is
estimated to have consisted of about 16,500 ships of 1.9 million gross
register tons (GRT)*** with 1.3 million horsepower (hp), it is esti-
mated that this fleet by the end of 1965 will consist of about 24,600
ships of about 3.3 million GRT with 2.4 million hp.
The total number of ships (excluding non-self-propelled ships)
constructed for the Soviet fishing fleet during 1959-65 will amount
to about 13,600 ships of more than 2.1 million GRT with about 1.6 mil-
lion hp. About 72 percent, or 1.5 million GRT, will be constructed in
the USSR; about 24 percent, or 500,000 GRT, will be built in the Euro-
pean Satellites; and the remainder, about 4 percent, or 84,000 GRT,
will come from countries outside the Sino-Soviet Bloc.
The importance of the fishing fleet to the Soviet economy is per-
haps best seen in the total investment figures for the Seven Year Plan
for the construction and import of fishing ships, about US $2.7 bil-
lion,t a considerable investment when compared with the estimated $7
billion to be spent on construction of naval ships in the same period.
* The estimates and conclusions contained in this report represent
the best judgment of this Office as of 1 December 1961.
** Unless otherwise indicated, all data in this report exclude mis-
cellaneous non-self-propelled ships.
*** Gross register tonnage is a measure whereby the entire internal
cubic capacity of a ship is expressed in register tons (100 cubic
feet per ton). Not included in the measurement are certain spaces
such as peak tanks and other tanks of water ballast, open forecastle,
bridge and poop, hatchway excess, certain light and air spaces, anchor
gear, wheelhouse, galley, cabins for passengers, and other minor spaces
specified by law.
t Monetary values throughout this report are given in 1960 ub dol-
lars.
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The following tabulation shows the breakdown of this investment between
domestic construction and imports:
Construction
Number
of Shlps
Million
GRT
Value
Billion US $
Percent
of Total
USSR
13,283
1.49
2.01
75
Imports
From:
European
Satellites
264
0.50
0.57
22
Non-Bloc
countries
15
0.08
0.08
3
Total
13,562
2.07
2.67
100
The planned growth and catch of the Soviet fishing fleet, the con-
tinuing search for new fertile fishing areas, and the employment of
ships in distant areas have necessitated a change in the type of ships
built or projected. During the Seven Year Plan the emphasis will be
on combination ships -- that is, on ships that both catch and process
fish and on ships that both process and transport fish. In addition
to these combination types of ships, three classes of purely transport
ships will continue to be built.
Construction of all these types of ships points to the fact that
the USSR is striving not only to increase the catch but also to process
it and transport the finished product quickly to shore bases for fur-
ther processing and distribution to the consumer.
In addition to increasing the fish catch, an important item in
the Soviet diet -- per capita consumption was about 9.5 kilograms
(21 pounds) of fish in 1961,,and per capita consumption is expected
to be 14.6 kilograms (32 pounds) by 1965 -- the expanded fishing fleet
will offer a great potential for Soviet intelligence collection and
mine warfare activities and provide valuable support functions to the
Soviet Navy.
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I. Introduction
The growth of the Soviet fishing fleet during the Seven Year Plan
(1959-65) is of importance to the USSR both militarily and economi-
cally. By the end of 1965 the USSR probably will have the world's
largest high seas fishing fleet, eqpipped with the most modern fish-
ing ships of practically all types, which will operate on a worldwide
basis.
The fishing fleet provides the Soviet Navy with additional capac-
ities in amphibious assault, mine warfare, and intelligence collec-
tion. Although not capable of direct over-the-beach assault, fishing
trawlers are suited to conduct hit-and-run and infiltration landings
in isolated coastal areas. The mine warfare capability of the Soviet
fishing fleet centers on its present capacity of laying about' 20,000
mines of 1,000 pounds each without any modification to currently in-
stalled equipment. 2j* SOM2 of these ships are known to have both an
active and a passive electronic warfare capability -- in fact, approxi-
mately 20 trawlers that were observed were equipped for ELINT collec-
tion. 2/ Soviet fishing ships operate regularly in or near virtually
all major shipping lanes of the world, indicating a great potential for
intelligence collection as well as for conducting mine warfare. Fish-
ing ships also could be used as auxiliary support to other ships.
The Soviet fish catch, planned to reach 4.6 million tons** in
1965, is an important item in the Soviet diet, providing, it is esti-
mated, about 20 to 25 percent of the animal protein in the diet.
Luxury items such as caviar and salmon are exported for needed foreign
exchange.
A considerable investment is required for the construction of new
ships and shore facilities necessary to catch, transport, and process
fish. It is estimated that the eqpivalent of about $2.7 billion will
be reqpired for construction and imports of fishing ships alone dur-
ing the Seven Year Plan, with an unknown amount for shore processing
facilities and other necessities such as canning and refrigeration
plants and ship-repair yards. The total investment in the Soviet fish-
ing industry during 1959-65 is estimated to be more than $5 billion. 3/
** Unless otherwise indicated, tonnages throughout this report are
given in metric tons.
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II. Total New Construction and Value*
The aggregate sum of newly constructed ships for the Soviet fish-
ing fleet during the Seven Year Plan period, including indigenous,
European Satellite, and non-Bloc construction, will amount to about
13,600 ships of about 2.1 million GRT with about 1.6 million hp. The
three sources of ships for the Soviet fishing fleet, according to per-
centage of importance as a builder, are as follows:
Percent of Total
Builder
Number
of Ships
GRT
Horsepower
GRT
Horsepower
USSR
13,283
1,491,275
1,227,300
72
77
Satellites
264
495,680
329,360
24
20
Non-Bloc
15
83,560
44,840
4
3
Total
13,562
2,070,515
1,601,500
100
100
According to the plan figures, the USSR has called for 14,000 new
ships to be received by the fishing fleet during 1959-65. Present
evidence indicates that this plan figure will be achieved and that 72
percent of the total estimated GRT will be constructed in the USSR.
This figure represents an average of about 213,000 GRT per year to be
built in Soviet shipyards. For comparative purposes, about 87,500 GRT,
or an average of about 17,500 GRT per year, were built in the USSR
under the Fifth Five Year Plan (1951-55). In this same period,
283,500 GRT were imported from the Satellites, and 83,200 GRT were im-
ported from non-Bloc countries, 4/ or a total of 454,200 GRT was added
to the fishing fleet under the Fifth Five Year Plan, an average of
90,840 GRT per year from all sources. During the Seven Year Plan,
2.1 million GRT of fishing ships will be added to the fishing fleet,
an average of about 296,000 GRT per year from all sources, or more
than three times the average yearly addition in the Fifth Five Year
Plan.
In terms of types of ships constructed or to be constructed in the
USSR under the Seven Year Plan, about 26 percent (3,468 ships) repre-
sent ships that catch fish**; about 73 percent (9,732 ships), ships
that are used in processing, transporting, canning, and supply; and
about 1 percent (83 ships), ships that will form part of the whaling
fleet. Of the 264 ships coming from the European Satellites, 90 per-
cent represent ships that catch fish.
* For a detailed listing of additions to the fishing fleet of the
USSR, see Table 1, which follows on p. 5.
** Excluding whales.
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Table 1
Estimated New Construction of Ships for the Fishing Fleet in the USSR a/
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
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Class and Type of Ship
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Horsepower
Trawlers and seiners
Mayakovskiy-class fish-factory trawlers
64
129
1,560
1,715
3 468
202,880
59,615
62,400
222,950
547,845
128,000
84,800
70,200
180,075
463,075
All classes of medium fishing trawlers
Unknown classes of small fishing craft12/
Seiners, all types
'Total
Other ships
Sovetskaya Ukraina-class whale factory ships
3
96,060
45,000
Miruy-class whale catchers
80
67,200
248,000
Andrey Zakharov-class crab-canning factory
3
32,100
18,750
ships
Unknown classes of fish-processing ships
12
128,400
75,000
Sevastopol'-class refrigerated fish-
14
77,280
87,220
carrier/factory ships
Tavriya-class refrigerated fish carriers
18
58,140
67,500
Total
130
459,180
541,470
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous self-propelled ships
9,685
1+8+,250
222,755
self-propelled ships
13,283
1,491,275
1,227,300
?Total
Miscellaneous non-self-propelled ships
14,116
10,700
o
=
Grand total
17,399
1,501,975
1,227,300
a. For an annual breakdown by numbers, types, and gross register tons of Soviet con-
struction during 1959-65, see Tables 2 and 3, Appendix A, pp. 21 and 22, respectively,
below.
b. Including small fishing trawlers (malyye rybolovnyye traulery MRT's), fishing
boats (rybolovnyye boty RB's), medium fishing boats (sredniye rybolovnyye boty --
SRB's), small fishing boats (malyye rybolovnyye boty MRB's), and-similar types of
craft built at numerous Soviet shipyards.
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In tams of value, the total construction of fishing ships* during
1959-65 represents an investment of about $2.7 billion. Of this amount,
approximately 75 percent (about $2.0 billion) represents Soviet con-
struction; 22 percent (or $575 million), Satellite construction; and
3 percent (or $78 million), non-Bloc construction. Thus, one-fourth/
or $654 million, of the total investment figure is planned for the
import of fishing ships.
This total investment of $2.7 billion for construction and imports
of fishing ships is a considerable one when it is compared with about
$7.0 billion estimated to be spent on construction of naval ships
during 1959-65. Such an expenditure for additions to the fishing fleet
is considered prima facie evidence of the importance of this fleet to
Soviet planners.
Of the estimated value of ships constructed or to be constructed in
the USSR, 35 percent ($711 million) will be spent on ships that catch
fish; 55 percent ($1,107 million), on ships that do not catch fish; and
10 percent (about $196 million), on ships of the whaling fleet. About
57 percent (approximately $327 million) of the investment for ships
imported from the Satellites is for-ships that catch fish.
The value of all fishing ships estimated to be built for the Soviet
fishing fleet under the Seven Year Plan is as follows:
Value
Builder
Number
of Ships
GRT
Million
US $
Percent
of Total
USSR
13,283
1,491,275
2,o14
75
Satellites
264
495,68o
575
22
Non-Bloc
15
83,560
78
3
Total
13,562
2,070,515
2,667
100
The facts that the preponderance of money to be allocated to con-
struction of fishing ships will be for ships built in the USSR and that
about one-fourth of the allocation will be for ships to be built in the
Satellites and non-Bloc countries are shown in the chart, Figure 1.**
* Excluding miscellaneous non-self-propelled ships.
** Following p. 6.
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Estimated Value of Construction of Fishing Ships for the USSR*
1959-65
Million 1960 US D011ars
Non Bloc
Satellite
Soviet
378
22
261
407
7
259
347
310
393
49
273
418
VA
328
383
294
341
290
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Because of rounding components may not add to the totals shown
*Does not include non-self-propelled ships
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III. Soviet Construction
A. General
Information from open sources has provided some aggregate data
and a lesser amount of specific details concerning the numbers and types
of new ships for the Soviet fishing fleet during the Seven Year Plan.
It was announced in October 1959, for example, that the fishing fleet
would receive 14,000 new ships during the Seven Year Plan 2/ and that
included among these new ships would be Tropik-class trawlers, Okean-
class medium trawlers, 68 "industrial" ships, 47 transport refrigerators
with a cargo-carrying capacity of 2,500 to 3,000 tons, 26 floating fish-
processing ships displacing 15,000 to 18,000 long tons, an unknown
number of floating crab-canning ships with a capacity of 1,400 to
1,800 cans per day, whale factory ships, new whale catchers, Mayakovskiy-
? class trawlers, and a special ship for carrying out research. Earlier,
in January 1959, 6/ it was announced that the following ships would be
built during the plah: a herring factory ship displacing 15,300 long
tons, a crab-canning ship displacing 15,300 long tons, a sardine factory
ship displacing about 13,000 long tons, a large freezer-trawler dis-
placing about 38,000 long tons, refrigerator ships with about 3,000 tons
of cargo-carrying capacity, and fishing seiners of 80 hp and 300 hp.
It is difficult in the above announcements to separate fact
from speculation or to separate deliveries of new ships from the Satel-
lites and non-Bloc countries from indigenous Soviet construction to
arrive at an estimated total of Soviet construction for the fishing
fleet during this 'period. Nevertheless, information presently avail-
able on the Seven Year Plan, on known and estimated future imports, and
on the estimated inventory of the Soviet fishing fleet presents a
reasonable basis for estimating Soviet construction of ships for the
fishing fleet during 1959-65.
1. Fish-Factory Trawlers
The fish-factory trawler, which combines the catching and
the processing of fish in a single ship, undoubtedly will become the
basic ship of the Soviet fishing industry. // The Mayakovskiy class
(3,170 GRT and 2,000 hp), an example of this type of ship, has been
under construction in the USSR at the Nosenko Shipyard in Nikolayev
since 1957. By the end of 1961, more than 4o of these ships will have
been completed and will be operational with the fishing fleet. In
Soviet parlance these ships are known as large fishing-freezing trawlers
(bol'shiye morozil'kiye rybolovnyye traulery BMRT's). This type of
fish-factory trawler, together with a similar type of ship under con-
struction in Poland and East Germany, designated the Leskov class and
Tropik class, respectively, constitutes the most ambitious new ship
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construction program for the fishing fleet. In February 1959 lei it was
stated that the BMRT flotilla at that time numbered about 31 ships and
that by the end of the Seven Year Plan it would be five times greater.
Such an increase would mean about 155 fish-factory trawlers by the end
of 1965. The statement probably took into account the imports from
East Germany and Poland. Because East Germany is falling behind its
original schedule, one way for the USSR to meet the original plan of
155 trawlers is to continue construction at the Nosenko Shipyard longer
than was originally planned. Alternatively the USSR could begin con-
struction of trawlers at another shipyard. The alternative may have
become a fact in September 1959, when the Baltic Shipyard in Klaipeda
was preparing to build "large trawlers of the Mayakovskiy class."
The first ship is scheduled to be delivered from this yard in 1962. 12/
The first successful fish-factory trawler, the Fairtry, built
in the UK early in 1954, 11/ probably represents the basic design from
which the Soviet, Polish, and East German trawlers were derived. The
Mayakovskiy class has a refrigerated cargo space capacity of about 600
tons. About 64 ships of this class will be constructed during 1959-65,
possibly 43 at Nikolayev and 21 at Klaipeda, for a total of 202,880 GRT
and 128,000 hp.
2. Medium Fishing Trawlers
The most numerous single type of ship in the Soviet fishing
fleet is the medium fishing trawler (sredniy rybolovnyy trauler SRT).
A refrigerated version is referred to as SRT-R. These trawlers range
in size from about 260 to 650 GRT and from about 300 to 800 hp.
Medium fishing trawlers probably are built at several
Soviet shipyards, the most important being the Leninskaya Kuznitsa
Shipyard in Kiev. This shipyard has its own design bureau, which has
provided drawings of medium trawler designs for construction at such
shipyards as the Khabarovsk Shipyard in Khabarovsk and the Baltic Ship-
yard in Klaipeda. 12/
The newest medium trawler to be added to the fishing fleet
is the Atlantik class displacing about 930 long tons. This trawler is
estimated to be 650 GRT and to have 800 hp. It is the largest medium
trawler ever built in the USSR and was designed at the design bureau
of Leninskaya Kuznitsa Shipyard. The first ship of this class built
by this same yard was scheduled to join the fleet late in 1961. The
Atlantik class differs from other medium trawlers not only in size but
also in the fact that it is the first medium trawler designed to can
and package fish and to deliver its catch directly to ports. In other
words, the trawler is designed to operate independently of a factory
ship or a mother ship. The cargo-carrying capacity of the Atlantik-
class medium trawler is estimated to be about 200 tons.
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Soviet construction of medium fishing trawlers during 1959-65
is estimated at 129 ships totaling 59,615 GRT and 841800 hp.
3. Small Fishing Trawlers and Fishing Boats
Construction of mall fishing trawlers, fishing boats, and
similar types of craft is undertaken at numerous Soviet shipyards. It
is estimated that 1,560 of these types of ships totaling 62,400 GRT and
70,200 hp* will be built during the Seven Year Plan period.
4. Seiners
Seiners in varying sizes ranging from about 35 to about
150 GRT and averaging about 130 GRT per ship with 80 to 300 hp probably
are built at shipyards located in Nikolayevsk-na-Amur, Astrakhan',
Khabarovsk, Nevelsk, and Petrozavodsk Li./ and at other unlocated ship-
yards. Construction of all types of seiners during 1959-65 is esti-
mated at 1,715 ships totaling 222,950 GRT and 180,075 hp.)1x
5. Other Ships
The category of "other ships" consists of the larger types
of ships such as refrigerated fish-carrier/factory ships, refrigerated
fish carriers, whale factory ships, crab-canning factory ships, and
whale catchers, in addition to numerous auxiliary and unknown types
of ships. Individual discussion of each major type is presented below.
a. Whale Factory Ships
The first ship of this class, the Sovetskaya Ukraina,
was completed in 1959 at the Nosenko Shipyard in Nikolayev. A sister
ship, the Sovetskaya Rossiya, was completed about October 1961. The
keel was laid in October 1960 for the third and last ship of the
series, the Sovetskiy Soyuz,*** which should be completed early in
1963.
Ships of this class are of 32,020 GRT and 15,000 hp and
have a total processing capacity of 65,280 tons, of which 48,o0o tons
consist of whale oil. All treatment processes aboard ship are fully
automated, and each ship is equipped to service 20 whale catchers. 12/
The USSR will construct three ships of the Sovetskaya Ukraina class at
the Nosenko Shipyard in Nikolayev totaling 96,060 GRT and 45,000 hp.
The average horsepower per ship is estimated at 45.
** The average horsepower per ship is estimated at 105.
xxx It is believed that in 1963 the Sovetskiy Soyuz will replace the
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b. Whale Catchers
Whale catchers of the Mirnyy class (84o GRT and 3,100 hp)
were designed to operate with the new whale factory ships and probably
to replace the old Slava type of whale catcher. In comparison with the
old Slava type, the ships of the Mirnyy class are larger; are of higher
speed, of better maneuverability, and of superior seagoing qualities;
'and have better crew quarters. 16/
Construction during the Seven Year Plan period is esti-
mated to be 80 ships* totaling 67,200 GRT and 248,000 hp. These ships
probably are built at the Northern Shipyard in Nikolayev.
c. Crab-Canning Factory Ships
By mid-1961 the first ship of this class, the Andrey
Zakharov (10,700 GRT and 6,250 hp); had been completed, and the second
ship of the clps, the Pavel Chebotnyagin, had been launched. 11/
Ships of the Andrey Zakhakov class are reported to have
an annual capacity of 20 million cans. Because the crabbing season is
only 6 months long, during the remainder of the year the ship will be
used to can fish, and the annual capacity includes cans of fish as well
as crabs. 1,?1
Construction during the plan probably will consist of
three ships with a total of 32,100 GRT and 18,750 hp, all to be built
at the Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad. It is believed that the three
ships will go .to the Far East, one each for the fishing industries of
Sakhalin, Primorlye, and Kamchatka.
A total of 12 fish-processing ships, possibly consist-
ing of herring factory ships, sardine factory ships, and other unknown
types, may be built at the Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad and the
Nosenko Shipyard in Nikolayev, possibly 6 at each shipyard. On the
basis of a hull and of propulsion equipment of the same type as that
of the Andrey Zakharov, it is estimated that construction of these
ships by the end of 1965 would amount to 128,400 GRT and 75,000 hp.
* The total construction of 100 whale catchers (20 were produced be-
fore the beginning of the Seven Year Plan) is based on 20 catchers for
each of 4 whale factory ships (3 built in the USSR and 1 built in East
Germany) and 10 catchers for each of 2 whale/fish-factory ships to be
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d. Refrigerated Fish-Carrier/Factory Ships
The Sevastopol%class combination refrigerated fish-
carrier/factory ship (5,520 GRT and 6,230 hp) is an improved version
of the Aktyubinsk-class refrigerator ship. Whereas the Aktyubinsk
class was purely a refrigerated transport ship, the Sevastopol' class
is actually a combined factory-transport ship designed for processing
and freezing whale meat and freezing whole fish, in addition to trans-
porting frozen produce from the fishing grounds. By the end of 1965,
possibly 14 of these ships totaling 77,280 GRT and 87,220 hp will have
been completed. All ships of the Sevastopol' class will be built at
the Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad.
e. Refrigerated Fish Carriers
The newest and only class of purely refrigerated fish
carrier now under construction, in the USSR is the Tavriya class (3,230 GRT
and 3,750 hp). It has been reported that ships of this class are built
at "a shipyard in Nikolayev." 12/ The actual building yard is unknown,
but it may be the Northern Shipyard in Nikolayev.
Ships of this class will receive eviscerated and whole
fish at sea, freeze them, and transport them to shore bases. The ships
have a carrying capacity of 1,575 tons of frozen fish in cardboard con-
tainers or 1,430 tons in crates. Possibly 18 ships of the Tavriya
class totaling 58,140 GRT and 67,500 hp will be built during 1959-65.
f. Miscellaneous Self-Propelled Ships*
Extremely limited information is available concerning
ships of the Soviet fishing fleet in the miscellaneous self-propelled
category, with the possible exception of small refrigerated transport
ships. The Kirov Shipyard in Astrakhan' is building this type of ship
for use in the Caspian Sea and in the Volga and Ural River estuaries.
The Stretensk Shipyard also is building these ships for rivers of the
Amur Basin, and the Ulan-Ude Shipyard is constructing them for the
fishermen of Lake Baikal. .22/ The total construction of all types of
miscellaneous self-propelled ships during 1959-65 is estimated to be
9,685 ships totaling 484,250 GRT and 222,755 hp.**
g.
Miscellaneous Non-Self-Propelled Ships
One of the most important types of non-self-propelled
ships to be constructed in the USSR under the Seven Year Plan will be
* Probably including research ships, barges, tankers, tugs, crabbing
boats, and other unknown types arbitrarily estimated at 50 GRT per ship.
** The average horsepower per ship is estimated at 23.
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a floating fish factory made of ferroconcrete that displaces 3,500 long
tons. Six of these floating factories are scheduled to be built at the
Gorodets Shipyard for use in the Caspian Sea. 21/
Many Soviet shipyards also will build barges and other
miscellaneous craft during the Seven Year Plan. Floating docks for
the Far East fishing industry are being built at the Baltic Shipyard
in Klaipeda, 22/ and the ship repair yard in Klaipeda in 1959 began
construction of floating repair shops that may be similar to such craft
built in East Germany. 21/
The total construction of all types of non-self-propelled
ships during 1959-65 is estimated at 4,116 ships of 10,700 GRT.
IV. Imports
A. Satellite Construction
1. Poland
Poland's contribution to the Soviet fishing fleet during
the Seven Year Plan* will consist mainly of three types of ships: the
B-14 Zelenodolsk-class trawler (680 GRT and 800 hp); the B-15 Leskov-
class fish-factory trawler (2,670 GRT and 2,000 hp), which is very
similar to the Soviet-built Mayakovskiy class and to the Pushkin class
built in West Germany in 1955-57; and the B-62 Severodvinsk-class
mother ship, or herring factory ship (10,030 GRT and 5,000 hp). An
improved version of the Severodvinsk class probably will be completed
in 1962. This new class, B-64 (estimated at 12,000 GRT and 6,250 hp),
will differ from the Severodvinsk class in that it will be adapted as
a carrier of fish preserves and fillets; will be the flagship for a
fishing flotilla; and will have a special communication station, a
weather office, and a helicopter. EL/ Poland also was working on de-
signs for a new trawler in May 1961. 22/ The Gdansk Shipyard is the
main Polish shipyard constructing ships for the Soviet fishing fleet.
The estimated construction of ships by Poland for the fish-
ing fleet of the USSR during the Seven Year Plan period is as follows:
Type
Number
GRT
Horsepower
Zelenodolsk-class trawler
12
8,160
9,600
Leskov-class fish-factory trawler
20
53,400
40,000
Severodvinsk-class mother ship
8
80,240
4o,000
B-64-class combined fish-factory/
mother ship
10
120,000
62,500
Total
50
261,800
152,100
For the annual construction of ships in Poland by number, type, and
gross register tons, see Table 4, Appendix A, p. 23, below, and for the
value of this construction, see Table 7, Appendix Al p. 26, below.
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2. East Germany
The most prolific supplier of fishing ships to the USSR
during 1959-651* in regard to numbers delivered, will be East Germany.
The USSR will import the following types of ships for its fishing fleet
from East Germany: Okean-class refrigerated medium fishing trawlers
(500 GRT and 540 hp), Tropik-class fish-factory trawlers (estimated at
2,500 GRT and 1,300 hp): Bratsk-class refrigerated fish carriers
(2,900 GRT and 1,300 hp), and the whale factory ship Yuriy Dolgorukiy
(25,380 GRT and 25,000 hp).**
Construction of the Okean-class medium trawlers actually
began in 1958, before the beginning of the Seven Year Plan, at the
Volkswerft in Stralsund. The total construction program was completed
in 1960 with delivery of 171 of these ships to the USSR.
Tropik-class fish-factory trawlers were under construction
at two shipyards in 1961, at the Neptun Werft in Rostock and at the
Volkswerft in Stralsund. The Neptun Werft launched one hull early in
1961. Because new facilities at this yard for constructing Tropik-
class trawlers are not yet completed, it appears that the construction
schedule is lagging and that the first hull will not be completed at
the Volkswerft until early in 1962.
The Tropik class is intended for tuna fishing in the South
Atlantic and can perform normal trawling operations. A senior official
of the fishing industry in Kaliningrad stated that the Tropik class
was designed because experience had shown that technical equipment on,
fish factory trawlers (Nlayakovskiy and Pushkin classes) was insuffi-
cient to make use of all opportunities in the rich South Atlantic
fishing grounds. EW A total of 67 ships of this class was scheduled
to be built under the Seven Year Plan, ii/ but this number now seems
unrealistic because 'of delayed construction at the Volkswerft in Stral-
sund. A more realistic estimate is 39.
A total of 10 refrigerated fish carriers of the Bratsk class
are to be built at the Peenewerft,in Wolgast and at the Volkswerft in
Stralsund.
* For annual construction of ships in East Germany, see Table 4,
Appendix A, p. 23, below, and for the value of this construction, see
Table 7, Appendix A, p. 26, below.
** The Yuriy Dolgorukiy is technically not a new construction but a
conversion of a former liner.
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Under the Seven Year Plan, East Germany will construct the
following fishing fleet ships for the USSR:
Type Number
GRT
Horsepower
Okean-class trawler
164
82,000
88,560
Tropik-class fish-factory
39
97,500
501700
trawler
Bratsk-class refrigerated fish
10
29,000
13,000
carrier
Yuriy Dolgorukiy (whale ship
1
25,380
25,000
factory)
Total
214
233,880
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B. Non-Bloc Construction*
1. West Germany
A contract has been signed between West Germany and Sudo-
import, the Soviet ship importing agency, that calls for construction of
two combination whaling/fish-factory ships (of 18,000 GRT and 6,250 hp
each) to be built at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. These ships will be
unique in that they will be the first ships of the Soviet fishing fleet,
and possibly of any nation's fishing fleet, that will combine the catch-
ing and processing of whales and the processing of fish catches from
trawlers. These ships will hunt 50-ton sperm whales in the tropical
waters off the west coast of South and Central America. When not engaged
in this activity) the ships will be busy processing fish catches.
The capacity of each of the whaling/fish-factory ships is
estimated to be about 30,000 tons of fish oil, fillets, and fish meal.
The delivery of these new combination ships to the USSR is scheduled
for 1962. The possibility exists that the USSR may order "six fish-
factory ships of a larger type" in the future. lg./
2. Denmark
In 1959 and 1960, Denmark delivered five refrigerated fish
carriers of the Pervomaysk class (3,320 GRT and 2,160 hp) to the USSR.
* For non-Bloc construction of ships by number, type, gross register
tons, and country, -see Table 5, Appendix A, p. 24, below, and for the
value of this construction, see Table 81 Appendix A, p. 27, below.
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Recently a contract was signed between Sudoimport and
Burmeister and Wain of Copenhagen for four combination refrigerated
fish-carrier/factory ships (5,000 GRT and 3,100 hp) for delivery in
1962. These ships will have a crew of 102 and will be equipped to
process, freeze, and transport fish and to extract oil from fish
livers. 2
The total new ship deliveries from Denmark to the USSR dur-
ing 1959-65 will be as follows:
Type
Number GRT Horsepower
Pervomaysk-class refrigerated
fish carrier 5 16,600 10,800
New combined refrigerated
fish-carrier/factory ship Ii. 20,000 12,400
Total
36,600 23,200
3. Japan
In 1959, Japan delivered four ships to the USSR for the
Soviet fishing fleet. Two of the ships were Lamut-class herring fac-
tory ships (4,980 GRT and 3,360 hp), and'two were Dnepr-class tuna
fishing ships (500 GRT and 1,210 hp). The total deliveries to the
USSR through the end of 1961 were as follows:
Type
Number
GRT
Horsepower
Lamut-class herring factory
ship
2
9,960
6,720
Dnepr-class tuna ship
2
1,000
2,420
Total
4
10,960
9,140
V. Estimated Size and Efficiency of the Soviet Fishing Fleet
The Soviet fishing fleet* in 1959 is estimated to have numbered
about 16,500 ships of 1.9 million GRT with 1.3 million hp. By the end
of 1965 it is estimated that the fleet will number about 24 600 ships
* Excluding non-self-propelled ships.
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of about 3.3 million GET with 2.4 million hp.* This growth between
1959 and 1965 represents an increase of about 50 percent in the number
of ships and compares favorably with the estimated increase of about
50 percent in the total fish catch between 1959 and 1965.
A very important segment in the Soviet fishing fleet, especially
in relation to the fish catch, is that of trawlers and seiners. At
the end of 1959, there was an estimated total of about 4,600 trawlers
and seiners comprising about 1.2 million GRT. In 1965 an estimated
total of 6,800 trawlers and seiners of about 1.6 million GRT will be
a part of the fishing fleet.
Based on the estimated Soviet deep-sea fish catch during 1959-65,
as shown in Table 101** and on the number of trawlers and seiners in
the fishing fleet for these years, the efficiency of these fishing
ships will average about 435 tons of catch per ship, or about 1.8 tons
per GRT during the Seven Year Plan.*** These figures indicate that
the efficiency of Soviet fishing is below that of other countries.t
In spite of the' relatively low efficiency of the Soviet fishing
fleet, if the catch of marine animals and whales and the inland catch
reach the figures shown in Table 10, the USSR will achieve the planned
total fish catch for 1965 of 4.6 million tons. Although the total
fish catch will increase steadily during 1959-65, the total deep-sea
catch (including marine animals and whales) will remain almost constant
at about 78 percent of the total fish catch, as shown in the chart,
Figure 2,tt and in Table 10. The actual percentage increase of all
of the total fish catch is as follows:
Percentage Increase
Type of Fish Catch 1965 Above 1959
Deep sea
Fish 51
Marine animals and whales 89
Total deep sea 57
Inland and coastal 32
Total fish catch 51
* For the estimated inventory of the Soviet fishing fleet during
1959-65, see Table 9, Appendix A, p. 28, below.
** Appendix A, p. 29, below.
*** See Table 11, Appendix A, p. 30, below.
t During 1950-55 the average tonnage of catch per gross register
ton for the US was 4.6; for the UK, 1.8; for Japan, 3.4; for the
Netherlands, 3.5; and for Iceland, 6.9.
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Total Deep Sea Catch*
Inland and Coastal Catch
3.1
3.5
3.9
4.1
Million Metric Tons
4.4
4.6
25%
1959 1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Figure 2
*Includesmarine animahiandwhales
USSR: Percentage Breakdown of the Estimated Fish Catch, 1959.65
35578 1-62 '
The planned growth and catch of the Soviet fishing fleet, the con-
tinuing research for new fertile fishing areas, and the employment of
fishing ships in distant areas have necessitated a change in the types
of ships built or projected for the fishing fleet. Under the Seven Year
Plan the emphasis will be on combination ships that is, on ships that
both catch fish and process fish, such as the Mayakovskiy, Leskov, Tropik,
and Atlantik classes; ships that both process fish and transport fish,
such as the Sevastopol' class; and a new class to be completed in Denmark
in 1962. Poland will soon begin constructing a class of ship, the B-641
that will both process fish and serve as a mother ship. The new whaling
ships to be built in West Germany not only will process whales but also
will process fish catches from trawlers. In addition to the combination
type of ships, three classes of purely transport ships, the Pervamaysk,
the Tavriya, and the Bratsk, either are completed or construction of
them will continue.
Construction of all classes of ships points to the fact that the USSR
is striving not only to increase the catch but also to process the catch
and transport the finished product quickly to shore bases for further pro-
cessing or for distribution to the consumer. Recent Soviet figures indi-
cate that the per capita consumption of fish in 1961 was about 9.5 kilo-
grams, an amount that is expected to increase to 14.6 kilograms by 1965. 22/
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Table 2
Estimated Soviet Construction of Trawlers, Fishing Boats, and Seiners
for the Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Class and Type of Ship
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Total
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Fish factory trawlers
Mayakovskiy 2./
11
11
20
8
5
11
142
186
230
416
34,870
34,870 .
12
12
15
4
6
25
11?_
El
212
408
38,040
38,040
12
12
5
' 9
2
16
244
272
240
512
38,040
38,040
8
3
11
10
. 10
251
272
245
_51/
25,360
9,510
34,870
6
6
15
1.5
255
276
250
526
19,020
19,020
6
6
15
12?
2?1
284
255
539
19,020
19,020
6
6
15
15
262
222
260
550
19,020
19,020
43
21
64
40
12
20
57
129
1,560
136,310
66,570
202,880
Mayakovskiy hi
Total'
Medium fishing trawlers
Bologoye
6,680
2,670
1,300
10,650
5,010
1,335
1,560
7,905
1,670
2,340
1,300
5,310
6,500
6 566
9,750
9,750
9,750
9,750
9,750
9,750
13,360
4,005
5,200
37,050
59,615
.e/
Bologoye 1/
Komsomolets Litva ly
Atlantic 2/
Total
Unknown classes of small
fishing craft 2/
Total trawlers and
fishing boats
Seiners (all types) 1/
Total trawlers, fish-
ing boats, and
seiners
5 680
5 440
9,760
10,040
10,200
10 520
10,760
62 400
51,200
51,385
53,110
51,410
38,970
22,222
31,122
12L222
3,3,800
1,15.1
324,895
29,900
30,550
31,200
.31,850
32)500
1,715,
3,468
2221,950
81,100
81,935
84,318
83,260
71,470
72,440
73,330
547,845
a. Construction at the Nosenko Shipyard in Nikolayev.
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c. Construction at the Leninskaya Kuznitsa Shipyard in Kiev.
(I. Construction at the Khabarovsk Shipyard in Khabarovsk.
e. Including small fishing trawlers (malyye rybolovnyye traulery MRT's), fishing boats (rybolovnyye boty RB s), medium fishing boats (sredniye rybolovnyye boty
SRB's), small fishing boats (malyye rybolovnyye boty MRB's), and similar types of craft built at numerous Soviet shipyards.
f. Including fishing seiners (ryboloynyye seynery RS's), medium seiners (sred.nlye rybolovnyye seynery SRS's), small fishing seiners (malyye rybolovnyye seynery
MRS's), and similar craft built at numerous Soviet shipyards.
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Table 3
Estimated Soviet Construction of Selected Self-Propelled and Non-Self-Propelled Ships
for the Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Class and Type of Ship
Self-propelled
Sevastopol:-class refrig-
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Total
Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross
Register Register Register Register Register Register Register Register
Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons
erated fish-carrier/
factory ship
Tavriya-class refrigerated
2
11,040
2
11,040
2
11,040
2
11,040
2
11,040
2
11,040
2
11,040
14
77,280
fish carrier
\ 1
3,230
2
6,460
3
9,690
3
9,690
3
9,690
3
9,690
3
9,690
18
58,140
Total
1
14,270
4
17,500
5
20,730
5
20,730
5
20 73o
5
20,730
5
20,730
3.2
135/420
Sovetskaya Ukraina-class,
1
32,020
1
32,020
1
32,020
3
96,060
whale factory ship
Andrey Zakharov-class
1
10,700
2
21,400
3
32,100
crab-canning factory ship
Unknown classes of fish
processing ships
1
10,700
4
42,800
3
32,100
14
42,800
12
128,400
Total
1
10,700
2
21 400
1
10;700
4
42 800
3
32,100
4
42 800
15
160,500
Mirnyy-class whale catcher
11
9,240
11
10,920
1411,760
14
11,760
14
11,76o
14
1.1/2
8o
67,200
Miscellaneous self-
propelled ships 2/
1,294
64,700
1,323
66 15o
1,353
67,650
1,377
68,850
1 4o8
70,40o1,12112
72,100
1 488
74,400
9,685
484,250
Total self-propelled
1,309
120,230
1,341
105,270
1,375
111,160
1,397-
112,040
1,432
177,710
1 464
136,690
1,497
137,930
9,815
943,430
Non-self-propelled
Miscellaneous.2/
588
1,530
588
1,512
588
1,530
588
1 53o
588
1.530
588
1522
588
1213.2
4 116
12,122
3,7_.6.2
106,800
155,090
113,570
138,220
13,931
Total self-propelled
and non-self-propelled
1,897
1,929
1,963
1,985
2,020
179,240
2,052
2,085
139,460
954,130
a. Probably including research ships, barges, tankers, tugs, crabbing boats, and other unknown types arbitrarily estimated at 50 GRT per ship.
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Estimated Satellite Construction of Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven-Year Plan, 1959-65
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Total
Country and
Class and Type of Ship
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Poland
Zelenodolsk-class medium fishing
trawler
7
4,760
5
3,400
12
8,160
Leskov-class fish-factory trawler
3
8,010
5
13,350
6
16,020
6
16,020
20
53,400
3
30,090
4
4o120
1
10,030
8
80,240
Severodvinsk-class mother ship
Combined fish-factory/mother ship
2
24,000
3
36,000
4
48,000
1
12,000
10
120,000
Total
104
34 850
12
51 53o
6
23 3eo
8
40,02o
9
52,020
48 L000
1
12 000
50
261,800
,
East Germany
_
_
_
Okean-class medium fishing trawler
73
36,500
91
45,500
164
82,000
Tropik-class fish-factory trawler
1
2,500
6
15,000
8
20,000
12
30,000
12
30,000
39
97,500
Bratsk-class refrigerated fish
1
2,900
3
8,700
3
8,700
3
8,700
lo
29,000
carrier
Yuriy Dolgorukiy (whale factory
1
25,380
1
25,380
ship)
Total
11
36,500
93
73,780
4
11 200
9
23,700
11
28 7oo
12
30,000
12
30,000
214
233,880
Total Satellite construction
83
71 350
105
125,310
10
34,580
17
2
63 70
L___
20
L32LE2
16
78,000
13
42,000
264
495,680
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Estimated Non-Bloc Construction of Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
1959 1960 1961 . 1962 1963 1964 1965
Total
Country and
Class and Type of Ship
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
Gross
Register ?
Number Tons Number
Gross Gross Gross Gross
Register Register Register Register
Tons Number Tons Number Tons Number Tons
Number
Gross
Register
Tons
West Germany
Combination whaling/fish-
factory ship
2
36,000
2
36,000
Total
2
36,000
2
36,000
Denmark
Pervomaysk-class refigerated
3
9,960
2
6,640
5
16,600
fish carrier
Combination refigerated fish-
carrier/factory ship
4
20,000
4
20,000
Total
3
9 960
26
64o
4
20 000
9
36,600
Japan
Lamut-class herring factory
2
9,960
2
9,960
ship
Dnepr-class tuna ship
2
1,000
2
1,000
Total
4
10 960
4
10 ,960
Total non-Bloc construction
7
20,920
2
6 64o
6
56,000
15 "
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Estimated Number and Value of Soviet Construction of Ships for the Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Values in Million 1960 US $
Type of Ship
1959
1960
1961
1962'
1963
1964
1965
Total
Percent of Total
Value of
Self-Propelled Ship
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Number
Value
Mayakovskiy-class fish
11
38.3
12
41.8
12
41.8
11
38.3
6
20.9
6
20.9
6
20.9
64
222.9
11
factory trawlers
All classes of medium fishing
trawlers
33
14.7
25
10.9
16
7.3
10
9.0
15
13.5
15
13.5
15
13.5
129
82.4
4
Other classes of small fish-
ing craft
142
8.5
136
8.2
244
14.6
251
15.1
255
15.3
263
15.8
269
16.1
1,560
93.6
5
Seiners, all types
230
41.9
235
42.8
240
43.7
245
44.6
250
45.5
255
46.4
260
47.3
1,715
312.1
15
Sevastopol'-class refrigerated
fish-carrier/factory ships
2
14.3
2
14.3
2
14.3
2
14.3
2
14.3
2
14.3
2
14.3
14
100.1
5
Tavriya-class refrigerated
1
4.6
2
9.2
3
13.8
3
13.8
3
13.8
3
13.8
3
13.8
18
82.8
4
fish'carriers
Sovetskaya Ukraina-class
1
25.2
1
25.2
1
25.2
3
75.6
4
whale factory ships
Andrey Zakharov-class crab-
1
13.2
2
26.4
3
39.6
canning factory ships
Unknown classes of fish pro-
cessing ships
1
13.2
4
52.8
3
39.6
4
52.8
12
158.4
8
Mirnyy-class whale catchers
11
16.5
13
19.5
14
21.0
14
21.0
14
21.0
14
21.0
80
120.0
6
Miscellaneous self-propelled
ships
1,294
97.1
1,323
99.2
1,353
101.5
1,377
103.3
1,408
105.6
1,442
108.2
1,488
111.6
9,685
726.5
36
Total self-propelled ships
1 725
261.1
1 749
259.1
1 887
309.6
1 914
272.6
1 958
327.9
L221
293.5
2 047
290.3
13,283
2,214.2
loo
Miscellaneous non-self-
propelled ships
588
1.5
588
1.5
588
1.5
01.81
1.5
588
1.5
588
1.5
588
1.5
4 116
10.5
Grand total all types of
ships and value
2,313
262.6
2 337
260.6
Liu
311.1
2,502
274.1
2,546
329.4
2 591
295.0
2 635
291.8
17,399
2,024.5
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Estimated Number and Value of Satellite Construction of Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Values in Million 1960 US $
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Total Type as a Country Total
Country and Ftrcent of as a Percent
Class and Type of Ship Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Total Value of Total
Poland
Zelenodolsk-class trawlers 7 11.2 5 8.0 12 19.2 6
Leskov-class fish-factory
trawlers 3 10.2 5 17.0 6 20.4 6 20.4 20 68.o 23
Severodvinsk-class mother
ships 3 31.8 4 42.4 1 10.6 8 84.8 28
Combined fish-factory/
mother ships 2 25.4 3 38.1 4 50.8 1 12.7 lo 127.0 43
Total lo43.o 12 60.6 6 27.6 8 45.8 9 58.5 4 5o.8 1 12.7 50 299.0 loo
_ _ _
East Germany
Okean-class medium fishing
trawlers 73 51.1 91 63.7 164 114.8 42
Tropik-class fish-factory
trawlers 1 3.2 6 19.2 8 25.6 12 38.4 12 38.4 39 124.8 45
Bratsk-class refrigerated
fish carriers 1 2.1 3 6.3 3 6.3 3 6.3 10 21.0 8
Yuriy Dolgorukiy (whale
factory ship) 1 15.0 2/ 1 15.0 5
Total 73 51.1 93 80.8 4 9.5 9 25.5 11 31.9 12 38.4 12 38.4 214 275.6 loo
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Total Satellite,
construction .?.1 24,3, 122 141.4 10 37.1 17 71.1 20 90.4 16 89.2 12 51.1 264 574.6
52
48
- 100
a. Estimated conversion cost.
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Estitated Number and Value of Non-Bloc Construction of Ships for the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Values in Million 1960 US $
Country and
Class .and Type of Ship
1959
1960
. 1961
1962
1963
. 1964 1965 Total
Country Total
as a Percent
of Total
Number
Value
Number
Value Number
Value Number
Value Number
.
Value Number Value Number Value Number
Value
West Germany
Combination whaling/fish -
factory ships
2
28.4
2
28.4
Total
2 .
28.4
2
_
28.4
36
Denmark
_
Pervomaysk-class refrigerated
3
10.4
2
6.9
5
17.2
fish carriers
Combination refrigerated fish
carrier/factory ships
4
20.8
4
20.8
Total
3
10.4
26.9
4
20.8
9
38.0
49
Japan
_
_
Lamut-class herring factory
Ships
2
10.8
2
10.8
Dnepr-class tuna ships
2
1.2
2
1.2
Total
12.0
4
_
12.0
Total non-Bloc
construction
7
22.4
2
6.9
6
49.2
15
78.4
100
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Estimated Inventory of the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Classification
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
.
Self-propelled
Trawlers 2/
Number
2,385
2,585
2,785
2,985
3,185
3,385
3,585
Horsepower
747,000
829,000
862,000
899,000
931,000
955,000
978,000
Gross register tons
884,000
968,000
1,011,000
1,063,000
1,109,000
1,146,000
1,180,000
Seiners 12/
Number
Horsepower
2,228
234,000
2,396
252,000
2,564
269,1000
2,732
287,000
2,900
304,000
3,068
322,000
3,236
340,000
Gross register tons
290,000
311,000
333,000
355,000
377,000
399,000
421,000
Other 2/
Number
11,857
12,850
13,843
14,836
15,829
16,822
17,815
Horsepower
368,000
507,000
627,000
764,000
916,000
1,049,000
1,126,000
Gross register tons
698,000
861,000
1,014,000
1,194,000
1,394,000
1,555,000
1,679,000
Total trawlers, seiners, and others
16,470
17,831
19,192
20,553
21,914
23 275
24 636
Total horsepower
1,349,000
1,589,000
1,758,000
1,950,000
2,151,000
2,326,000
2 444 000
Total gross register tons
1,872,000
2,140,000
2,358,000
2,612,000
2,880,000
3,100,000
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3,280,000
Non-self-propelled 1/
Number
49 820
5o 4o8
50,996
51,584
52,172
52,760
53,348
Gross register tons
130,000
131,000
133,000
134,000
136,000
137,000
139,000
Grand total all types:
Number
66,290
68,239
70,188
72,137
74,086
76,035
77,984
Gross register tons
2z___.., 002 000
_
2,271,000
2,491,000
2,746,000
3,016,000
3,237,000
3,419,000
a. Including the Pushkin, the Mayakoyskiy, the Leskov, the Tropik, and older classes of large trawlers, all classes of medium fishing trawlers, and all classes
of small fishing craft.
b. Including all classes of sabers.
c. Including, in nearly all cases, all self-propelled ships that do not catch fish but operate in an auxiliary capacity, such as supply, repair, transport, and
the like.
d. Including barges, floating repair ships, and other unknown types.
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Estimated Soviet Fish Catch 2/
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Fish Catch
(Thousand Metric Tons)
Deep Sea
Inland
Marine Animals and Total
Year Fish and Whales Total Coastal Catch
Fish Catch
(Percent of Total)
Deep Sea
Marine Animals
Fish and Whales
Inland
and
Total Coastal
1959 12/
11940
360
2,300
775
3,075 2/
63
12
75
25
1960
2,304
426
2,730
770
3,500 I/
66
12
78
22
1961
2,390
455
2,845 2/
802
3,647 I/
66
12
78 gi
22
1962
2,453
585
3,038
857
3,895
63
15
78
22
1963
2,653
579 -
3,232
911
4,143
64
14
78
22
1964
2,775
650
3,425
966
4,391
63
15
78
22
1965
2,939
680
3,619
1,021
4,64o Lai
63
15
78
22
a. Including marine animals and whales.
Unless otherwise indicated, data are estimated
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Estimated Efficiency of the Soviet Fishing Fleet
During the Seven Year Plan, 1959-65
Trawlers and Seiners Metric Tons of Catch a/
Year
Number
Thdusand Gross
Register Tons
Deep Sea Catch
(Thousand Metric Tons)
Pr Ship
Per Per Gross
Register Ton
1959
4,613
1,174
1,940
420
1.65
1960
4,981
1,279
2,304
465
1.80
1961
5,349
1,344
2,390
445
1.80
1962
5,717
1,418
2,453
43o
1.75
1963
6,085
1,486 -
2,653
435
1.80
1964
6,453
1,545
2,775
430
1.80
1965
6,821
1,601
2,939
430
1.85
a. Data are rounded to the nearest five.
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