NAVAL FACILITY HSIN-HSING-SHIH, CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A002400050019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 9, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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REFERENCE TO:
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
HSING-SHIH NAVAL FACILITY. THIS IS THE FIRST OB-
SERVATION OF OSA-CLASS PTFG IN THE GULF OF TONKIN
2. LOCATION: ON NW EDGE OF HSIN-HSING-SHIH ON HAI-NAN TAO
(ISLAND) AT 1953N 10931E.
3. REMARKS: TWO OSA-CLASS PTFG WERE PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED OPERA-
TING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WITHIN APPROXIMATELY A
4. COLLATERAL:
TWO POSSIBLE OSA-CLASS PTFG ARE OBSERVED AT HSIN-
5 NM RADIUS OF 2145N 1131+5E ON
OSA-CLASS PTFG: THIS MISSION
NAVAL FACILITY:
6. NEGATION DATE: NONE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Division, NPIC.
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7. SUBSEQUENT COVERAGE:
AND 4 KH-4 MISSIONS
8. DIMENSIONS/
SPECIFICATIONS: OSA-CLASS PTFG
LENGTH
BEAM
DISPLACEMENT
160 TONS
DRAFT 5 FT
MAXIMUM SPEED 40 KNOTS
ECONOMICAL SPEED 15 KNOTS
RADAR SQUARE TIE
MISSILE ARMAMENT; 4 FIXED ELEVA-
TION MISSILE LAUNCHERS (LENGTH 25 FT OR 30 FT)
INSTALLED ABOVE DECK.
MENSURAL ANALYSIS BY NPIC TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE
DIVISION OF POSSIBLE OSA-CLASS PTFG ON THIS MISSION
INDICATES OVERALL LENGTH OF THESE VESSELS IS BETWEEN
125 FT AND 135 FT, AND THE LIGHT TONED IMAGERY RE-
PRESENTING POSSIBLE MISSILE TUBES AVERAGES II 25
TWO OSA-CLASS PTFG ARE OBSERVED AT HSIN-HSING-SHIH
NAVAL FACILITY. FACILITIES INCLUDE 4 END HAUL MARINE RAILWAYS ON AN OFFSHORE
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concernine these notes rnntart ch pt
Division, NPIC. --1
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PLATFORM, 1 DOGLEG PIER/BREAKWATER, 3 BUNKERED STORAGE BUILDINGS, 27
SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AND 1 BUILDING WITHIN A SECURITY FENCE.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collat ral
Division, NPIC.
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NAVAL FACILITY
HSIN-HSING-SHIH, CHINA
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