(Sanitized) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE HAI PHONG, NORTH VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-00849A000200010013-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: July 12, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
REFERENCE: ATTACHMENT TO L-1188
12 JULY 1966
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PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE
HAI PHONG, NORTH VIETNAM
2052N 10639E
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD REVEALS STRIKE DAMAGE TO HAI PHONG PETROLEUM
PRODUCTS STORAGE.
2. LOCATION:
THE STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED AT 20-52-15N 106-39-32E, 2.2 NM WEST-
NORTHWEST OF HAI PHONG.
3. STRIKE INFORMATION:
COLLATERAL REPORTS THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JUNE 1966 AT LEAST
FIFTEEN MISSIONS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AGAINST APPROXIMATELY TEN POL
INSTALLATIONS IN NORTH VIETNAM. THIS ACTION CULMINATED ON 29 JUNE IN
THE BOMBING OF TWO OF NORTH VIETNAM'S MAJOR FUEL INSTALLATIONS AT HAI
PHONG AND HA NOI. THE TWO STORAGE AREAS HIT REPORTEDLY ACCOUNT FOR
SIXTY PERCENT OF NORTH VIETNAM'S POL RESERVES.
INITIAL REPORTS FOR 29 JUNE INDICATED THAT HAI PRONG POL FACILITIES
WERE STRUCK BY SIXTEEN NAVY AIRCRAFT. NO SHIPS REPORTEDLY WERE IN THE
TARGET AREA. EARLY REPORTS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO MIG REACTION TO
THE STRIKE AND ALL AIRCRAFT WERE RECOVERED SAFELY.
ORDNANCE EXPENDED CONSISTED OF THIRTY-THREE 7.25-INCH ROCKETS,
TWENTY-FOUR 1000 POUND GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS, AND NINETY-NINE 250-POUND
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 Support
Division, NPIC.
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GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS.
4. MISSION READOUTS:
PRE-STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
REVEALS HAI PHONG PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE TO CONSIST OF THREE AREAS
CONTAINING TWELVE, TEN, AND EIGHT VERTICAL TANKS, RESPECTIVELY. A
BUNKERING PIER AND APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE SUPPORT BUILDINGS SERVE
THE AREA.
STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF
FURTHER INTERPRETATION.
POST STRIKE PHOTOGRAPHY OF REVEALS THE
FOLLOWING BOMB DAMAGE TO HAI PRONG PETROLEUM PRODUCTS STORAGE:
AREA A: TWO SMALL TANKS ARE DESTROYED, ONE LARGE AND
ONE SMALL TANK ARE SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND ONE LARGE TANK IS
MODERATELY DAMAGED.
AREA B: FOUR MEDIUM TANKS ARE DESTROYED, ONE IS SEVERELY
DAMAGED, TWO ARE MODERATELY DAMAGED, AND TWO ARE SUPERFICIALLY
DAMAGED.
AREA C: TWO MEDIUM TANKS ARE DESTROYED AND ONE LARGE TANK
IS SUPERFICIALLY DAMAGED.
TWO BUILDINGS ARE OBSERVED TO BE MODERATELY DAMAGED. AT LEAST
SEVEN BOMB CRATERS ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
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 Support
Division, NPIC.
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12 JULY 1966
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