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Saturday 26 May 2018

Large number of barges serving on the Danube according to a CIA report dated 1 July 1948

An item reported the presence of around 850-900 barges on the Danube, Romania numbered serially from 1-900. The barges were black without a stripe painted. The main part was built at Budapest, Hungary. Load capacity 200-1.500 tons, a crew consisting of 1 officer and 2 sailors.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R001600650003-4