An item dealing with so-called
stockpiling within the Soviet Union merchant fleet especially the Reydtanker
Steamship Company reported the building by the Riga Ship Repair Shipbuilding
Yard (Zavod) of the identical 150hp tugs Burun and the RB-149, 150, 152 and
153. Hulls and superstructures were steel made. The concept of stockpiling was
that times of war the tugs within short notice could wholly/partially serve as
military transport/auxiliary vessel without needing specially additional
refitting.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org,
document number CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040625-4
