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Friday 15 February 2019

The Soviet shipyards at Kiyev according to a CIA report dated September 1967

An item reported the fenced and rail served Soviet Kiev Shipyard Leninskaya Kuznitsa, Ukraine with as geographic coordinates 50.28.50 north and 30.30.25 east in a basin on the north border of Kiev on the west bank of the Dnepr used for building barges. The shipyard possessed 2 side-hail marine railways with 3 transverse slipways for newbuilding/repairs for which 2 cranes were available and 1 fabrication, 2 shop and 12 support buildings.

A second item mentioned the Kiev Shipyard Stalin with as geographic coordinates 50.28.40 north and 30.31.40 east located on the north border of Kiev on the Dnepr used for building trawlers and barges. The shipyard possessed a side-haul marine railway, an open building way for which 3 cranes were available, a quay served by a crane, 2 piers, a floating crane, 4 floating docks and 1 fabrication, 1 assembly, 6 shop and 16 support buildings.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP78T04759A007300010035-9