The German Hauptausschuss Schiffbau of the Department for armament and ammunition Rud. Blohm wrote on a letter dated Hamburg 23 September 1942 to the Reichskommissar für die Seeschiffahrt. The subject was his voyage between 10-18 September 1942 to the Black Sea area to get an impression of the available docking facilities. It was needed to be as much self-supporting for the maintenance of the navy and merchant ships in the Black Sea but also on the Mediterranean employed. Blohm did not expect much of the support from the friendly or allied countries in the Black Sea. He got the impression that their thoughts and interests were more focused on the after war period.
At Nikolajew, Russia [nowadays Ukraine] was a 30.000 tons floating dry dock available although probably scuttled because Blohm wrote that she was to be salvaged in the winter. The South shipyard had a floating dry dock of 1.600 tons, after repairs could this increased to 2.000 tons. Further more that was a concrete dock which in the winter lowered [sunk?] but could probably not more be lifted. The north shipyard had a 5.000 tons floating dry dock.
Source
High Command of the Kriegsmarine (OKM). Case 180. Website
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