An item dealing with the shipping on the Danube reported the passing of the Iron Gate on 28 November 1952 by the DDSG ((Austrian shipping Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft between 1945-1955 controlled by the Soviet Union) tug Vladivostok while towing 5 loaded tank barges destined for Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (nowadays Slovakia) and further mora another 4 unloaded cargo barges. She was expected to winter at Vienna, Austria.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000400710008-4
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000400710008-4