An item reported that the Austrian
Korneuburg shipyards recently completed five modern barges for the lower Danube
service and which were handed over to the Soviet Union. Tugs were to tow the
barges towards Reni. In the meantime were the barges already handed over to the
Soviet crews numbering 4 men accommodated in well-furnished. Load capacity with
a normal water level was 90-100 freight car loads. The barges looked very like
tugs fitted out with radio receiving and transmitting sets, steam heating and
diesel-generated electric power for lightning.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org,
document number CIA-RDP80-00810A001400440008-0
