(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

NAHA, Japan - The 498-to Shinyo Maru, one of the two salvage ships chartered by Japan, are in East China Sea on June 26 with a manned submersible on board. The ship is there with the 657-ton Shintatsu Maru, another salvage ship, to raise an unidentified ship which sank after a shoot-out with the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001.

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