2 ships leave Kitakyushu for salvage work on sunken vessel

2 ships leave Kitakyushu for salvage work on sunken vessel

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The 2,474-ton Koyo Maru (foreground) and the 493-ton support ship Wakashio Maru leave Moji port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 4 to salvage a suspected North Korean spy ship which sank in the East China Sea after a shoot-out with Japan coast guard patrol boats last December.

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