Fishing vessel at first was built as a pleasure yacht, but flaws in its construction the owner refused and was purchased by the government of Cuba to fish and trawler, so that her stern was transformed. In some web locate this ship as a "spy ship" of the Cuban army were located in strategic position in the Atlantic and bridge informative. (Data taken from various websites, all of this is to be confirmed)
  The picture was taken in September 1984 by © Alexander Sertev.
It's a historic photo for merchant on the left side because the background is seen the ship "Jose Marti".
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