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Photo taken 1980's. Originally build as a general cargo ship by Paris Commune Shipyard in Poland. She was launched in 1966 and purchased by the Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. a subsidiary of COSCO and named as Chang Ning. In 1970's, it was decided to convert her into an oceanographic research ship in support of a Chinese project to develop its own intercontinental ballistic missile. Conversion was completed in 1972. She was later in service, reportedly as a weather atmospheric monitoring ship.
Former name(s):
- Chang Ning (Until 1976 Jan)
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