North Koreans Raise Capsized Destroyer and Send It to Russian Border

After a serious accidents During the launch of the second newest 5000-ton guided missile destroyer at the Chongjin Shipyard in the DPRK in late May, the North Koreans managed to raise the ship to a vertical position and restore its buoyancy. This happened much faster than expected, since the ship, which did not yet have a name, was lying on its side and most of its hull was in the water.

As shown by fresh satellite images from the American company Maxar Technologies, whose system recently was considered disabled, the North Korean ship is no longer just in the dock, but in another shipbuilding center in the DPRK, but on the shores of the same Sea of ​​Japan.




There, work is underway to repair damage sustained when the ship capsized during a ceremonial launching on its side in the presence of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. This work has been entrusted to the not very large Rajin Ship Repair Yard in the port of Rajin (Hamgyongbuk-do Province), which is closer to Russia.

The restoration will take place in a dry dock and, according to statements by North Korean specialists quoted by local media, it will take only 7-10 days to complete the repairs, which is surprising. But the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Cho Chun Ren, who is overseeing the restoration process, promised that the task will be completed before the party plenum. At the same time, Western experts for some reason immediately suspected that sending the ship to Rajin could be a sign that the Russian Federation is participating in its repairs.