German built Japanese dredger to be salvaged and fitted out for Nortk Korea according to a CIA report dated 20 June 1952

An item reported that in the bay of Gdynia, Poland the efforts were started for salvaging a 160 metres long dredger during the Second World War built by the Germans for Japanese account. The intention was to salvage, repair and fit her out for account of North Korea. In summer 1951 visited North Korean representatives for this reason the salvaging.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R012400070009-2