Then, in 2019, a Chinese fishing trawler named Lu Rong Yu 3607 transmitted a panicked message. Their captain reported a "large, dark vessel with no AIS signal, no running lights, and no rust."
So if you are ever sailing the Sea of Okhotsk on a moonless night, keep your radar on manual. Watch for a silhouette that blocks out the stars. And if you see a low, dark hull with no lights and no wake—do not try to board her. takehaya the last ship
They abandoned her on November 17th. The last visual sighting was the ship's stern light, winking out in a snow squall. For ten years, nobody saw her. She became a footnote, a ghost story for bored sailors. Then, in 2019, a Chinese fishing trawler named