The World - News from Jan. 12, 1986
A 6,200-ton Echo II class Soviet submarine, apparently disabled, was spotted by Japanese patrol planes being towed by a Soviet salvage ship about 280 miles northwest of Okinawa in the East China Sea, Japanese navy officials said. A third Soviet vessel, a 15,000-ton Malina class missile support ship, was accompanying the nuclear-powered submarine, which is equipped to carry SSN-3 and SSN-12 cruise missiles, officials said.
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