Plate
An iron frame attached on the spy ship’s name and port of registry on the hull of the stern allowed the ship to disguise its identity by inserting and changing plates with fake names and others.
The aluminum plate (string attached) had the Japanese letter “Miya” written in white, presumed to disguise its home port as Miyazaki Prefecture.
Life Buoy
Orange. The letters “Meisei-Maru” and “Miyazaki” were written in Japanese.
Printing Block
A printing block to have made it easy for the spy ship to transfer a Japanese letter to its hull to disguise the ship as a Japanese fishing boat.
Japanese letter “Mei” (an aluminum board with a cut-out sponge).
A 54 cm long string attached to the grip.
Printing Block
A printing block to have made it easy for the spy ship to transfer a Japanese letter to its hull to disguise the ship as a Japanese fishing boat.
Japanese letter “Sei” (an aluminum board with a cut-out sponge).
A 41 cm long string attached to the grip.
Printing Block
A printing block to have made it easy for the spy ship to transfer a Japanese letter to its hull to disguise the ship as a Japanese fishing boat.
Japanese letter “Maru” (an aluminum board with a cut-out sponge).
Piece of Wood
Seemed to be part of a wooden sideboard marked “MZ2-23…”. These letter indicated that a fishing boat was registered to Miyazaki Prefecture if the sideboard had been part of a fishing boat, proving how easy it was to disguise the spy ship as a Japanese fishing boat.
Aluminum Plate
The Japanese words “Safety First” were written ton the plate to disguise the spy ship as a fishing boat.
Length: 180 cm Width: 40 cm.
