In order to meet the passenger transport needs of the Yangtze River, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration handed over the project to the Yangtze River Waterway Administration on June 5438+0957+ 10. Later, Changhang Bureau signed a repair contract with Jiangnan Shipyard. The second phase of the project started in August 1957. According to the general plan provided by Changhang Bureau, the factory needs to carry out technical design and construction design for refitting electromechanical equipment. Then check with the design drawings approved by the ship to determine the repair items. Due to the poor supply of materials, the project was completed in June 1958 1 1.
1958165438+1October 30th, the passenger ship "Jiangya" completed the recovery repair, and all indicators met the technical requirements. Give the ship to the Yangtze River Waterway Bureau. 1966165438+1October, "Jiangya" was renamed "Dongfanghong No.8".
1October 30th, 65438+ 1979, Jiangxia collided with Dongfanghong No.8 in Caoxiexia, Nanjing, and Jiangxia sank, resulting in economic losses of 5 million yuan. 1983, "Dongfanghong No.8" was retired and moored at Moon Bay Wharf of Wuhan Port as the water base of the fleet of Changchuan Wuhan Company. In June 2000, "Dongfanghong No.8" was sold to Wenzhou shipbreaking self-employed households. Unexpectedly, on July 8 of that year, the crew of the ship accidentally ignited the oil pollution in the engine room during disassembly, and the ship was burned to pieces. 200 1 Before the Spring Festival, the wreckage of "Dongfanghong No.8" was demolished and the scrap steel was sold. However, the vast waves are full of ghosts, and the wind and rain are lonely. The only remaining wooden steering wheel on the original Jiangya has been preserved, which has become the only physical mark to prove the history of this mega-sunken ship, and has now been collected by the Zhejiang East Maritime Folk Museum.