Reporters shown U.S. Navy hearing room in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - A U.S. serviceman on Feb. 22 shows media representatives a hearing room at the Pearl Harbor naval base where a Navy Court of Inquiry is scheduled to be held to investigate the Feb. 9 collision between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese training ship. Scott Waddle, then commander of the Greeneville, and two other officers are to be questioned over the crash. The Ehime Maru sank after being struck by the sub, and nine people who were aboard went missing.

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