Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

Greeneville rushing maneuver before collision, inquiry told

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle (R), former captain of the US. submarine Greeneville, talks with his lawyer Charles Gittins at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on March 5 after the first day of a U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry. The inquiry is examining a collision in February between the sub and a Japanese fisheries training ship, the Ehime Maru. In the session March 5, Rear. Adm. Charles Griffiths, who conducted a preliminary inquiry into the collision, testified that the Greeneville was rushing through an emergency-surfacing maneuver when it struck the Ehime Maru because the sub was 45 minutes behind schedule after lunch for a group of 16 civilian visitors on board took longer than expected.

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