Admiral calls Ehime Maru rescue effort 'perfect'

Admiral calls Ehime Maru rescue effort 'perfect'

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. Albert Konetzni is seen outside a U.S Navy Court of Inquiry at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on March 12. The court is probing the Feb. 9 collision between the U.S. submarine Greeneville and the Japanese ship Ehime Maru, which sank. Konetzni, who heads the Pacific Fleet submarine force, testified that he thinks the post-collision search and rescue operation was ''perfect.''

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