U.S. Navy divers tour Kagawa ship ahead of Ehime Maru salvage

U.S. Navy divers tour Kagawa ship ahead of Ehime Maru salvage

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Navy divers leave the Kagawa Maru, a ship belonging to a fisheries training high school in Kawaga Prefecture, western Japan, in Honolulu on June 1 after touring the ship to prepare for the salvage of the sunken ship Ehime Maru scheduled next month. The tour is designed to familiarize the divers with the structure and layout of Kagawa Maru, which closely resembles that of the Ehime Maru.

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