Ship carrying search vehicle to join salvage of Ehime Maru

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,628-ton research ship ''Kairei'' leaves Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 24 to join the salvaging of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 off Hawaii. The Kairei carries the unmanned underwater vehicle ''Kaiko'' which will search the area where the ship has lain 600 meters undersea since the collision with a U.S. nuclear submarine.

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