Rough weather delays Ehime Maru's stern lift

Rough weather delays Ehime Maru's stern lift

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. salvage ship Rockwater 2 is back at Honolulu port Sept. 1 after high waves and heavy winds prevented it from lifting the stern of the Ehime Maru, the Japanese high school fisheries training vessel that was hit and sunk by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in February.

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