Rescue expanded for 9 missing in Hawaii ship-sub crash

PEARL HARBOR, United States - Adm. Tom Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, (C) tells reporters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Feb. 10 that the U.S. Coast Guard expanded searches for nine missing Japanese after Fe. 9's ship-submarine collision which a U.S. admiral said occurred during the sub's emergency ascent drill. He also said that 15 civilian guests were among some 130 aboard the 6,080-ton nuclear-powered attack submarine Greeneville but that their presence did not affect the sub's move.

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