Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.

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