Inquiry into Ehime Maru accident opens March 5

HONOLULU, U.S. - The U.S. Navy will begin its formal investigative inquiry on March 5 at its Pearl Harbor base into the deadly collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville. A panel of three admirals will hear the arguments and counter-arguments that will determine the fate of the three top officers of the 6,080-ton Greenville, which struck and sank the 499-ton Japanese ship off Hawaii's Oahu Island while demonstrating an emergency surfacing maneuver for 16 civilian guests on Feb. 9.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001083441

Registered date
2001/3/04 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2001 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 1641 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
901.81(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Relatives pray for Ehime Maru victims in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Thirteen relatives of three people who died in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in waters off Hawaii pray for the victims at a memorial in the Kaka'ako seaside park on Oahu Island on Feb. 9 in a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the sinking.

Former skipper of nuke sub still seeking for forgiveness

SEATTLE, United States - Retired Navy Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the 6,080-ton U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that struck and sunk the Japanese fishery school training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii five years ago, speaks with Kyodo News in Seattle on Feb. 9. He said he is still haunted by the memory of the accident and his sorrow and remorse for what the victims and their family suffered has never been faded.

Ehime Maru victim's parents return home with son's ashes

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Ryosuke Terata (R) and his wife Masumi (C) arrive at Matsuyama airport in Ehime Prefecture on Nov. 3 with the ashes of their son who perished in the Feb. 9 collision between a fisheries school training ship and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii. Seventeen-year-old Yusuke's body was recovered from the wreckage of the Ehime Maru last month.

Relatives of Ehime Maru victims return to Japan

NARITA, Japan - Relatives of five victims of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru that was struck and sunk by a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii in February return to Japan from Honolulu on Oct. 27, bringing with them the ashes of the deceased. Twelve relatives of three victims arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo, while seven relatives of two other victims returned via Osaka's Kansai airport.

Relatives of Ehime Maru student, teacher arrive in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Ryosuke Terata and his wife Masumi, the parents of student Yusuke Terata who went missing in February's collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine off Hawaii, arrive in Honolulu to observe work to salvage the ship. Four relatives of a missing instructor also arrived at Honolulu International Airport.

Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (L), the commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, speaks at a press conference June 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Chaplin said the U.S. Navy is confident that the salvage of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, which sank Feb. 9 in a collision with a U.S. Navy submarine, will be successful.

Waddle takes stand in surprise move

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville, walks to the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry on Oahu Island, Hawaii, on March 20. Waddle, acting against the advice of his counsel, testified on the collision of the sub with the Japanese ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii last month, accepting full responsibility for the accident but also blaming his crew for not following his orders.

Relatives unsatisfied with Waddle testimony, want punishment

HONOLULU, United States - Relatives of the nine Japanese lost at sea in the Feb. 9 sinking of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru by a U.S. submarine speak to reporters at the U.S. naval base in Oahu, Hawaii, on March 20 after the Navy's Court of Inquiry ended its last session. They expressed dissatisfaction with testimony by Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the USS Greeneville, which sank the Ehime Maru in a collision.

Mori visits Ehime Maru-Greeneville crash site

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L) throws a flower bouquet into the sea at a point off Oahu Island where the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville struck and sank the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru on Feb. 9. Relatives of the nine Japanese who were lost at sea in the accident were aboard with the premier.

Sonar analyst says he didn't know Ehime closing on sub

HONOLULU, United States - A sonar analyst on the U.S. submarine which hit and sank a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii on Feb. 9 testifies on March 19 that the crowding of civilian VIPs in the sub's control room was not why he failed to alert the captain at a key juncture that the ship was less than 4,000 meters away and closing. Rather, Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Seacrest told the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry, he was simply unaware that the two vessels were on a collision course because he was focusing on a new surface contact the sub's sonar had picked up.