Navy inquiry enters 2nd day with visit to dry-docked sub

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. submarine Greeneville, dry-docked at Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, is on March 6 examined by members of the U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry into last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru. The group toured the sub on the second day of the inquiry.

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