U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru salvage operation

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. William Klemm of the U.S. Navy explains in Honolulu on Aug. 2 about a salvage operation for the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru, which was hit and sunk by a surfacing U.S. submarine off Hawaii in February. He said the Navy expects to recover no more than seven of the nine missing Japanese, who include four high school students.

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