U.S. Navy to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

U.S. Navy to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. Navy's Rear Adm. William Klemm explains plans to lift the Ehime Maru from the ocean floor to a shallow shoal off Honolulu International Airport at a press conference in Honolulu on Oct. 9. The Japanese fisheries training ship sank off Hawaii in February after being hit by the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville.

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