Construction work begins for new Ehime Maru

IMABARI, Japan - Construction began in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on April 17 of a new fishery training ship to succeed the Ehime Maru, which sank off Hawaii in 2001 after being rammed by a U.S. submarine, with the loss of nine lives. Hisao Onishi (C), captain of the sunken Ehime Maru, were among about 20 people who attended the keel-laying ceremony at a shipbuilding yard of Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co.

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