Unmanned submersible vessel loaded on salvage ship

Unmanned submersible vessel loaded on salvage ship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the Hakuyo 2000, an unmanned submersible vessel, that was loaded on the Shintatsu Maru. The salvage ship left Yokosuka port, southwest of Tokyo, on June 22 for the East China Sea to raise an unidentified ship that sank there after a shoot-out with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats in December 2001.

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  • 2002/6/22 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2002 Kyodo News
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