Ex-U.S. sub skipper Waddle leaves Japan

Ex-U.S. sub skipper Waddle leaves Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Scott Waddle, former captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, leaves Narita airport for home Dec. 17. He was in Japan to apologize for the 2001 fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and a high school fisheries training ship.

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