Memorial ceremony held to mark 7th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

Memorial ceremony held to mark 7th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

HONOLULU, United States - People lay flowers during a ceremony held at Kakaaka Waterfront Park in Honolulu on Feb. 9 to mark the seventh anniversary of the 2001 sinking of a fisheries high school training ship by the U.S. submarine Greeneville in waters off Hawaii, in which nine people died.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001126026
  • Registered date
  • 2008/2/10 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2008 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1228 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 692.46(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Ehime Maru victims remembered

    Ehime Maru victims remembered

    HONOLULU, United States - Crew members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Narushio lay flowers and stand at salute on June 30 at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru which sank after collision with the U.S. Navy submarine Greenville off Hawaii in February 2001.
      Ehime, Hawaii become sister states

      Ehime, Hawaii become sister states

      HONOLULU, United States - Ehime Gov. Moriyuki Kato (R) and Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle sign an agreement in Honolulu on Nov. 21 to become sister states, with the hopes of deepening exchanges after the fatal accident in 2001 when a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine struck a Japanese fisheries training ship off Hawaii.
        U.S. Navy signs deal with kin of 2 Ehime Maru victims

        U.S. Navy signs deal with kin of 2 Ehime Maru victims

        TOKYO, Japan - Richard Evans (2nd from R, front) of the U.S. Navy signs a compensation settlement at the U.S. Embassy on Jan. 31 with the families of two people who died in the sinking of the high school fisheries ship Ehime Maru in a collision with the U.S. submarine Greeneville off Hawaii two years ago. The two were Yusuke Terata, 17, a student at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, and Toshimichi Furuya, 47, chief engineer of the Ehime Maru. (Pool photo)
          Waddle offers flowers at memorial in Uwajima

          Waddle offers flowers at memorial in Uwajima

          MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, visits Uwajima Fisheries High School in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Dec. 15. He offered a wreath of flowers at a memorial for the victims of last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru.
            Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Uwajima

            Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Uwajima

            MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrived at Matsuyama airport on Dec. 15 en route to the city of Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. He plans to lay flowers at a memorial at Uwajima Fisheries High School for nine Japanese victims of a 2001 collision between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. His lawyer said Waddle will be staying in Japan until Dec. 17.
              Waddle speaks to reporters through tears

              Waddle speaks to reporters through tears

              MATSUYAMA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, speaks to reporters through tears at a hotel in Matsuyama on Dec. 15 after offering flowers at a memorial in Uwajima for the nine people who died in last year's fatal collision off Hawaii between the sub and the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fisheries training ship.
                Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Japan to apologize

                Greeneville's Waddle arrives in Japan to apologize

                NARITA, Japan - Scott Waddle, former skipper of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, arrives at Narita airport on Dec. 14 to apologize to Japanese who lost their relatives in a 2001 collision between the sub and the high school fisheries training ship Ehime Maru.
                  Ehime gov't, U.S. Navy sign $11 mil. compensation accord

                  Ehime gov't, U.S. Navy sign $11 mil. compensation accord

                  TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyoshi Yano (L), deputy governor of Ehime Prefecture, signs an accord April 10 at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo for about $11.47 million in compensation over the collision of fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and USS sub Greenville off Hawaii on Feb. 9 last year. U.S. Consul Peter Barlerin (R) looks on. Photo by media representative.
                    U.S. Navy ends search for last Ehime Maru victim

                    U.S. Navy ends search for last Ehime Maru victim

                    HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. William Klemm (L) tells reporters in Honolulu on Nov. 7 that the Navy has ended its search for the remains of the ninth and final missing person who was aboard the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. The U.S. Navy searched for nearly three weeks inside the sunken fisheries training ship, which was hit and sunk off Hawaii by the U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville in February.
                      U.S. Navy abandons search for last Ehime Maru victim

                      U.S. Navy abandons search for last Ehime Maru victim

                      HONOLULU, United States - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine salvage ship Chihaya sails off Honolulu International Airport on Nov. 7, 2001. About 30 divers from the ship will conduct a final inspection of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. U.S. Navy divers have abandoned hopes of finding the remains of the ninth and final victim aboard the Ehime Maru.