10th anniversary of U.S. sub-Ehime Maru collision

10th anniversary of U.S. sub-Ehime Maru collision

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Students of Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture offer flowers at a cenotaph in the school premises to commemorate the collision between the school's fisheries boat Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greenville off Hawaii on the 10th anniversary of the incident on Feb. 10, 2011. Nine of the 35 people on the boat -- four students, two teachers and three crew members -- were killed in the collision.

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