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Former skipper of nuke sub still seeking for forgiveness

SEATTLE, United States - Retired Navy Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the 6,080-ton U.S. Navy nuclear submarine that struck and sunk the Japanese fishery school training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii five years ago, speaks with Kyodo News in Seattle on Feb. 9. He said he is still haunted by the memory of the accident and his sorrow and remorse for what the victims and their family suffered has never been faded.

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Relatives mark 4th anniversary of Ehime Maru sinking

HAWAII, United States - Relatives of the victims in the 2001 sinking of the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii pay tribute Feb. 9 in front of a monument at a seaside park near the accident site. The 499-ton ship sank after being struck from below by the 6,080-ton U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville during a rapid-surfacing demonstration.

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Inquiry into Ehime Maru accident opens March 5

HONOLULU, U.S. - The U.S. Navy will begin its formal investigative inquiry on March 5 at its Pearl Harbor base into the deadly collision between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and the U.S. submarine Greeneville. A panel of three admirals will hear the arguments and counter-arguments that will determine the fate of the three top officers of the 6,080-ton Greenville, which struck and sank the 499-ton Japanese ship off Hawaii's Oahu Island while demonstrating an emergency surfacing maneuver for 16 civilian guests on Feb. 9.

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All 16 civilian guests were on Greeneville's command deck

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Using a chart, a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official briefs reporters Feb. 20 on the Feb. 9 collision between a Japanese fisheries training ship and a U.S. submarine off Hawaii. The official said all 16 civilian guests aboard the navy's 6,080-ton nuclear-powered attack sub Greeneville were on the command deck when it struck and sank the 499-ton Ehime Maru from Uwajima Fisheries High School.

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Unmanned deep-sea probe starts search for Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - Crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship pilot an unmanned submersible off Oahu Island on Feb. 16 in a search for the Japanese fisheries training ship that sank Feb. 9 after being struck by a Navy submarine. The Scorpio-2 submersible is expected to pinpoint the location of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, which sank in 550 meters of water 18 kilometers south of the island after being hit by the 6,080-ton nuclear sub USS Greeneville as it was surfacing in an emergency drill.

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Investigation of Greeneville begins

HONOLULU, United States - Investigators from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Feb. 13 begin inspecting the 6,080-ton nuclear-powered sub Greeneville, now berthed at its home port in Honolulu, following the Feb. 9 collision with the Japanese fishery training ship Ehime Maru.

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Ehime Maru captain says not one rescued by sub crew

HONOLULU, United States - The rescued captain of a Japanese ship sunk Feb. 9 by a 6,080-ton U.S. Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine in a collision off Hawaii accuses the sub crew Feb. 10 of doing little to help people from his ship. ''Not one (member of my ship) was rescued by the submarine crew,'' Hisao Onishi, captain of the 499-ton Ehime Maru, a fisheries training ship from Uwajima Fisheries High School in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, tearfully told a press conference in Honolulu.

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Rescue expanded for 9 missing in Hawaii ship-sub crash

PEARL HARBOR, United States - Adm. Tom Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, (C) tells reporters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Feb. 10 that the U.S. Coast Guard expanded searches for nine missing Japanese after Fe. 9's ship-submarine collision which a U.S. admiral said occurred during the sub's emergency ascent drill. He also said that 15 civilian guests were among some 130 aboard the 6,080-ton nuclear-powered attack submarine Greeneville but that their presence did not affect the sub's move.