U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. government and military officials attend a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10 for the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine. Among them were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, and Rear Adm. William Klemm, who was in charge of raising the sunken ship in the U.S. Navy.

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 to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

U.S. Navy to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. Navy's Rear Adm. William Klemm explains plans to lift the Ehime Maru from the ocean floor to a shallow shoal off Honolulu International Airport at a press conference in Honolulu on Oct. 9. The Japanese fisheries training ship sank off Hawaii in February after being hit by the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville.

U.S. Navy says it remains determined to salvage Ehime Maru

U.S. Navy says it remains determined to salvage Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Rear Adm. William Klemm speaks at a hurriedly called news conference in Honolulu on Sept. 6. He said the U.S. Navy remains determined to raise the Ehime Maru from the sea floor despite recent setbacks in salvage efforts.

U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru salvage operation

U.S. Navy explains Ehime Maru salvage operation

HONOLULU, United States - Rear Adm. William Klemm of the U.S. Navy explains in Honolulu on Aug. 2 about a salvage operation for the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru, which was hit and sunk by a surfacing U.S. submarine off Hawaii in February. He said the Navy expects to recover no more than seven of the nine missing Japanese, who include four high school students.

U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. government and military officials attend a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10 for the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine. Among them were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, and Rear Adm. William Klemm, who was in charge of raising the sunken ship in the U.S. Navy.

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 to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

U.S. Navy to lift Ehime Maru by Wednesday at earliest

HONOLULU, United States - The U.S. Navy's Rear Adm. William Klemm explains plans to lift the Ehime Maru from the ocean floor to a shallow shoal off Honolulu International Airport at a press conference in Honolulu on Oct. 9. The Japanese fisheries training ship sank off Hawaii in February after being hit by the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine Greeneville.

U.S. Navy says it remains determined to salvage Ehime Maru

U.S. Navy says it remains determined to salvage Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Rear Adm. William Klemm speaks at a hurriedly called news conference in Honolulu on Sept. 6. He said the U.S. Navy remains determined to raise the Ehime Maru from the sea floor despite recent setbacks in salvage efforts.