(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

NAHA, Japan - The 498-to Shinyo Maru, one of the two salvage ships chartered by Japan, are in East China Sea on June 26 with a manned submersible on board. The ship is there with the 657-ton Shintatsu Maru, another salvage ship, to raise an unidentified ship which sank after a shoot-out with the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001.

2nd salvage vessel heads to E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

2nd salvage vessel heads to E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The salvage ship Shinyo Maru leaves a port of the southern Japanese city of Kagoshima on June 24 to join an operation to raise an unidentified ship that sank in the East China Sea after a shoot-out with Japanese Coast Guard vessels last December. The Sinyo Maru, loaded with a manned submersible vessel, is the second salvage ship to be sent to the East China Sea.

ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 499-ton salvage ship Shinyo Maru (foreground) begins work July 8 to recover an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) transport plane that crashed in the Sea of Japan off Okinoshima Island, Shimane Prefecture, on June 28. In the background is a destroyer. The C-1 transport plane with a crew of five disappeared from radar after taking off from the ASDF Miho base in Tottori Prefecture for a 90-minute test flight. The body of one crew member was found July 4.

Ehime Maru: Never give up

Ehime Maru: Never give up

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Ehime Maru, with the city of Honolulu in the background, captured on camera on Feb. 7, 2001, from Shinyo Maru, Miyazaki Marine High School's training vessel. The picture was taken two days before the collision between Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine.

(2)Operation begins to raise mystery ship in E. China Sea

(2)Operation begins to raise mystery ship in E. China Sea

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A submersible is lowered into the water from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Shinyo Maru on June 27 as JCG begins its operation to salvage an unidentified ship which sank in the East China Sea after a shoot-out with coast guard vessels in December 2001. The photo was provided by JCG.

(1)Operation begins to raise mystery ship in E. China Sea

(1)Operation begins to raise mystery ship in E. China Sea

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The patrol ship Shinyo Maru begins an operation to salvage an unidentified ship which sank in the East China Sea after a shoot-out with coast guard vessels in December 2001 by lowering one of two submersibles into the water June 27. The submersible will survey the wreckage, which lies at a depth of about 90 meters, to check for possible obstacles to the salvaging work. The photo was provided by JCG.

(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

(3)Salvage vessels in E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

NAHA, Japan - The 498-to Shinyo Maru, one of the two salvage ships chartered by Japan, are in East China Sea on June 26 with a manned submersible on board. The ship is there with the 657-ton Shintatsu Maru, another salvage ship, to raise an unidentified ship which sank after a shoot-out with the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001.

2nd salvage vessel heads to E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

2nd salvage vessel heads to E. China Sea to raise 'spy' ship

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The salvage ship Shinyo Maru leaves a port of the southern Japanese city of Kagoshima on June 24 to join an operation to raise an unidentified ship that sank in the East China Sea after a shoot-out with Japanese Coast Guard vessels last December. The Sinyo Maru, loaded with a manned submersible vessel, is the second salvage ship to be sent to the East China Sea.

ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 499-ton salvage ship Shinyo Maru (foreground) begins work July 8 to recover an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) transport plane that crashed in the Sea of Japan off Okinoshima Island, Shimane Prefecture, on June 28. In the background is a destroyer. The C-1 transport plane with a crew of five disappeared from radar after taking off from the ASDF Miho base in Tottori Prefecture for a 90-minute test flight. The body of one crew member was found July 4.