Transcript: Profile: Navy to begin salvage operation aimed of moving the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru from the ocean floor to a new location to begin recovery efforts

Transcript: Profile: Navy to begin salvage operation aimed of moving the ...
NPR Morning Edition;  August 7, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru from the ocean floor to a new location ... last February. The Ehime Maru was accidentally hit ... were aboard when the Ehime Maru sunk. When they ... lift the boat off the ocean floor, engineers have to ...

A Navy video framegrab, taken October 14, shows the Japanese fishing ...
KRT Photos;  October 14, 2001 ;     362 words ... ... Japanese fishing vessel "Ehime Maru" as it is lifted from the ocean floor by the Rockwater 2 to a ... Honolulu, Hawaii. The Ehime Maru went down off the coast ... Keywords |EHIME MARU RECOVERY PROJECT NAVY JAPANESE ...

Article: Oil leaks concern Ehime Maru lift team
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 11, 2001 ;     663 words ... ... anything that might fall off the Ehime Maru. Other vessels will be equipped ... fisheries training vessel. The Ehime Maru now rests on the ocean floor 2,000 feet underwater, nine ... sea state and tides. The Ehime Maru will have to be raised more ...

Article: Navy almost set to move Ehime Maru
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 6, 2001 ;     672 words ... ... salvage workers lifted the Ehime Maru nearly 10 feet, moved it ... will be used to raise the Ehime Maru about 100 feet off the ocean floor so it can be transported ... positioned under the hull near the Ehime Maru's pilothouse and connecting ...

Article: SALVAGE CREW BEGINS MOVING EHIME MARU
United Press International;  October 12, 2001 ;     419 words ... ... Pacific Fleet said in a release. "Ehime Maru will then be placed on the ocean floor in 115 feet of water." The ambitious ... S.-Japanese team calls for the Ehime Maru to be lifted 90 feet off the ocean floor and slowly moved to a site about ...

Article: Navy heads for shallower waters off Honolulu Airport after ...
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Rockwater 2, with the Ehime Maru suspended under it ... Rockwater 2 has kept the Ehime Maru suspended anywhere from 60 to 90 feet above the ocean floor, with distance determined ... t want to raise the Ehime Maru too high in case it has ...

Article: Ehime Maru salvage effort hits major snag
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  September 1, 2001 ;     692 words ... ... sling carrying Ehime Maru broke and the vessel ... Rockwater 2 lifted the Ehime Maru, which is 2,000 feet deep on the ocean floor, at 5:30 p ... sediment on the ocean floor has settled to ... still must lift the Ehime Maru for the fourth ...