A Navy video framegrab, taken October 14, shows the Japanese fishing vessel "Ehime Maru" as it is lifted from the ocean floor by the Rockwater 2 to a shallow-water recovery site off the coast of Honol

Article: Navy readies for Ehime Maru recovery
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  August 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... sunken Japanese fishing training vessel Ehime Maru, but it is not confident that all of ... Rockwater 2 begin to lift the 750-ton Ehime Maru from a depth of 2,000 feet. Rear Adm ... structural integrity" of the 190-foot Ehime Maru can withstand the pressure as it is being ...

Article: Ehime Maru now at rest off runway
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The Navy's historic move of the Ehime Maru was completed yesterday when the 830 ... completed at 3:22 p.m. The 190-foot Ehime Maru now rests in 115 feet of water one mile ... Harbor and take its station above the Ehime Maru. The Navy anticipates about a four ...

Article: Navy begins operation to raise Ehime Maru
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Kagawa Maru, the sister ship of the sunken Ehime Maru, to enhance familiarity with the Ehime Maru's interior as they prepare for a recovery ... work, including cutting away two of the Ehime Maru's three masts and removing other obstacles ...

Article: Navy heads for shallower waters off Honolulu Airport after ...
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... raising the battered Japanese vessel Ehime Maru, the Navy appears confident that it ... divers could undertake a search of the Ehime Maru sometime next week for the remains of ... reef runway shallow water site when the Ehime Maru has to be gradually raised 1,500 feet ...

Article: Lifting Ehime Maru proves costly, tough
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  October 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... task of trying to raise the 830-ton Ehime Maru. Rockwater 2 returned to the harbor ... assembly, which will be suspended above the Ehime Maru, will distribute the vessel's weight ... as early as Wednesday. The 190-foot Ehime Maru now rests in 2,000 feet of water nine ...

Article: Ehime Maru divers face uncertain journey
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  August 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the search for missing people from the Ehime Maru face the obstacle of not knowing the ... Saturday to explain to relatives of the Ehime Maru's crew the planned salvage operations ... of the ship." Even after touring the Ehime Maru's sister ship -- the Kagawa Maru ...

Article: Navy readies sunken Ehime Maru for move
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  July 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the Japanese fishing training vessel Ehime Maru. Preparing to move the vessel to a shallow ... Ocean Hercules began the job of cutting Ehime Maru's guy wires and communication wires ... nine miles south of Diamond Head. The Ehime Maru is sitting upright on the muddy bottom ...