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Article: On Ocean Floor, First Steps Taken To Salvage Japanese Fishing Vessel
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- The Washington Post
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- July 22, 2001
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In the waters off Honolulu, the Navy has begun preparing to raise
a Japanese fishing vessel that sunk to depths of 2,000 feet with five
sailors and four high school students on board after a U.S. submarine
accidentally collided with it.
Last week, Navy officials sent a remotely operated submersible
vehicle to the ocean floor nine miles south of Waikiki Beach to
examine the wreckage of the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru and to start
clearing fishing nets and other cargo debris from the area for the
$40 million recovery operation. It is scheduled to begin later this
summer.
Work began Friday on removing the vessel's center mast, which
would obstruct the difficult recovery. The Navy used a small ...