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Article: Navy readies for Ehime Maru recovery

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August 3, 2001
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The Navy believes there is an 80 percent chance that it will be able to raise the sunken Japanese fishing training vessel Ehime Maru, but it is not confident that all of the nine victims are entombed in the vessel.

The crucial test is within the first few hours sometime in the middle of this month when heavy-duty winches on the multipurpose diving support vessel Rockwater 2 begin to lift the 750-ton Ehime Maru from a depth of 2,000 feet.

Rear Adm. William Klemm, Pacific Fleet deputy chief of staff for maintenance, said yesterday the big question is whether "the structural integrity" of the 190-foot Ehime Maru can withstand the pressure as it is being raised from the ocean bottom nine miles ...

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