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Article: Navy begins operation to raise Ehime Maru

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July 1, 2001
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More than three dozen Navy divers and technical experts today will board the 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 mission this fall. The Kagawa Maru is docked in Honolulu Harbor this weekend.

Recovery dives are expected to begin in early September, according to the Navy's environmental assessment.

The Navy, after reviewing decades of tide and trade wind data, decided that the August-September period offered the best weather conditions for such an ambitious salvaging operation.

The first phase calls for the heavy-duty Ocean Hercules to do preliminary work, including cutting away two of the ...

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