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Article: Navy readies sunken Ehime Maru for move
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
- Article date:
- July 18, 2001
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Gregg K. Kakesako
Working round-the-clock offshore of Diamond Head, the Navy has begun the task of clearing the decks of the Japanese fishing training vessel Ehime Maru.
Preparing to move the vessel to a shallow recovery site near the Honolulu Airport reef runway in late August, the 266-foot Ocean Hercules began the job of cutting Ehime Maru's guy wires and communication wires from one of the vessel's three masts Saturday night.
The Ocean Hercules arrived Saturday at the site nine miles south of Diamond Head. The Ehime Maru is sitting upright on the muddy bottom of the Pacific 2,000 feet down.
The ...