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Two More Bodies Found In Sunken Ship

First Victim Identified As Radio Officer

UPDATED: 10:20 pm HST October 17, 2001

U.S. Navy divers located two more bodies late Wednesday inside the wrecked Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru.

Ehime Maru WreckageBecause of limited daylight, divers were able to remove only one of the bodies before sunset. The Navy says that the divers will remove the second body when searching resumes Thursday morning.

The Navy has so far discovered three bodies inside the vessel (pictured, right), which sank into 2,000 feet of Pacific Ocean water Feb. 9 after being struck by the submarine USS Greeneville. Six others crewmembers remain missing.

Hirotaka SegawaThe first body was discovered and removed Tuesday. He was identified as Hirotaka Segawa (pictured, left), 60, one of five adults lost with the ship. Segawa was the ship's chief radio officer.

An autopsy determined that he drowned. He was identified through dental records.

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Navy officials said that they expect divers to be able to recover five to seven bodies from the ship, which now sits in 115 feet of water a mile off the Honolulu Airport reef runway.

They said that other victims may have been swept away when the vessel was rammed from underneath Feb. 9 by the rapidly surfacing submarine USS Greeneville.

Divers have searched less than 10 percent of the ship so far, according to the Navy.

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