Japanese Stop Search For Ehime Maru Victim
Navy To Prepare Ship For Final Move
POSTED: 8:00 p.m. HST November 15, 2001
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HONOLULU -- The search for the last missing crew member who went down with the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru officially ended Thursday when Japanese divers completed their last dive in the sunken ship.
Divers from the Japanese Government had been spending the past week surveying the ship after U.S. Navy divers spent three weeks looking for the nine men and boys who were lost when the Ehime Maru was struck by the submarine USS Greeneville on Feb. 9.
The Navy found eight bodies. Divers said they are confident the body of Takeshi Mizuguchi, 17, is not on board.
Navy crews are preparing the Ehime Maru to be towed to its final resting place 12 miles south of Barbers Point (see map, below), where it will rest in 6,000 feet of water. A fuel tank must be emptied before the vessel can be moved.
Divers from the Japanese Government had been spending the past week surveying the ship after U.S. Navy divers spent three weeks looking for the nine men and boys who were lost when the Ehime Maru was struck by the submarine USS Greeneville on Feb. 9.
The Navy found eight bodies. Divers said they are confident the body of Takeshi Mizuguchi, 17, is not on board.
Navy crews are preparing the Ehime Maru to be towed to its final resting place 12 miles south of Barbers Point (see map, below), where it will rest in 6,000 feet of water. A fuel tank must be emptied before the vessel can be moved.
Previous Stories:
- November 8, 2001: Navy's Search Of Ehime Maru Ends
- November 1, 2001: Diving Resumes For Ehime Maru Victims
- October 20, 2001: Divers Recover More Bodies From Ehime Maru
- October 19, 2001: Fourth Body Found In Ehime Maru
- October 18, 2001: Two More Bodies Found In Sunken Ship
- October 17, 2001: First Body Found Inside Ehime Maru
- October 15, 2001: Ehime Maru Reaches New Resting Place
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