Seniors at a Japanese high school graduated Thursday as military teams consider who to raise the school's sunken Japanese fishing.

USS GREENEVILLE

Commissioned: Feb. 16, 1996

Los Angeles-class attack nuclear submarine

Homeported in Pearl Harbor in March 1997

Max crew: 130

EHIME MARU

Specs:

499 tons

190.8 feet long

30.5 feet wide

Max crew: 76

Cmdr. Scott Waddle's Statement To Japanese People
Underwater Video Of Ehime Maru
First Radio Transmission
Fund Set Up For Ehime Maru Victims

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Four of the students from the Ehime Maru remain missing and are presumed dead. They were remembered at their school's graduation ceremony. The missing attended the Uwajima Fishery High School and were on board the school's training vessel when it sank. As the Uwajima principal addressed the crowd, he pointed out four empty seats in the room for the missing students. "The nine people are still missing," principal Ietaka Horita said. "I pray they remain alive as strong men living with the ocean. The fact the submarine made an emergency surfacing maneuver without safely checking above is what I cannot forgive." Adm. William Fallon of also attended the ceremony to express his apologies to the students and their families. "I was sent by President Bush to be his personal representative to convey his apologies and his profound sorrow for that of the American government, the United States Navy and all the people of America, for the tragic loss that you have suffered," Fallon said. The families of the missing crew members are adament about having the ship raised from the ocean floor. While Fallon has finished his round of apologies in Japan, the U.S. Navy is preparing to begin its highest form of investigation. The court of inquiry is expected to start at Pearl Harbor on Monday. Previous Stories:

• March 1, 2001: Waddle: 'Part Of Me Died' In Collision
• March 1, 2001: Carlisle, Donohue Among Sub Guests
• February 27, 2001: Japan: Bush Considering Salvage Of Sunken Ship
• February 26, 2001: Waddle Has 'Sincere Regret' About Collision
• February 25, 2001: Sub Investigation Could Widen
• February 22, 2001: Navy Court Of Inquiry Could Be Delayed
• February 20, 2001: Navy Likely To Raise Ehime Maru
• February 20, 2001: Sub Mishap Survivors Still Haunted
• February 19, 2001: Sucess Of Raising Ehime Maru 'Questionable'
• February 19, 2001: Robot Sub Hauled Out For Repairs
• February 19, 2001: Tennessee Town Supports Sub Crew
• February 16, 2001: Search Continues While NTSB Interviews Sub Crew
• February 15, 2001: Police Warn Of Sub Victim Fund Scam
• February 15, 2001: Japanese Outraged Over Sub Revelation
• February 15, 2001: Two Island Residents On Greeneville
• February 15, 2001: Help Identify The Civilians On The Sub
• February 14, 2001: Sub Captain Could Face Criminal Inquiry