USS Greeneville Back On Active Duty
Ehime Maru Recovery Ship Returns To Site
POSTED: 3:19 p.m. HST August 23, 2001
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PEARL HARBOR, Oahu, Hawaii -- A U.S. Navy submarine which rammed and sank a Japanese fishing vessel six months ago off Oahu is on its first major deployment since the accident.
The USS Greeneville began its six-month Western Pacific deployment Aug. 15 with almost its entire crew intact, except for its former captain, Cmdr. Scott Waddle. The nuclear-attack submarine is now commanded by Cmdr. David Bogdan, the former executive officer of the USS Topeka.
Waddle is now on the Pacific Submarine Force staff awaiting his retirement orders, expected to take effect in October.
The Greeneville was nine miles south of Diamond Head when it collided with the Ehime Maru Feb. 9. Nine boys and men aboard the Japanese vessel were lost in the collision.
The Navy is working to move the Ehime Maru to shallower water so divers can search for the bodies. The salvage ship Rockwater Two returned to the site of the wreckage Thursday with new equipment, after the Navy's initial plan to raise and move the ship failed.
Previous Stories:
- August 23, 2001: Ehime Maru Recovery Hits Snag
- August 21, 2001: Japanese Sub Joins Ehime Maru Salvage
- August 16, 2001: Divers Practice Ehime Maru Recovery
- August 8, 2001: Salvage Ship Arrives At Wreckage Site
- July 21, 2001: Teams Blast Ehime Maru's Mast
- July 14, 2001: Ehime Maru Recovery Ship Arrives In Honolulu
- July 2, 2001: Japanese Ship Helps Navy Salvage Operation
- June 16, 2001: Report: Ehime Maru Can Be Safely Raised
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