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November 2001
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| 'USNS Sumner' Aids In Recovery Of Sunken Training Vessel 'Ehime Maru' | |
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First Officer Charles Reina, BOSN Art Cross and AB Collins Agyemang
prepare the apparatus the USNS Sumner used to track currents during the
transfer of the Ehime Maru to the shallow water recovery site.
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The USNS Sumner, a Military Sealift Command vessel (T-AGS 61) manned in all
licensed positions by American Maritime Officers, filled a crucial role in
the recent recovery and relocation of the Japanese fisheries training
vessel Ehime Maru near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Ehime Maru sank Feb. 9 when the U.S. submarine USS Greeneville collided with it approximately nine miles south of Oahu. The Greeneville was demonstrating an emergency surfacing maneuver for the benefit of civilian guests during routine operations when its stern gashed the hull of the 190-foot training vessel. |
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