New Ehime Maru met with aloha
The new Ehime Maru sailed into Honolulu Harbor yesterday, a bright white replica of a painful memory. On Feb. 9, 2001, its predecessor was rammed by a surfacing nuclear submarine, killing nine people aboard the Japanese fisheries training vessel. See story.
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The new Ehime Maru from Uwajima, Japan, sails into port at Honolulu Harbor yesterday amid a salute by the Honolulu Fire Department's Moku Ahi boat.
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The new Ehime Maru waits outside of Honolulu Harbor to be escorted by a small flotilla of local vessels. Its predecessor was sunk by the USS Greeneville in February 2001.
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The Honolulu Fire Department's Moku Ahi boat escorts the new Ehime Maru as the fisheries vessel from Uwajima, Japan, sails into port.
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The crew of the new Ehime Maru gather at the bow of the ship to watch the Moku Ahi water show.
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The new Ehime Maru docks at the Aloha Tower Marketplace during its maiden voyage yesterday.
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The crew of students and staff from Uwajima Fisheries High School gather at Pier 9 for a welcome ceremony organized by the Japan-America Society of Hawai'i.
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Kazumitsu Joko, principal of the Uwajima Fisheries High School, stands dockside at Pier 9 to welcome the students arriving at Honolulu Harbor.
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Kazumitsu Joko, left, speaks with Daisuke Shinoto, who survived the sinking of the original Ehime Maru in February 2001, at the harbor.
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Daisuke Shinoto, who survived the Ehime Maru tragedy and was a crew member of the new Ehime Maru, speaks to a group of reporters following the welcome ceremony.
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Students aboard the new Ehime Maru fisheries vessel from Japan wave to well-wishers gathered at Honolulu Harbor this morning.
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