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Sunday, 18 February, 2001, 15:11 GMT
In pictures: The tragedy of the Ehime Maru
Anger was aroused in Japan over the sinking of a fishing trawler by an American nuclear submarine, killing nine people. The commander of the American submarine was reprimanded at a final hearing into the accident and forced to retire from the US Navy.


The sunken Japanese fishing vessel, Ehime Maru
The US navy released pictures of the submerged trawler

Japanese relatives of the missing
The Japanese relatives want the bodies to be recovered

Navy cruiser USS Port Royal
The US navy cruiser USS Port Royal is led the search

Japan's Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Seishiro Eto
Japan government minister Seishiro Eto en route to the site

The unmanned Navy submersible, Deep Drone, on the deck of the USS Salvor
An unmanned submersible being prepared to search for the wreck

Another image of the submerged trawler
Nine people died when the Ehime Maru sank

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