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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 US navy released pictures of the submerged trawler
![]() The Japanese relatives want the bodies to be recovered
![]() The US navy cruiser USS Port Royal is led the search
![]() Japan government minister Seishiro Eto en route to the site
![]() An unmanned submersible being prepared to search for the wreck
![]() Nine people died when the Ehime Maru sank
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