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Scott Waddle was the commander of the U.S. submarine Greeneville when it sank the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii on Feb. 9, killing nine people. Waddle was relieved of his command, and this week he faces a Navy court of inquiry into the episode. Though he has been advised by his lawyer not to discuss the events leading up to the collision, he spoke to TIME's Los Angeles bureau chief Terry McCarthy about the aftermath, his feelings and the controversy over making apologies to the families of the deceased...
...while the fact that this technician didn't report that he thought the Ehime Maru was nearby is certainly significant, it wasn't the fatal error that caused the collision...
...Navy doesn't hold public inquiries very often. But after the deadly February 9 collision between the submarine USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru, which left nine Japanese passengers missing and presumed dead, it quickly became clear that nothing less than a full-scale inquiry would...
...Once there, the skipper ordered the blow. A pair of landlubbers--overseen by sailors--had their hands on the controls that guide the submarine and empty its ballast tanks during the rapid ascent. But it was physics, not civilians, that shot the submarine to the surface. The Ehime Maru--half as long as the 360-ft. sub and only 7% of the weight--didn't stand a chance. The impact only scratched the submarine's hull. Although the public of both Japan and the U.S. were surprised at the presence of civilians on the Greeneville, the Navy routinely invites dignitaries...
...arranged by retired Admiral Richard Macke, who was forced to resign in 1996 after suggesting that three U.S. servicemen who raped a 12-year-old Japanese girl should have hired a prostitute instead. And this wasn't the first time a U.S. Navy submarine sank a ship named Ehime Maru: another U.S. sub had sunk a freighter by the same name during World...