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...Washington adopted a hard line, waging a diplomatic battle for more than a week to avoid an apology to Beijing for a crash the Pentagon claims was caused by the Chinese pilot in the first place. The U.S., of course, apologized profusely to Tokyo over the Ehime Maru. The ship was on a harmless holiday cruise, and Japan is the main military ally of the U.S. in Asia. And so now, while Osborn is hailed for his cool-headed actions, Waddle, once expected to be a model of the Navy's new heroes, faces still more ignominy...
...official report from the three admirals who took testimony from 33 witnesses at last month's court of inquiry into the sinking of the Japanese ship has now been handed to Admiral Thomas Fargo, chief of the Pacific Fleet. On the basis of their report, Fargo must decide whether to submit Waddle to a court-martial or give him some lesser form of Navy punishment. One possibility: an administrative proceeding known as an admiral's mast, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 days of confinement to quarters, 60 days of restricted duty and forfeiture of a month...
...gone down to 400 ft. and shot back again in a rapid-surfacing maneuver known as an "emergency blow"--directly underneath the Ehime Maru. As it broke the surface, the Greeneville's HY 80 steel rudder, specially reinforced to punch through ice, ripped open the stern of the Japanese ship. "When I put up the periscope after the collision and increased magnification, I saw all those little people tumbling in the water. I felt disbelief, regret, remorse, anxiety, rage, denial...This was something I had no control over. I couldn't change what happened. As a man who exercised control...
...bookwork both at school and during his time at the Academy. But no effort was too great if it meant earning the respect and praise of others. His ascent was spectacular. Very soon after he passed his engineer's exam in the Navy in 1985 and returned to his ship, the Trident submarine U.S.S. Alabama, the captain, Garnett Beard, said he was sending the regular engineer on leave and putting Waddle in charge of the nuclear reactor plant that powers the submarine. "Do you know what that did to me?" says Waddle, reliving the thrill of an old success...
...Submarine Fleet. This was why the Navy chose it to play host to civilians on the Distinguished Visitor Program. Commander Reid Tanaka, who was captain of the U.S.S. Charlotte, a sister submarine to the Greeneville, said he saw himself in "friendly competition" with Waddle. "I would look at his ship and think that if I could get my crew to do some of the things his crew would do--boy, that would be great...