title: Recovery and identification of the victims of the Ehime Maru/USS Greeneville collision at sea.
abstract: This paper describes the recovery and identification of crew members lost during a collision at sea. On 9 February 2001, south of Honolulu, Hawaii, the Japanese fishing training boat, Ehime Maru was struck by the USS Greeneville (SSN 772), a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine. Witnesses estimate that the vessel sank within 5-10 min after the collision. Nine of the 35 crew members remained unaccounted for after rescue procedures were completed. The U.S. Navy attempted the unprecedented procedure of moving the boat from a depth of 610 m (2000 ft) into shallower waters so that the missing could be located and recovered. Eight of the nine crew members were recovered and identified by their dental records.
authors.affiliation: Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, 310 Worchester Ave., Building 45, Hickam Air Force Base, HI, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Calvin Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shiroma
authors.forename: Kanthi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Von Guenthner
authors.forename: Kenneth N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D002016:Buddhism; D003792:Dental Records; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008889:Military Personnel; D012767:Ships; D013334:Students; D014481:United States