Editing USS Greeneville (section)

===The ''Ehime Maru'' incident===
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[[File:USS Greeneville (SSN 772) - dry dock Pearl Harbor (1).jpg|thumb|left|The USS ''Greeneville'' at a Hawaiian dry dock in February 2001, following collision.]]

On 9 February 2001, while conducting a main ballast tank blow off the coast of [[Oahu]] while hosting several civilian "distinguished visitors", mainly donors to the Battleship ''Missouri'' Memorial, ''Greeneville'' struck the 191-foot (58 m) Japanese [[fishery]] high school training ship ''Ehime Maru'' (えひめ丸), causing the fishing boat to sink in less than ten minutes with the death of nine crew members, including four high school students.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/02/09/sub.accident.02/ | title=CNN.com – U.S. sub hits Japanese fishing vessel, 10 missing | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411015811/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/02/09/sub.accident.02/ | archive-date=11 April 2005 | date=9 February 2001 | url-status=dead}}</ref> The commander of ''Greeneville'', Commander [[Scott Waddle]], accepted full responsibility for the incident. However, after he faced a [[Naval Board of Inquiry|court of inquiry]], it was decided a full [[court-martial]] would be unnecessary and opted for a non-judicial punishment; Commander Waddle's request to retire was approved for 1 October 2001 with an honorable discharge.<ref>US Navy, Record of Proceedings

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