12月16日,撞沉日本“爱媛”号实习船的美国海军“格林维尔”号潜艇艇长瓦德尔的律师,在日本首都东京代表艇长出席一个记者招待会。瓦德尔原定将于12月15日到日本立宇和岛对“爱媛”号事件表示道歉 。去年2月10日上午,在距夏威夷瓦胡岛约16公里海面上,正在浮出水面的“格林维尔”号核潜艇同日本爱媛县立宇和岛水产高中“爱媛”号实习船相撞,“爱媛”号沉入深达550米的海底,船上35人中7人死亡。新华社发Charles R. Gittins, the attorney who represented retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Scott Waddle, speaks during a press conference at Foreign Press Center in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 16, 2002. Gittins accompanying Waddle, the former captain of the nuclear submarine USS Greenville that collided with Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru carrying 35 teachers, students and crew from Uwajima Fisheries High School on Feb. 9. 2001 off the coast of Hawaii, killing nine, blasted the U.S. Navy for obstructing his efforts to pay his respects. Waddle, Gittins and another lawyer visited Uwajima in Ehime state, about 670 kilometers (420 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Sunday and returned to Tokyo earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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