The new Ehime Maru, built to replace the fisheries training ship that sank in a collision with a U.S. submarine in February 2001, was given a welcome ceremony when it arrived Tuesday morning in Hawaii.
Local fireboats conducted a tail-water salute for the vessel as it entered the port of Honolulu under clear skies.
The new Ehime Maru left Ehime Prefecture's Uwajima port May 7 for a two-month training mission involving 14 Uwajima Fisheries High School students, two teachers and 20 crew members. On Monday, Uwajima Fisheries Principal Kazumitsu Joko flew to Hawaii to join the students and crew.