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SORRY - had web problems and came up jarbled, etc. Here is item which I
wanted to reproduce for you re the great ship now under fire by the
Japanese - figuratively and literally.
Saba
Sent by ChrisAire:
WHO HIT WHO. . .?
THE MYSTERIES OF THE EHIME MARU
Robert D. Morningstar
Morningstar Aerospace
The primary question for investigators is "What was the Ehime Maru,
one of the world's most advanced (and 'stealthy") high tech fishing
vessels, doing in a U.S. military operations area warning zone?
NOTE:
The author completed additional research and suggests readers visit an
ATTACHED PAGE of this assessment for his findings.
Many Questions To Be Answered
The tragic events which occurred off Hawaii on February 9th, 2001,
involving a collision between the attack submarine, U.S.S. Greenville,
and a Japanese fishing vessel, the Ehime Maru, are a signal event in
U.S.-Japanese relations. Although the media has already leaped to a
foregone conclusion of criminal negligence on the part of the captain,
crew and passengers of the U.S.S. Greenville, many questions remain
regarding the sinking of the Ehime Maru.
The primary question for this investigator is "What was the Ehime Maru,
one of the world's most advanced (and 'stealthy") high tech fishing
vessels, doing in a U.S. military operations area warning zone bearing
down at top speed on a submerged U.S. Navy attack sub?"
Piranha Attack By Media
The piranha-like attack of the press and news media on the captain,
Commander Scott Waddle, the crew of the U.S.S. Greenville, and a group
of civilians aboard the sub, members of the U.S.S. Missouri Memorial
Association, was so vicious, slanted and one-sided that I felt compelled
to communicate my concerns about fairness and due process to the
National Transportation Board. I brought to the attention of the NTSB
important information regarding the Ehime Maru.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert D Morningstar
To: (name withheld) @ntsb gov
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:08 PM
Subject: Submarine-Fishing Boat Collision
Dear Sir:
I'm writing in regard to the recent accident which occurred off Hawaii
recently and which is the subject of a current NTSB investigation. I
really hate it when the Navy makes a captain swing in the wind to save
face in international politics.
On behalf of Commander Waddle getting a "fair shake", I would like to
point out that the Japanese government often disguises spying operations
and R&D operations as "fishing explorations" or student projects. The
development of stealth technology at sea is not unheard of in our day
and age. The fishing vessel could very easily have been "stalking" the
submarine. Was it really correct for the Japanese fishing vessel, an
advanced oceanic laboratory, to be operating in a U.S. Navy military
operations area warning zone?
However, the major point I am going to make is in regard to the type of
propeller on the fishing vessel. If this propeller was milled using an
advanced propeller milling technology, which our country shared with the
Japanese in the 1980's, it is possible that the frequency produced by
such a propeller could be stealthily quiet. Furthermore, if its
frequency was a harmonic of that of the submarine's screw, its frequency
could have been cancelled out by the frequency of the submarine's
propeller resonating through the sea at harmonic levels.
It is possible that the Japanese were testing an undersea
noise-canceling technology similar to those we have in aviation
headsets. The sound of the screws of the sub and the fishing vessel
could have been made to cancel each other out.
Another distinct possibility exists, i.e., that the fishing vessel had
turned off its engines to listen for the submarine (or whales) and was
in fact tracking it but not expecting it to breach suddenly through the
surface as it did. (Author's note: this can now be ruled out as it is
known that the Ehime Maru was moving at nearly top speed when she struck
the submarine.)
All these avenues should be investigated before condemning the captain
of the USS Greenville, Commander Scott Waddle.
Sincerely,
Robert Morningstar
P.S. During the 1980's, we developed and shared an advanced CAD/CAM
propeller milling technology with Japan which made our submarines
super-quiet and which could not be easily heard by the Russians. Law
prohibited its transfer to Eastern Block nations. The Russian's
propellers were loud, clunky things, which we could hear from the East
Coast coming through Gibraltar easily. In 1987, Toshiba Corporation
illegally transferred this technology to USSR by way of a Norwegian
intermediary. Since then I have avoided doing any business with or using
Toshiba products, computers or otherwise."
Friends And Patriots
After posting a copy to a friend in Louisville,
Kentucky, I was surprised to receive his response requesting permission
to post the letter more widely. I agreed and posted the letter to AFPN
(American Friends and Patriots Network) and other organizations. The
response was heartening, encouraging me to pursue the investigation
further. Many Navy supporters (and some critics) bombarded me with
questions and comments. Many of them were very cogent and insightful.
One of the most interesting came from a retired Navy officer, who wrote:
"Robert,
This morning's Newark Star Ledger showed the damage to sub. It was a
large dent, portside, approximately amidships, around her waterline. She
was obviously hit by the trawler, not vice-versa. Let's raise the
trawler to see if she had a standard fisherman's prop, and see if she
sustained bow damage from the collision. (Name withheld on request)
This intriguing observation drew my attention to the actual damage
suffered by each ship. My question remained: "What was the Ehime Maru
doing 2 miles into a 4-mile wide U.S. Navy military operations area
warning zone?" An e-mail correspondence began between this officer and
myself. In a series of e-mail exchanges we pursued the details and
discussed the damage seen in videos released by CNN.
Suspicions Confirmed
The many friends and patriots who responded to my letter to the NTSB
regarding the collision between the USS Greenville and the Ehime Maru
will be interested to know that we have confirmed my original suspicions
regarding the propulsion system of the Ehime Maru.
Unique Scrapes and Scars
One of the most intriguing clues to the accident was to be seen in the
unique scrapes, score marks and jagged metal we observed on the hull of
the USS Greenville just behind the sail or conning tower.
The pattern indicated that the Ehime Maru had struck the submarine
amidships, with her keel skating along the hull of the sub, and leaving
two sets of unique marks. One was a straight linear scrape scored deeply
into the metal of the submarine indicating where the keel had cut a
groove much like an ice skate. The other was an intriguing. A strange
arching, parabolic mark circumscribed the linear scrape. We could not at
first explain the origin of the remarkable parabola. My colleague
thought it might have been caused by propellers, I thought it might have
been that that Ehime Maru skated on her keel onto the submarine then
rolled on her left port bow. I theorized that in sliding off the rising
submarine the hull of Ehime Maru had caused the parabolic scrape to the
hull. Neither explanation was satisfactory. Only later did I realize
another possible explanation for these unique marks.
Ehime Maru, launched in 1996, possessed one of the most advanced
propulsion systems on earth. In addition to props and rudders which
could be configured to many varieties and combinations of prop pitch and
rudder angles, Ehime Maru also had "bow thrusters", which gave her near
"standstill" capability coupled by her computerized fiber optic network
to her GPS (Global Positioning System).
Ehime's Amazing Maneuverability
Ehime Maru had amazing maneuverability. But the most interesting thing I
have discovered is that the Ehime Maru may have had a secret hydrofoil
capability (see Emilio Largo's "Disco Volante" in James Bond's
"Thunderball").
The reader may recall that in the 007 film the yacht, "Disco Volante",
was camouflaged inside a cocoon which hid her hydrofoil. My analysis of
the US Navy video shows a structure under the stern of Ehime Maru on
which she came to rest. The stern of Ehime Maru is not touching bottom.
This supporting structure bears a remarkable resemblance to a hydrofoil
support system or, possibly, a "winged rudder" with props attached. This
writer had the opportunity to ride in large, Russian-made hydrofoils
from the Adriatic islands to Split, on the coast of Yugoslavia in 1972
so I am familiar with their construction, positions and appearance.
Is The Ehime A Hydrofoil?
If Ehime Maru were equipped with hydrofoils, the impact and violent
collapse of a hydrofoil would explain the strange elliptical mark on the
hull of the USS Greenville. It also explains how the Ehime Maru was able
to leave the clean, linear scrape of the keel on the submarine's hull.
I am now convinced that Ehime Maru was not just observing (spying) but
actively "sub chasing". In which case, it would have made no difference
at all when or where the USS Greenville surfaced, the Ehime Maru would
have been over or near the sub wherever Captain Scott Waddle and his
crew chose to surface. Ironically, in the waters around Pearl Harbor,
the fatal error may have been due to the element of surprise. No one on
the Ehime Maru could have predicted or expected the sub to surface so
rapidly. Possessing the world's most advanced sonar and electronic
fishing gear, designed to track large and small schools of fish, Ehime
Maru was most certainly able to track something so unique and fleet as a
Los Angeles class attack submarine which is much bigger than a school of
tuna. Instead of avoiding the submerged ship's track, Ehime Maru
converged and crossed it at high speed. Could the captain of the Ehime
Maru have confused the USS Greenville for a school of tuna (or were they
after dolphins)?
Other mysteries remain. Why was it that Captain Waddle could neither see
Ehime Maru visually nor pick up a radar signal with the periscope radar?
Furthermore, the sonar signature picked up 71 minutes before the
collision was so small that the sonar man originally believed it was a
small boat. The Washington Times, quoting an anonymous source reported
on February 21st: "The sonar's "signal-to-noise ratio" suggested the
profile of a coastal fishing boat too small to be operating nine miles
off the Hawaiian coast, said the source close to the Navy's ongoing
investigation. The ratio is a measure of how much signal is discernible
against a background of other ocean noises." (Author's emphasis)
An article in the New York Times reporting the accident on February 10th
noted:
"When conducting drills in which the crew practices surfacing rapidly,
officers are told to make sure the area is clear, and then to submerge
and resurface within a short enough time so that no surface ship would
be able to wander into the exercise zone... An emergency drill would
ordinarily take only a few minutes, from a depth of perhaps 100 feet, a
Navy official said. In that time, only a very fast craft could wander
into a zone that had been found to be clear, and even that would be
unlikely." (Author's emphasis)
Stealth Capability Of The Ehime Maru
These details suggest to me that Ehime Maru had stealth capability and
could disguise both her radar image and sonar signal to confuse
technicians on other ships.
Why would a "fishing boat" need to do that?
Comment
This analysis was written on behalf of Captain Scott Waddle and in
support of the crew and passengers aboard USS Greenville, all of who had
the duty and the right to be there.
The Author
Robert D. Morningstar is a computer systems and imaging specialist
living in New York City. He graduated from Power Memorial Academy (1967)
and received degree in psychology from Fordham University ('74).
Morningstar is also a private pilot and a FAA licensed Instrument Ground
Instructor (IGI). In 1999, RDM was elected to The U.S. Naval Institute
and to The Navy League of the United States in 2000. His biography has
been listed in "Who's Who in the East" since 1990.
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