Navy Pays $11M For Sub Accident

A local government signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy on Wednesday to receive compensation for last year's sinking of a fisheries training boat by a U.S. submarine, officially cementing the $11.47 million pact.

Signing for the Ehime prefectural (state) government was Vice Gov. Nobuyoshi Yano. The Navy had signed the agreement earlier, U.S. officials said.

The compensation covers the vessel, equipment, cargo, crew salaries, mobilization and response costs, mental health care for the survivors and the costs for a memorial service, the Navy said in a statement.

The package does not include compensation for survivors and the families of the nine who died, which is still being negotiated.

"The U.S. Navy continues to work closely with the survivors and the families of those who lost loved ones to ensure fair compensation will be provided to them as well," the Navy said in a statement.

Nine of 35 Uwajima Fisheries High School students, teachers and crew aboard the vessel Ehime Maru died when the nuclear-powered USS Greeneville surfaced beneath the fishing trawler on Feb. 9, 2001, off Hawaii.