In the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture, it became impossible to navigate on its own and was towed by a private vessel to the sea off the coast of Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture on the 15th. Docked at the shipyard.

In the future, the Japan Coast Guard will investigate the condition of the hull in detail.

On the 10th of this month, in the Seto Inland Sea off Suo-Oshima Island in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's escort ship "Inazuma" became unable to navigate on its own due to part of the screw blade falling off.



The escort ship completed the work to plug the oil leak, was towed by two private vessels on the 15th, and moved for the first time in five days, arriving at the sea off Innoshima, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture after more than nine hours. rice field.



The escort ship was towed again on the 16th, and was towed by a private ship from the offshore sea, and at around 2:30 p.m.



The Japan Coast Guard suspected that the escort ship had deviated from the route and touched shallow water, and is investigating the suspicion of business negligence. I will look into it.