In January, a Maritime Self-Defense Force escort vessel ran into shallow water in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture and became unable to navigate, and five days later it was towed by a civilian vessel, and the Japan Coast Guard decided to send documents to the captain and three others at the time on suspicion of negligent traffic in the near future, as they had instructed the vessel to change its route without sufficient consideration of safety aspects, according to interviews with people involved in the investigation.
In January, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's escort ship Inazuma, which was conducting a test voyage in the Seto Inland Sea, ran into shallow water off the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture and was unable to navigate on its own, and five days later it was towed by a civilian vessel and moved.
As a result of the investigation by the Japan Coast Guard by asking the crew about the situation at the time, the captain of the "Inazuma" at the time instructed the ship to change its course without sufficiently considering safety aspects, and another officer did not check the obstacles on the charts, etc., and the cause of the accident was three people. Interviews with people involved in the investigation revealed that the company has decided to send documents to the prosecution on suspicion of negligent traffic in the near future.
Regarding this accident, the Maritime Self-Defense Force has compiled the results of the investigation that the command and supervision were inappropriate, and it is expected that it will take several years to repair the escort ship, and the cost will be about 1 billion yen.