Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — If granted "testimonial immunity," the captain of the attack submarine Greeneville promised Thursday persuasively to refute assertions that he hastily ignored safety procedures in the moments before the sub's deadly collision with a Japanese fishing vessel. Through his attorney, Cmdr. Scott Waddle offered to provide a court of inquiry with details about the Feb. 9 accident that "no other witness is able to testify to."
In a letter to Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander of the Pacific Fleet, Waddle's attorney said that without the captain's testimony the families of the nine crew members and fishing students killed aboard the trawler will never be able to fully understand the accident. One of Fargo's stated reasons for convening a court of inquiry was to provide a full explanation to the Japanese.
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