41.   No other details of the two ships were available.

42.   One Navy officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it appeared from initial reports that the two ships made contact in their stern areas.

43.   So everyone closely watched how the two ships were greeted in Fuzhou and Xiamen, the cities in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian.

44.   So, everyone planned to closely watch how the two ships were be greeted in Fuzhou and Xiamen, cities in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian.

45.   The crew members thought they were following the other ship but instead were heading toward it, and rammed head-on before sinking, local police said.

46.   The commander also did not raise his periscope high enough or look long enough to see the other ship.

47.   The collision caused a hole in the Greimerath and triggered a minor fuel leak, but the other two ships were not damaged.

48.   The fire on the two ships was still raging at mid-morning.

49.   The first meeting between the crews on the two ships had to wait for two hours after the linkup to ensure there were no leaks in the docking tunnel.

50.   The Japanese government provided the two ships.