1.  A maritime spokesman said weather conditions would determine the outcome.

2.  Maritime spokesman David Gray said many other sailors were injured, with dislocated shoulders, broken legs, cuts and bruises.

3.  Maritime Self-Defense Force spokesman Masato Komine said that the matter was under consideration but declined to comment further.

4.  Maritime Administration spokesman John N. Swank said the subsidy request, formally filed last fall, is still pending.

5.  Maritime spokesman David Gray said many other sailors had suffered injuries.