U.S. influence
Honolulu, HAWAII — As disputes over incursions by fishing fleets spread south through the Pacific Ocean, so too the face of maritime patrols is changing. Cook Islands News editor Jonathan Milne reports from Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.
I lower myself through the black hatch on the top of the USS Tucson...

![The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770) transits the East Sea while leading a 13-ship formation. [photo: US Navy] The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_tucson_2.jpg?itok=HxXseQsB)