Dive Site - Sankisan Maru
| Dive Site - Sankisan Maru | |||
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| Sankisan Maru | Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon) | ||
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| Federated States of Micronesia |  |
27 m | Advanced Open Water |
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| - | Salt | 0 m | |
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| 7° 17.640′ N 7.294° N 7° 17′ 38.4″ N |
151° 51.960′ E 151.866° E 151° 51′ 57.6″ E |
Google Map | WGS84 |
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| The Sankisan Maru was a medium sized freighter. Tonnage: 4,776. Length: 112 metres. Beam: 15.8 metres. Launched: 29 January 1942. This small to medium sized freighter with brimming holds of ordinance and ammunition, was originally anchored close off Uman Island’s west shores, cowering close to other larger empty ships drawing the American’s main concentration of bombs and torpedos. Her Captain wisely gathered his crew to shore, abandoning their floating bomb. She received a hit in the aft hold, which detonated its cargo of ordnances, and blew the ship apart, devastating the midship superstructure in the process. The stern frame sits upright at crater bottom of 49 metres (160 ft) supported by two propeller blades, rudder, and severed shaft. The foreship remains nearly intact, draped in magnificent shrouds of hard and soft corals with every hue of tiny fish swimming in and out. One forward hold is nearly half filled with machine gun and rifle shells originally securely boxed, but today divers have pried most crates open, leaving a huge array of lethal materials spread loosely throughout. Location GPS coordinates from Thorfinn.net. Accuracy unknown. See also: https://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=241 |
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