Dive Site - IJN Sutsuki - Patrol Boat 34
| Dive Site - IJN Sutsuki - Patrol Boat 34 | |||
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| IJN Sutsuki - Patrol Boat 34 | Chuuk Lagoon (Truk Lagoon) | ||
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| Federated States of Micronesia |  |
18 m | Open Water |
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| - | Salt | 0 m | |
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| 7° 22.212′ N 7.370194° N 7° 22′ 12.7″ N |
151° 51.460′ E 151.857672° E 151° 51′ 27.62″ E |
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| 323 | 332 | |||
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| The IJN Sutsuki (also spelt Susuki) is a Former Momi-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the early 1920s in 1921 by Ishikawajima Zoensho at Tokyo. She was 84 metres long and displaced 935 tons. Originally one of the fastest ships of their period, they were top heavy at high speed, and could only be used as second class destroyers or torpedo boats. Displacement: 935 tons Length: 280 feet Beam: 26 feet Engine: 2 turbines, 2 shafts Max Speed: 35 kmots Mission: Transport Crew: 110 During Ops Hailstone, several US planes reported damage from brisk anti-aircraft fire when passing over the Fefan /Tonoas Channel and was verified to be arising from the anchored Sutsuki, near Tonoas’s west shores. A bevy of US aircraft joined to remove the menace and she went down very quickly under their intense attack, as reported later by a Wing Commander of USS Bunker Hill’s torpedo squadron. The IJN Sutsuki is now found a few hundred metres from the western shore of Dublon Island in Chuuk Lagoon. It has a slight list to port and the bow is only a few metres below the surface. The sand under the stern is about 15 metres. She has a repaired false bow and guns removed. Location GPS coordinates from Thorfinn.net. Accuracy unknown. See also: https://www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/viewpage.php?page_id=238 |
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