Amagisan Maru - 天城山丸Micronesia,Asia
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Amagisan
Maru was a cargo and passenger steamer built by Mitsui
Bussan Kaisha and was launched for Mitsui Line in Kobe in
1933. She sailed on the company route between Japan to USA
route, and after Japan joined the Axis powers in World War
Two, she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy
as a military transport. She was torpedoed and damaged by
the American submarine USS Swordfish in February 1942, but
limped into Rabaul for emergency repairs. She was also
damaged by airplanes the year after, before she sailed
together with three other merchant steamers to Truk in
February 1944. While at anchor she was hit by bombs and
torpedoes from American dive bombers from USS Bunker
Hill 17. February 1944. The wreck was found in the early
1970's and rest today standing on her keel with a listing
towards port side on a depth of 27 to 55 meter southwest
of Uman Island.
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| 7°17'27.5"N 151°51'53.2"E Last updated: June 2020 |
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