San Fransisco Maru
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San
Fransisco Maru is one of many wrecks in Chuuk lagoon that
was sunk during the ferocious American assaults under
second world war. She laid at anchor in Truk lagoon loaded
with military equipment when she was attacked
several times 16.February 1944 by American air planes. A
250 kg bomb hit her mid ship, and she started to leak. She
slowly went down, fully loaded with military equipment,
ammunition and vehicles. The wreck was found in 1969 by
Jaques Cousteau and is often called " The Million Dollar
Wreck " because of the cargo she carried. She laid herself
to rest on a depth of approximately 42 to 60 meter. On the
deck you can see remains of trucks, type 97 Chi-Ha tanks.
and in the the cargo there are loads of mines, torpedoes,
bombs, artillery, weapons, ammunition, airplane motors and
mechanical parts.
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 Picture: San Fransisco Maru Courtesy of Dr Shane Currie Last updated: August 2019 |
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