San Fransisco Maru
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San
Franisco Maru is one of many wrecks in Truk sunk during
the ferocious air assaults on the Micronesian Islands
during second world war. She laid at anchor in Truk loaded
with military material when she 16.February 1944 was
attacked repeatedly by American planes. A 250 kg bomb hit
mid ship, and she started to leak. She slowly disappeared
in the deep, taking with her the large amount of military
equipment. 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 42 to 60 meter. On the deck you can see remains
of trucks, type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. In the the cargo holds,
mines, torpedoes, bombs, artillery, anti tank weapons,
ammunition, airplane motors, mechanical parts and more.
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 Picture: San Fransisco Maru Originally from skovheim.org Courtesy of Dr Shane Currie  Last updated: August 2019 |
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