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Machine Gun Shells & Airplane Wings In Hold 1 YUBAE MARU 344' (105m), 3,217-ton Army Cargo Ship sunk onto a hill and slid accessible galley and mess, plus the bridge with
its helm and telegraph. Marine growth makes the
Aircraft in Hold 2 Leneperer 34 aft gun photogenic.
Bridge at 30' (9m) Encrusted Bow Gun Reef downslope while rolling over onto her top side at 120' (36m). The broken structure 54 7 15
Officers Head 749 Pueilap Reef 37
does not permit entry but divers enjoy finding tableware and an anchor nearby. 35 43 NAGANO MARU 344' (105m) length, 50' (15m) beam, 3,824- 10
40
TAIHO MARU 305' (93m), 2,827-ton Cargo Ship lies in 158' (48m) of water ton Pasenger-Cargo Ship lies upright with a slight list to port.
broken in two, with most of the middle obliterated. The aft lies port-side-down, with Due to extreme depth, she is out of range for most divers. She
Top of Stack at 20' (6m) 38 two holds with fuel drums and a photogenic cannon. The bow lies upside down. The Fonow sits at 220' (66m) deep, with her superstructure at 140' (42m),
main attraction is the underwater terrain and marine life.
Rear Mast Just Below Surface and her deck at 165' (50m). Her smoke stack and her forward
mast broken. There is a truck in the forward hold, and the mess
ONE GUN BOAT (DAI NA HINO MARU; HINO MARU NO. 2) Small, 998-ton 4 and galley is full of china, glasses and bottles. The engine room
Cargo Ship was the unofficial "Symbol of Truk Lagoon" with its photogenic bow gun in is accessible for the very rare deep dive groups who go there.
just a few feet of water. Located just offshore west of Uman Island in 3' to 40' (1m to 12m) Bow, stern and anti-aircraft guns are on the ship.
of water, this wreck is good for snorkeling too. The freighter was blown inside out by two Aualap Passage 3 HOKI MARU 450' (137m) , 7,112-ton Cargo Ship was sunk when bombs were 35
Stern Gun bombs midships, so other than the bow little is recognizable. South Passage dropped into a cargo of aviation gasoline, devastating much of the foreship. Hoki
Torpedo Hole 13 1 Maru is the Ex-New Zealand ship M/V Hauraki, captured by the Japanese. She sits
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Prop at 112' (34m) 297 SANKISAN MARU 367' (112m), 4,776-tons Freighter suffered a bomb right Ozoluk Reef upright at 175' (53m) depth, with her deck at 140' (42m), and her superstructure
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284 in an ordinance-filled aft hold, which obliterated her aft end, her aft fragments Faleu Pagura Reef at 110' (33m). Hold 5 is full of bulldozers, trucks, tractors and a steam roller. Hold
scattering into an 80' (24m) deep explosion crater on the 80' deep bottom. Her Paguerion at midship has munitions. The bow and forecastle are still in good shape, but lie
forward end went down upright 600' (183m) away. The deck is 50' (15m) deep, Fourup 34 Passage beyond a debris field separated from the rest of the ship. Brightly colored
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starboard side at 125' (38m), and her accessible s' starts at 65' (20m). The forward holds
with dense soft corals and other marine growth, and with her masts rising Pispis
toward the surface, this is a popular dive with snorkelers. Several trucks chassis
and other cargo remain in hold 2.
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CHUUK ISLANDS & Chuuk Governor's Office/ Fano 329 are full of aircraft supplies and munitions, and her aft is scattered widely.
Chuuk Government Offices
SCALE 56 OJIMA 84
160' (49m), 812-ton Tategami Class Salvage Tug lies broken in two in 120' (36m)

CHUUK LAGOON DETAILS 01 Pizion Passage of water. She was blasted, bent and torn apart by the tremendous explosion that rocked
Miles and sank the Kikukawa Maru. Ojima's own boilers blew up due to the extreme heat. This is
Kurassa Hotel 1188 a deep dive with no penetrations. She was also used for firefighting duties. Scuba divers

01 17 check out the propellers, rudder, troop quarters and engine room at the stern. 640
Faleasioz Reef

Pacific Garden Hotel & Restaurant MOMOKAWA MARU 351' (107m) 43 (15m) beam, 3,8323 0-ton Passenger-Cargo Ship
length, 50'

FSM Telecommunication Corp. Weno Kilometers lists severely to port as she lies in 130' (39m) of water. Her s'structure is at 70' (21m) and her deck at
273 120' (36m), making it accessible to most skilled sport divers. A crude field gun on a swivel adorns
Chuuk Airport (TKK) Ruins Cathedral Church 07010'N her poop deck, and a second gun lies on the sea floor with ammunition. Forward holds are full of
R.S. Plaza Hotel 15 cargo including aircraft parts, artillery shells, and trucks. Fine china still fills the crew's quarters
Ruins 3 and galley. T4h7e bridge helm and engine telegraph are accessible, as is the engine room.
Moen No. 1 Airfield Tonachau Ruins HOKUYO MARU 354' (108m), 4,216-ton Passenger-Cargo Ship rests upright on an even keel in deep

Anderson Field 228m (748') Bou Bay Ruins 1200 waters at 210' (63m), with her deck at 165' (50m), and superstructure at 130' (39m) in the Fourth Fleet
High Tide Hotel & Restaurant RiverPENIESENE Nomenuuk Bay Anchorage. She sports deadly bomb damage port aft and starboard midships, but these holes provide
IRAS Foumew ship access. Depth puts this wreck beyond sport diving limits, and ship peneration at this depth
NANTAKU

Oriental Restaurant (Korean) Historical TUNNUK Ruins PENIA requires training and skill. The helm, binnacle and telegraph are in open water on deck. The highlight
Wichon Falls within is the engine room, which is reached via the boiler room. Forecastle has lush marine life.
Marker Hospital WINIKU NEMWAN OR
Xavier High School This former Japanese SAN FRANCISCO MARU 384' (117m), 5,831-ton Passenger-Cargo Ship is known as "The Million
Public Market Post Office Wicho2n7W8imtip(w9o1n2') WINIPIS Xavier High School communication station is built like a fortress, Dollar Wreck" because it is packed with war stuff, including mines, bombs, munitions, Long Lance 950
Commercial Port NEPUKOS with massive concrete walls and steel window
closures. It is now Micronesia's most prest- torpedoes, and, best of all, a trio of genuine Japanese battle tanks. It also has oil and petrol barrels,
aircraft engines, and trucks. Major damage to the stern indicates that she sank quickly. She sits
Cave & Gun NUKANAP geous high school for the most ambitious upright in water just over 200' (60m) deep, with the shallowest superstructure at 160' (48m), and the
Truk Stop Dock Divers staying at the Truk Truk Stop Hotel & Tonoken PEITIW students from across Micronesia. deck at 175' (53m), making this ship well beyond sport diving limits. It is an advanced, technical,
Stop Hotel or diving with Truk Lagoon Dive Truk Lagoon Dive Center
Center conveniently board their dive boat MWAN 369m (1211') deep dive, with highly trained wreck skills required to explore.
from the hotel dock. EPINUP 763 387 591

RIO DE JANEIRO MARU 463' (141m), 9,626-ton Naval Transport, also used as a Sub Tender, and
formerly a Passenger-Cargo Liner, rests on her starboard side at 115' (35m). The diveable s'structure ranges
Logan Memorial Church from 40'to 80' (12m-24m). The huge bow gun is sagging to the bottom as the fire-gutted bow structure
Treasures Dive Shop Ruins collapses. The stern is in good shape with its big gun, stern helm compass and engine telegraph on the way
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aft (poop deck). Cargo includes beer6bottle in aft hold, and coastal defense guns, plus a load of coal.
WICHAP
Chukuwen Chuuk Lagoon GOSEI MARU 126' (82m), 1,931-ton Costal Freighter rests on her port side on a steep incline right
236m (775') off the shore on the NW side of Uman Island in the Sixth Fleet Anchorage area. She sits at only 8'
(2.5m) at the stern and 100' (30m) at the bow, giving her the nickname, "Stern-High Wreck" Shallow-
Blue Lagoon Resort & Dive Shop Ruins Ruins water propellers provide photo opportunity. Remaining cargo includes drums for oil and gas, plus
torpedo bodies. Explosives, including torpedo warheads and depth charges, have thankfully been
NEUO removed. Cargo of coal remains in aft hold. Corrosion is advancing rapidly. Marine growth is lush. 610

Liveaboard Dive Boats Chuuk has both JILL 1 Etten Mokumok FUJISAN Sino Memorial School Tonoas Visitors UNKAI MARU NO. 6 305' (93m), 3,220-ton Cargo Ship sits upright Poop Deck Covered with Debris
land-based dive operators and liveaboard Float Plane (sparse remnants) Takarajima Restaurant (Yanago I.) MARU can't help but notice that the children of at 130' (39m), with its deck at 100' (30m), and s'structure at 80' (24m), She Seven 12 cm Guns in Aft Hold
dive yachts. The Odyssey seen here is Chuuk are beautiful and always ready to was almost gutted by fire before sinking. Books and a newspaper in English
an ocean-going hotel that divers enjoy (Japanese) flash a big smile.
while exploring Chuuk's shipwrecks.
can be found, but this severely corroded and collapsing structure has no cargo. 31 Four Antitank Guns on Stbd, Deck

Moen No. 2 Fighter & Seaplane Base KAITEN (Site of 1-man submarine) Bridge, Helm, & Mounted Vise
Engine Telegraph
(South Field) TACHIKAZE 5

SHINKOKU MARU AMAGISAN MARU 450' (137m), 7,620-ton Passenger-Cargo Ship lies in 200'+ Neoch Atoll
(60m+) water, listing severely to port and inclining downward from bow to stern. It
COMBINED FLEET ANCHORAGE is evident that a torpedo hit her aft end. There is also damage midships starboard. Machine Guns Bomb
Battleships - Carriers - Destroyers - The deck is at 120'+ (36m+), and the superstructure is at 100'+ (30m+), making Damage
Submarines - Heavy & Light Cruisers Tonoas access advanced and technical. A tanker truck rests off the port side near the bow. Galley
Cargo holds contain a car, bombs, aircraft parts, and planking wood. The engine
NECHAP Chuukese Commute The way to get room is deep and difficult. The best attraction is the much-photographed bow gun. Difficult, but
Japanese Naval Hospital to the market or to work for many Accessible S'structure
Chuukese folks is via the family boat. Collapsed Funnel
YAMAGIRI MARU I-169 SUBMARINE
TONAN MARU 3 HEIAN MARU These people are returning from the Battle Tank
KUCHUA Commercial Port on Weno back home
TACHI MARU
to Tonowas. NIPPO MARU Fwd. Mast Just Below Surface 13 NIPPO MARU
Hold 1 Contains Ammunition
Japanese School Aircraft Parts
Japanese Army Hospital and Supplies Hold 2 Contains Several Trucks Second Truck Underneath

KENSHO MARU RORO Stern Remnants Located About 600' Truck Hangs Over Fwd. Port, Lauvergne I.
Away in the Crater of the Explosion
Blue Lagoon Dive Shop Gradvin Aisek (left), REPAIR ANCHORAGE EISEN 761 ENIN 07000'N 34
the son of the founder of Truk Lagoon diving, FUTAGAMI St. Anthony
Kimiuo Aisek, runs a museum-like dive shop as KIYOSUMI MARU Tolomwan AIKOKO MARU
a tribute to his father. Franko adds the first SAPPORO POLLE
edition of this Chuuk Lagoon map to add to MARU
that tribute. Japanese Fuel Farm REIYO MARU Ipis
NAGANO MARU
Parem HOYO PATROL NUKUNO SAPUN MOMOKAWA MARU
MARU JILL 2 SHOTAN MARU
U.F.O. BOAT 34 JUDY SAN FRANCISCO MARU Fanamu Bottom at 90' (27m)
Japanese Seaplane Base SANKISAN MARU
Iron ZERO 3 SEIKO MARU

EMILY (Flying Boat) HOKUYO MARU OJIMA

Ufuno SAPETA ZERO 2 KIKUKAWA MARU HOKI MARU Torpedoes and Shells
Eten Airfield Bomb Damage
ZERO 1 BETTY (Bomber) Bridge Deck at 120' (36m)

Parem Airstrip Etten FOURTH FLEET ANCHORAGE 100's of Japanese Troops
Died in Aft Hold
Stack at 90' (27m)

FUJIKAWA MARU S'Structure at 130' (42m) Hold Contains Trucks
Foreship Obliterated with
Totiw INAKA Fefen Bow Flung 183m (600') Fwd. Deck at 160' (49m) Bow Gun
Large Aft Gun

Bottom at 210' (64m) Three Light Army Tanks
at 160' (48m)
FANIPW Chuuk Lagoon Islets Fanamu Island Hemispherical Mines
(shown), as well as Jeep Island are
favorite stops for diver between AIKOKO MARU SAN FRANCISCO MARU
wreck dives. It is surprising to learn
UNKAI MARU NO. 6 that these islets are inhabited. You Hold 2, Tween Decks to Midship Forecastle Contains All Kinds
can stay on Fanamu Island's beautiful Via Staterooms & Engine Room of Personal Items
SIXTH FLEET ANCHORAGE cottage. Inquire with Truk Blue
Lagoon Resort, which operates the are all Open to Dive Bow Gun
GOSEI MARU lodge. Snorkeling here is fabulous.
SAPORE Old Quadrant Rudder Bridge

Chuukese Subsistence Living Since just Mechanism on Poop Deck Fallen Stack Holes in Hull from Large Aft Gun
5000 or fewer tourists come to Chuuk each Exploding Shells
year, locals rely on day-to-day subsistence YUBAE MARU Galley in Aft S'structure
living, such as fishing and growing fruits ONE GUN BOAT Uman
and vegetables at home for their living. (HINO MARU NO. 2 or
DAI NA HINO MARU) (UNKNOWN) Hold No. 1 Contains Shoes

Large Gun

TAIHO MARU SUPPLY VESSEL Uroas RIO DE JANEIRO MARU
SUPPLY VESSEL
Propellers UNKAI MARU NO. 6

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