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SANKISAN MARU
370 ft, 4776 ton army cargo ship, captured by the Japanese. Only the for-section of this ship
remains-aft of the bridge was destroyed by a massive explosion, and a tangles mass of metal
lies strewn down to 25 mtrs. There is still much to see in the holds and on the deck-thousands
of small medicine bottles, liberated from the long gone wooden crates lie scattered in one
hold while a similar carpet of bullets lie elsewhere. On Deck there are skeletal remains of a
couple of trucks, and the fo’c’sle is accessible and interesting. Much of the upright section of
the wreck is festooned in a lush assortment of soft corals boasting a multitude of colours Lies
of the west side of Uman Island.
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