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Heres a Little video with ship wrecks of the world. Please enjoy ———– Music: nightwish – Sleeping sun ———– Please leave a Comment and say what you think:) ———-

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In Redding, california the first scuba cat

Sankisan Maru was 367 feet long and had a beam of 51 feet.

The Sankisan Maru was built as a cargo ship in 1920 for D.D. Todd Construction Company in Tacoma Washington, and was named the Red Hook. Between 1920 and 1942 she went through several name changes  to finally end up as the Estero in 1939 before she was captured by the Japanese  Navy in 1942 and renamed the Sankisan Maru.

The Sankisan Maru containes aircraft engines, medical supplies, several trucks, and bullets , the masts contain heavy growth of soft coral and large anemones can be found on the deck.

The top of the decks is at about 50 feet the Sankisan is a great mid week dive to give your body a rest  form the deeper diving.

Rio De Janeiro was at anchor in Truk and was hit by at least one bomb.

The Rio de Janeiro Maru was built in 1930 by the Mitsubishi Zosensho Company as a passenger ship.

Rio de Janeiro Maru was 461 feet long and had a  beam of 62 feet she was powered by 2-Mitsubishi Sulzer diesel engines and had a max speed of 17.6 knots.

In 1940 The Japanese Navy commendeared the Rio De Janeiro and converted  her to a submarine tender at the navy shipyard in Sasebo. They installed  two artillery guns, and  anti-aircraft guns.

  By 1943 the Japanese Navy submarine fleet  had all but been destoryed so the Rio de Janeiro Maru was converted to a transport.

The Rio De Janeiro is resting on her starboard side. The holds contain a large amount of empty beer bottles, and you will find the engine room a great place to explore.

Today the bow section of the Rio De Janeiro is completely collapsed on itself. The damage  apparently was caused by one of the live aboard dive operators who insists on anchoring directly to the wrecks.

The Nippo has one of the best preserved wheel houses of the wrecks at Truk Lagoon.

The Nippo Maru at Truk Lagoon should not be confused with  IJN Nippon Maru which was an oiler ( sometimes called Nihon ) which was sunk on January 14, 1944 by the USS Guardfish while in route to Truk.

The Nippo Maru at Truk is a cargo ship that was Swedish built and commendeared by the Japanese Navy and renamed Nippo, she is 353 feet long with a beam of  50 feet by 23 feet.

  On board the Nippo you will find tanks, coastal defense guns, mines, and munitions, you might consider a full wetsuit to protect yourself from the caustic chemicals leaking from some of the containers on board.

The Shinkoku Was Reported To Have Taken 2 Hits From Torpedo Planes During Hailstone But Did Not Sink

The Shinkoku Maru was built in1939  the Shinkoku was 500 feet in length and had a beam of 65 feet.  and was put into service to transport much needed oil from the U.S. To Japan, after the U.S. embargo on Japan the Imperial Navy took her over and used her as a fleet oiler.

The Shinkoku Maru was part of the attacking fleet that bombed Pear Harbor.

The Shinkoku Maru survived the 2 days of attacks during operation hailstone even after taking 2 aerial torpedo hits, then she finally went to the bottom of the Lagoon where she now rests.

Kaigun type submarines, the I-168 sank the Yorktown at the battle of Midway

The I-169 was one of the 3 largest submarines ever built at that time. It was built at the Mitsubish Kobe shipyards and launched  February 14 1934 it had a length of 331 feet and a 27 x 13 foot beam dimension, with six 21 inch torpedo tubes four in the bow and 2 a-stern, operating rang of 10,500 miles.

The I-169 could run on the surface at 20 knots and 9 knots submerged, it was power by two 6,000 h.p. diesel engines and carried 75 salors and 9 officers.

The I-169 was operating off Oahu when Pearl Harbor was attacked Commander Katsuiji Watanabe was in charge when it became entangled in the antisub net, it took the I-169 38 hours to break  free.

On April 2nd 1944 The I-169 returned to Truk lagoon to replenish its supplies at 11:00 am Navy Avengers and Hellcats began another attack on Truk.

 The I-169 begain its to dive to safty at the bottom of the lagoon as it descended the control room began to flood, a crew member in the control room  failed to close the valve on the storm ventilation tube the water short circuited the electrical system, water tight hatches kept the rest of the sub dry.

A salvage vessel was sent to where the I-169 was at anchor before the attack and a hardhat diver was put into the water he located the I-169 and found crews were still alive in 4 of the 5 compartments on the 3 day of salvage efforts no sign of  life remained.

Over the days that  follow divers were sent down to remove as many of the crew as they could 32 crew members were located and removed, in May fear that the U.S. would invaid Truk  and raise the I-169 lead to the order to destroy the I-169, dept charges were used to destroy the submarine.

The GM4 long range medium bomber code name Betty by the allied forces

The problems with the wing tanks was so bad  that US pilots nicknamed the Betty the “Flying Lighter”.