The Ghost fleet of Chuuk (Truk) lagoon........

[Adrian]

Interesting article on the Daily Mail website with some great photos........

Graveyard of Japanese fleet.

[Scout]

Ive wanted to go diving there for the better part of a decade....

[lithgow]

"Keep on Trukkin' "

[Adrian]

Ive wanted to go diving there for the better part of a decade....

You and me both.......

The nearest I got was the helicopter at the bottom of Stoney Cove..........

[Woolgar]

Amazing images! That would be my kind of holiday!

Nick

[robin morley]

Looking at the amount or artifacts left am I right in thinking that removing them is prohibited.

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Looking at the amount or artifacts left am I right in thinking that removing them is prohibited.

[CARL]

Stunning and powerful images Adrian, thank you for posting this.

Regards,

Carl

[Adam M]

Tanks, ships, planes and much more, the sea holds many treasures.

[Scout]

Looking at the amount or artifacts left am I right in thinking that removing them is prohibited.

I would regard the lagoon as having status as a graveyard.

Would you remove 'artifacts' from a graveyard?

[Scout]

Shipwrecks of Truk
For more than two years after the war, oil from the sunken ships covered the beaches and reefs. Truk is best wreck diving in the world overall because of the numerous wrecks and their preservation and beauty. Depths vary from the surface in excess of 200 feet. You can penetrate into the wrecks but you can't remove any artifacts. Caustic substances like high octane aviation fuel, oils, gasoline and acid exist on many of the wrecks. Explosives, mines, munitions, detonators, torpedoes and shells are still "live". The wrecks of Truk Lagoon are war graves. Strict policies exist that prevent the removal of any artifacts or marine life from the wrecks. Fines and a possible jail sentence await those who disobey. The Trukese hope preserve their lagoon as an underwater living monument and museum of the war.

Pacific Wrecks - Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon)


Contents of the lagoon:

Shipwrecks


Aikoku Maru Amagisan Maru Fujikawa Maru
Hanakawa Maru
Heian Maru
Hino Maru No.2
I-169 Kensho Maru Kikukawa Maru
Nagano Maru Nippo Maru Oite
Rio De Janeiro Maru San Francisco Maru Sankisan Maru
Tonan Maru No.3 "Tugboat Wreck" "Tugboat Wreck"
Fujisan Maru Fumitsuki Gosei Maru
Hoki Maru Hokuyo Maru Hoyo Maru
Kiyosumi Maru Matsutani Maru Momokawa Maru
Ojima Patrol Boat No. 34 Reiyo Maru
Seiko Maru Shinkoku Maru Taiho Maru
Unkai Maru No.6 Yamagiri Maru
Yubae Maru

Futagami Sapporo Maru

Unidentified and MIA Shipwrecks

"Gun High Wreck" Hakushun Maru Sub Chasers No. 38
Katsuragisan Maru Naka Sub Chasers No. 66
Tachikaze Gyoraitei No. 10 Sub Chasers No. 46
Kotohira Maru Minsei Maru Subchaser No. 29
Taijun Maru Akagi Maru

Sunken Aircraft

Zeke Zeke Zeke
Emily G4M1 Betty D4Y1 Judy
Zeke B6N2 Jill