Toa Maru
History | |
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Builder: | Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe |
Launched: | 1934 |
Fate: | Sunk 25 November 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Transport ship |
Tonnage: | 10,052 tons |
Length: | 502.3 ft (153.1 m) |
Beam: | 64.9 ft (19.8 m) |
Draft: | 37.1 ft (11.3 m) |
Installed power: | Kawasaki (MAN-type) diesel engine, 8,611 hp (6,421 kW) |
Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
Capacity: | 93,000 bbl (14,800 m3) |
Armament: | 1 × 4.7 in (120 mm) LA gun |
Toa Maru No 2 is a World War II Japanese transport ship sunk by the American submarine USS Searaven (SS-196)[1] off Gizo, Solomon Islands on 25 November 1943.
The hull of the wreck is intact and lying on its starboard side. The ships masts are still attached to the hull; however, recently the superstructure has fallen into the sand. The deepest point of the wreck is by the stern, which rests in 130 feet (40 m) of water; however, the top of the wreck can be reached at a depth of 40 feet (12 m). The contents of the ship's 6 cargo holds include saki bottles, ammunition clips, two Type 95 tanks, motor-cycle sidecar combinations and a fuel tanker. However, since the sinking, the ship has been salvaged removing some of the cargo and the ship's propeller.[2]
In its 2010 travel guide, Diver magazine named the wreck as one of the top 20 wreck dives in the world.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hackett, Bob; Cundall, Peter (2013). "IJN Toa Maru". Combined Fleet.
- ↑ "Toa Maru No 2". Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site.
- ↑ "Top 20 wreck dives". Diver. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27.
Coordinates: 8°22′N 158°00′E / 8.367°N 158.000°E