Toa Maru Explained
| -- warships except submarines --> | +Toa Maru| Ship Country: | Japan | | Ship Builder: | Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe | | Ship Launched: | 1934 | | Ship Fate: | Sunk 25 November 1943 |
| Ship Type: | Transport ship | | Ship Tonnage: | 10,052 tons | | Ship Length: | 502.3feet | | Ship Beam: | 64.9feet | | Ship Draft: | 37.1feet | | Ship Power: | Kawasaki (MAN-type) diesel engine, 8611hp | | Ship Capacity: | 93000oilbbl | | Ship Armament: | 1 × 4.7inches LA gun |
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Toa Maru No 2 is a
World War II Japanese
transport ship sunk by the American submarine
[1] off
Gizo,
Solomon Islands on 25 November 1943.
Diving destination
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 of water; however, the top of the wreck can be reached at a depth of . The contents of the ship's six cargo holds include sake bottles, ammunition magazines, 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]
External links
- Web site: War Wrecks of the Coral Seas . . 17 September 2017 . 14 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914053637/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/warwrecks/solomons.html . dead .
Footnotes
8.3667°N 158°W
Notes and References
- Web site: IJN Toa Maru . Combined Fleet . 2013 . Bob . Hackett . Peter . Cundall.
- Web site: Toa Maru No 2 . Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site .
- Top 20 wreck dives . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327070138/http://www.divernet.com/search.php?q=Top+20+wreck+dives&offset=0&submit=Go! . dead . 2012-03-27 . Diver . 2010.
