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Fujikawa Maru, Chuuk Lagoon

Wreck beach Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: A6M Zero fighters in the hold, bow gun, machine guns.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1944 WWII Operation Hailstone

Japanese aircraft transport sunk 18 February 1944 during Operation Hailstone, with at least nine disassembled fighters still in a forward hold; rated among the world's top wreck dives.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

overhead environmentsOrdnance, remote chamber support

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