Great Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon

Overview

Over sixty Japanese warships were sunk in Chuuk lagoon in a surprise raid by US carrier-based aircraft on 17 February, 1944. Now scattered across the lagoon bottom, the Fujikawa Maru, Shinkoku Maru, Aikoku, Betty Bomber, and others have become undersea islands of life. Home to beautiful creatures and corals, they remain littered with recognizable cargo and weapons.