Lat
9° 1' 0N Long 167° 34' 0E These wrecks are infrequently visited due to their
distance from Kwajalein (24 miles)
They are in a line100 yards from shore where the reef drops off into
deeper water.
Unknown
Wreck (Kikyo Maru ?)
Wartime History
Sunk off Eller Island. Likely 274 ton Kikyo
Maru, a picket boat.
Shipwreck Appears to be a converted sub-chaser or
large picket boat lying on its starboard side. The ship
is at a steep angle with its stern at 55' and bow at
15 . There are open compartments, and the interior of
the vessel has yielded china, bottles, and a telegraph.
The ship is in poor shape due to intense wave action. A
deck gun is mounted on the stern.
15-55'
Miscellaneous
Auxiliary Ship (Meiho Maru ?)
Wartime History
Sunk
off Eller Island, 500 yards north of the unknown wreck. This wreck is likely
144 ton Meiho Maru.
Shipwreck A portion of the bow is exposed above water. It lies on
its starboard side. The stern is in about 30' of water
and bow in 5'. No armament is visible.
5-30'
Tug (Fuji Maru No. 11 ?)
Wartime History Sunk off Eller Island. Likely the 135 ton Fuji
Maru No. 11, a converted submarine chaser.
Shipwreck Lies on its port side with its bow in
5' and stern in 40' of water. There is debris all
over the bottom near the bow and along side of the wreck.
The bow gun and mount have fallen from the deck and lie
on the bottom in shallow water.
