IJN
Cargo
Tons
5,860
Sinking History
Sunk in Simpson Harbor off Rabaul by air attack on November 2, 1943.
Shipwreck
A large hole in her port side
allows access to the engine room. Fuel drums litter the sand
around the wreck.
H. Sawyer adds:
"I also dived the Italy Maru in Simpson's Harbour - I wasn't
down there very long - I do remember seeing it appear as
I went down the shot line - it was like something out of
a ghost film - it made a very big impression on me - it
wasn't the first wreck I'd dived, but it was probably the
most haunting."
100-140'
