IJN
Cargo Water Carrier
Tons
3,787
Dimensions
340 / 48/ 26
Sinking History
Sunk on December 4, 1943 in Kawajalein South Atoll by planes from USS Yorktown by
one or more 1,00 or 2,000 lbs. bomb hits and near misses.
Shipwreck
She lies on
her starboard side and is one of the most popular
dives at Kawajalein.
There is an empty gun platform on the stern, the rear hold has artillery shells banded together in clusters. Some have spilled out into the sea floor.
Another empty gun mount is on the bow.
The engine room can be entered through open hatch covers. There is a skeleton on the grating floor.
In the No.2 hold is full of beer bottles.
No.1 hold contains metal tanks probably for water.
135'
