IJN
Passenger
& Cargo
Tons
4,739
Dimensions
367 / 52 / 30
Crew
unknown
Sinking History
Sunk by Bunker Hill and Monterey
planes on the morning of the February 17, 1944 outside Truk Lagoon while off loading Army troops. It sunk immediately from the first of several torpedo
hits, and a fuel fire spread across the surface. Burning wreckage drifted
to Udot Island and started fires in a mangrove swamp an spread to some
buildings.
Shipwreck
Rarely dived because it is over an hour away by boat from the lagoon and because aviation
fuel still leaks form the wreck that can burn divers. A short
barrel 4.7 inch gun used for anti-submarine defense on the stern.
