Dive Truk Lagoon: The Japanese WWII Pacific Shipwrecks

by Rod Macdonald

Overview

This new edition, which features new wreck illustrations of the newly-discovered IJN fleet salvage tug, will be of enormous appeal to divers, anyone interested in maritime and WWII history, as well as those with an interest in shipwrecks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849955416
Publisher:	Whittles Publishing
Publication date:	12/01/2023
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	660,270
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rod Macdonald is one of the world's pre-eminent shipwreck explorers and an international best-selling author of a number of classic shipwreck diving books. His books about his diving adventures around the world include Dive Palau; Into the Abyss,diving to adventure in the liquid world; The Darkness Below; Great British Shipwrecks and Force Z Shipwrecks of the South China Seas. Hometown: Scotland  

Also Known As:

Colin BendersPeter FrankMúsica Movimento MagiaSeth BoydCraig JenkinsGian-Marco SchmidThe FlamingosEusebio Nuñez FloresAntônio Lopes de Amorim Diniz

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements i

Introduction iii

Book 1 War 1

1 Japan in the Pacific 2

2 The Gibraltar of the Pacific - the secret is out 12

3 Photographic overflight. The Japanese Navy scatters as Task Force TF58 is formed 17

4 Operation Hailstone. 17 February 1944. DOG-DAY MINUS ONE 23

(i) 0600hrs. Grumman Hellcat fighter sweep 23

(ii) The aerial torpedo and bomb strikes commence 27

5 18 February 1944. DOG-DAY 30

6 Aftermath 33

Book 2 The Shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon 37

Chuuk Lagoon map 38

1 Aikoku Maru 40

2 Amagisan Maru 51

3 Fujikawa Maru 57

4 Fujisan Maru 65

5 Fumizuki 71

6 Futagami 77

7 Gosei Maru 79

8 Hanakawa Maru 83

9 Heian Maru 87

10 Hino Maru No.2 96

11 Hoki Maru 99

12 Hokuyo Maru 105

13 Hoyo Maru 110

14 1-169 114

15 Inter-island supply vessel 119

16 Katsuragisan Maru 120

17 Kensho Maru 125

18 Kikukawa Mam 132

19 Kiyosumi Maru 136

20 The lighter 142

21 Momokawa Maru 143

22 Nagano Maru 146

23 Nippo Maru 150

24 IJN Oite 159

25 Ojima 164

26 Patrol Boat No. 34 (ex-Susuki) 166

27 Reiyo Maru 169

28 Rio de Janeiro Maru 173

29 San Francisco Maru 182

30 Sankisan Maru 190

31 Sapporo Maru 197

32 Seiko Maru 199

33 Shinkoku Maru 203

34 Shotan Maru 211

35 Taiho Maru 215

36 Unkai Maru No. 6 217

37 Yamagiri Maru 221

38 Yubae Maru 228

Japanese Aircraft Wrecks of Truk Lagoon 231

1 The 'Betty' bomber 232

2 The 'Emily' flying-boat 237

3 The 'Jill' torpedo-bombers 241

4 The 'Judy' dive-bomber 243

5 The 'Zeke' (Zero) fighters 246

U.S. Task Force 58 Strike Aircraft 251

1 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 252

2 Douglas SBD Dauntless 252

3 Grumman TBF Avenger 253

4 Grumman F6F Hellcat 254

Bibliography 256

Index 258