Interesting Video! In the early 70's I worked in an ENT clinic at Tripler Army Medical Center and one day a fellow came in to be treated for a ruptured ear drum. We got talking and he was a civilian contract diver working in Truk Lagoon defusing and removing unexploded ordinance. I asked him what it paid and he told me $250/hr for dive time and also pay for travel, per diem and standby. In those days that was awesome money but then I considered the risk this guy took every day.
In such a protected lagoon, as this wreck sits upright, it will be around for a good while yet. Wrecks on their beam ends tend to degrade more quickly as not how they were designed.
I have Dive Truk and Dive Palau they are my top shipwreck books in my collection. I got chills reading about the Aikoko Maru and any of the wrecks with remains still present
It would be great if a model or real sunjen ship like this could be on display in a large aquarium like place so that people who can't dive can see for themselves what a real life wreck looks like. It could have interactive cameras to show the insides
@@rodmacdonald6396 I think we can safely say that someone on this ship leaked the schematics to the other side because they knew exactly where to hit the ship which is hitting the sections where all the munitions where. Aerial attacks directly from above are not easy to bring down ships because the bomb needs to go through several decks of iron flooring, concrete and other materials to sink a ship. They knew exactly where to hit, which was targeting the hold where the the depth mine charges and the lance torpedo ammunitions were stored that would have created secondary chain of bomb explosions to bring down the ship. They had a traitor onboard.
Luminatrix FanFiction I don’t think you need leap that far.The layout of these ships was known from plans and obvious from the air. There was a war on so always a chance of hitting something on these transports that went bang - or else blowing out bottom of the hold.
Hi Louis - I have already started to use narration, try the Hanagawa Maru video and see what you think. These are raw exploration dives and I use the mic to highlight things for myself that I can write about later in my books.
Indeed - hit around aft holds by 500-lb bombs from Task Force 58 Grumman TBF Avengers. Blew the sides of the ship out - brutal to be there and see the raw damage the hits did
Interesting Video! In the early 70's I worked in an ENT clinic at Tripler Army Medical Center and one day a fellow came in to be treated for a ruptured ear drum. We got talking and he was a civilian contract diver working in Truk Lagoon defusing and removing unexploded ordinance. I asked him what it paid and he told me $250/hr for dive time and also pay for travel, per diem and standby. In those days that was awesome money but then I considered the risk this guy took every day.
That was a hell of a lot of cash then - and the wrecks are still filled with munitions...
Was there last week. June 24. Not much changed. Great clarity
In such a protected lagoon, as this wreck sits upright, it will be around for a good while yet. Wrecks on their beam ends tend to degrade more quickly as not how they were designed.
Amazing that the ship is still so much intact after all these years.
Thanks - really enjoyed this and never realised how quiet rebreathers are.
Something about war wrecks, it's like they are still in the battle for eternity
Hi Michael - I agree, Moments frozen in time. Regards from Scotland
I have Dive Truk and Dive Palau they are my top shipwreck books in my collection. I got chills reading about the Aikoko Maru and any of the wrecks with remains still present
Michael - excellent, many thanks for the support
Great video. Revives memories of my dives there in 2007, MEG CCR.
Glad you enjoyed it!
It would be great if a model or real sunjen ship like this could be on display in a large aquarium like place so that people who can't dive can see for themselves what a real life wreck looks like. It could have interactive cameras to show the insides
"Aerial". Thank you.
Definitely a fun dive!! Thx!
Excellent video. Thanks. Your book "The darkness below" is excellent too. 👍
Thank you!
@@rodmacdonald6396 I think we can safely say that someone on this ship leaked the schematics to the other side because they knew exactly where to hit the ship which is hitting the sections where all the munitions where. Aerial attacks directly from above are not easy to bring down ships because the bomb needs to go through several decks of iron flooring, concrete and other materials to sink a ship.
They knew exactly where to hit, which was targeting the hold where the the depth mine charges and the lance torpedo ammunitions were stored that would have created secondary chain of bomb explosions to bring down the ship. They had a traitor onboard.
Luminatrix FanFiction I don’t think you need leap that far.The layout of these ships was known from plans and obvious from the air. There was a war on so always a chance of hitting something on these transports that went bang - or else blowing out bottom of the hold.
Great footage to watch but you might want to consider narration instead of sub titles and please film without a mic on.
Hi Louis - I have already started to use narration, try the Hanagawa Maru video and see what you think. These are raw exploration dives and I use the mic to highlight things for myself that I can write about later in my books.
Was it bombed?
Indeed - hit around aft holds by 500-lb bombs from Task Force 58 Grumman TBF Avengers. Blew the sides of the ship out - brutal to be there and see the raw damage the hits did
The futility of mans' endeavors.....
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