Diving the wreck of the oiler Shinkoku Maru - Truk Lagoon. Engine room exploration
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- An exploration of the vast multi-deck level engine room of this WWII Japanese naval oiler sunk by U.S. Task Force 58 aircraft on 17 February 1944. Entering through the fatal bomb hole low in her port side aft that sank her, follow as the divers move along corridors and staircases as they ascend to the higher levels.
Great adventure. I enjoyed it. Thanks for no irritating music.
Cheers - like you, I can't stand people's music on videos. These are raw exploration dives, you see and hear how it really is! All the best.
Excellent video.....did the dive a few years ago on ccr.....spectacular engine room! Thanks! Andrew
Very interesting!!
This is wild. How do you keep from getting claustrofobia? Its a tight dark environment.
Thankfully I’m not claustrophobic- and yes, it is tight and dark! No light from outside comes inside, so you’re reliant on your torches. All the best.
What about the oil tanks and fuel tanks? is there still oil aborad the ship if so any idea how much? will it be a problem in the foreseeable future? did you find any human remains?
Hi Michael - I haven't been into the tanks so cant confirm actual position. However, Sinkoku Maru arrived in Truk for the last time 3 days before Operation Hailstone and transferred oil to the auxiliary oiler Tonan Maru No 3. She may have oiled other IJN ships in the harbour and was no doubt getting ready for a 'light' run, to eg Balikpapan, to collect more oil. So just applying common sense I think her tanks would have been largely empty at the time of her sinking. Anything left after she was sunk would likely have come out naturally over the 75 years since. If there was a lot of oil left in her tanks, then I dont think a valuable and very accessible oil cargo like that would sit around unsalved for 75 years. There may be some oil in her fuel tanks, many of the wrecks leak tiny droplets of oil to this day.
I've not seen human remains on this wreck. I mentioned in a response to a similar query elsewhere that Japan arranged the collection of all accessible human remains on the wrecks in 1994, they were cremated ashore.
EXCELLENT VID, just found it. I dove Truk in 1990. I just subscribed to UR channel and looking forward to more vids from U. Please tell me more about the dive . What camera and diving equipment were U using? How many wrecks have U dived on Truk? Were U on a live aboard? Thanks for the memories. David
Hi David - 1990 was my 1st time in Truk as well. I just use a GoPro on a lighting tray- I really use it as an underwater notebook, so I can review the footage and write about the wrecks in my books.I also cut a short edit to pass to the artist I use so he can illustrate the wrecks. I’m diving an Inspiration CCR nowadays, a bit different from 1990!