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Coron Bay. Coron Bay is a well-known recreational diving region in the Sulu Sea in the western Philippines, between the islands of Coron and Busuanga in the Calamian Islands. Most of Coron Bay is in the Coron Island Protected Area and is a traditional fishing area of the indigenous Tagbanwa tribe. Coron Bay is famous for diving on ten Japanese ...
Coron is known for wreck diving Wreck dive sites are found in depths as shallow as 12 metres (39 ft) and as deep as 43 metres (141 ft). Wreck diving sites in Coron Bay include the Akitsushima, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, Okikawa Maru, Olympia Maru. [4]
6 × Type 95 depth charges. 1 × Type 94 depth charge thrower (Y-gun) Aircraft carried. 1 × flying boat (in anchorage only) Aviation facilities. deck and crane. Akitsushima (秋津洲) was a seaplane tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), serving during World War II from 1942 until being sunk in September 1944.
Apo Reef is a roughly triangular coral atoll formation approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the north to the south tip, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from east to west. It is separated by two lagoon systems, the north and south lagoons which are bounded by narrow reef platforms. It is 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi) of almost triangular ...
The steamer John B. Cowle was built in 1902 by the Jenks Shipbuilding Company for the newly formed Cowle Transit Company. [1] [2] She was the first of two ships named for prominent Cleveland, Ohio citizen, John Beswick Cowle, who was part owner of the Globe Iron Works that built the first iron and steel Great Lakes bulk freighters, which were known as "tin pans".
U.S. investigators have confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last year. The National Transportation Safety Board ...
The wreck of Drake was first discovered by Captain Campbell of Liberty just four days after she sank on 6 October 1901, when he was downbound for the Soo Locks. Captain Campbell reported that Drake was located between Vermilion Point and Whitefish Point lying on her side in 40 feet (12 m) of water with about 5 feet (1.5 m) feet of water over ...
Watch live: US Coast Guard gives update on missing Titanic submersible after debris found. Thursday 22 June 2023 20:11, Ariana Baio. Watch live: US Coast guard gives update on Titanic submersible ...