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Coron Bay is famous for diving on ten Japanese shipwrecks. The ships Akitsushima, Okikawa Maru, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Olympia Maru, Taiei Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, East Tangat Gunboat and Lusong Island Gunboat were sunk on September 24, 1944, by the third air fleet of US Task Force 38. [1] The wrecks can be reached in a one-hour drive from Coron by ...
Coron is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km) southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage. Because of its unique ecological features, the entire ...
Busuanga Island is the second largest island in the province after Palawan island itself. The island is located halfway between the islands of Mindoro and Palawan with the South China Sea located to the west and the Sulu Sea to the southeast. South of the island are the two other major islands of the Calamian Group: Culion Island and Coron ...
The Invasion of Palawan (Filipino: Paglusob sa Palawan), was fought by U.S. liberation forces against the Japanese from 28 February to 22 April 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II, was waged to initiate the recapture of the southern islands of the Philippine ...
Currently tourism is the top industry in Coron due to local beaches, dive sites, Lagoons and other natural tourist spots. [23] A dozen sunken Japanese warships at depths between 10 and 40 meters (33 and 131 ft) off Coron Island is a diving destination, [8] listed in Forbes Traveler Magazine’s top 10 best scuba diving sites in the world.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) Japanese minelayer Sarushima. Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1931) Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1942) Japanese destroyer Shiratsuyu (1935) Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku. USS Skylark (AM-63) USS Snook (SS-279) USS Spence.
The wreck is on the NOAA's "Potentially Polluting Wrecks" list, which is a list of 87 sunken vessels located in various spots across the United States ocean floor that could pose a threat to the ...
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.