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Fujikawa Maru is regarded as the best scuba diving site in Chuuk Lagoon by both of the principal authors who have undertaken comprehensive surveys of the lagoon, Dan E. Bailey [2] and Klaus Lindemann. Amongst the more striking features on the wreck are at least nine disassembled Mitsubishi fighter aircraft in one of the forward holds.
Chuuk Lagoon is part of the larger Caroline Islands group. The area consists of eleven major islands (corresponding to the eleven municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Weno, Fefen, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomoneas group) and 46 smaller ones within the lagoon, plus 41 on the fringing coral reef, and is known today as ...
Chuuk Lagoon was the Empire of Japan's main base in the South Pacific. On 17 February 1944, US Forces launched Operation Hailstone which destroyed Japanese merchant ships, light naval cruisers and 265 aircraft. The legacy of the attack made "Truk lagoon the biggest graveyard of ships in the world". [5] It was witnessed by Kimiuo Aisek when he ...
Chuuk Lagoon, in the Caroline Islands, now part of the Federated States of Micronesia, is a popular destination for recreational/sport divers around the world. In the 1960s, scuba divers began locating and identifying the hulks of Japanese ships sunk during Operation Hailstone (as well as later raids).
The team tests all the high tech recording and diving equipment before they head out to the Pacific Islands in Chuuk Lagoon.They visit the site of one of the most dramatic raids of World War II, before heading out to the open water in their ship, the Big Blue Explorer, a home away from home.
Parem in the eastern part of the map sheet. Param is a municipality and an island in the Southern Nomoneas (Shiki) Islands of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. [1]Param municipality consists of Param Island, Totiw Island (800 meters (0.5 mi) to the south) and Oan Island (3 kilometers (1.9 mi) to the west).
Diving is the main tourist attraction on Weno, an industry which was founded in Chuuk State by Kimiuo Aisek. [5] Chuuk State's first museum, Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum , was founded to honor his legacy in dive industry and the preservation of Chuuk's underwater heritage.
A legacy of his work to make Chuuk a dive destination was the establishment of the Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum. [ 24 ] The American attacks on the Japanese fleet in 1944 were such that today Truk lagoon is the largest underwater military cemetery in the world (60 ships and 400 aircraft scattered over several kilometers), which attracts divers ...