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Hailstorm Over Truk Lagoon: Operations Against Truk by Carrier Task Force 58, 17 and 18 February 1944, and the Shipwrecks of World War II. Oregon: Resource Publications. ISBN 1-59752-347-X. Peattie, Mark (1992). Nan'Yo: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885–1945 (Pacific Islands Monograph Series). University of Hawaii Press.
The wreck of Aikoku Maru is a popular scuba diving spot in the waters of Truk Lagoon, despite her depth of approximately 64 metres (210 ft). The wreck is upright, with the bridge at the 40 metres (130 ft) meter level and deck extending approximately 10 metres (33 ft) deeper.
World War II: Operation Hailstorm: The 5,831-gross register ton Daifuku Maru No. 1-class auxiliary transport was bombed and sunk in 140 to 210 feet (43 to 64 m) of water in Truk Lagoon) by United States Navy aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS
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 ...
Truk Lagoon, often considered by some as the Japanese equivalent of Pearl Harbor, was attacked by US carrier aircraft in Operation Hailstone in 1944. Beforehand the Combined Fleet evacuated their major units - carriers, battleships, and heavy cruisers - so the only warships lost were two light cruisers and four destroyers.
Oite – On 18 February, in Operation Hailstone, the Japanese destroyer was sunk in Truk harbor by Allied aircraft. Oite was torpedoed, broke in half, and sank almost immediately, killing 172 of 192 crew and all 523 survivors that she had rescued from the Agano that was sunk two days earlier. 695 Navy 1942 United States
Tonan Maru No. 3 was sunk by US carrier-based aircraft on 17 February 1944 whilst positioned at in the Chuuk Lagoon. [15] [20] She was one of 30 Japanese ships sunk in Operation Hailstone, a raid of Chuuk by aircraft from the USS Bunker Hill, Enterprise, Essex, Intrepid and Yorktown. [21]