Wreck Summary
| Type |
Shipwreck City Baby |
| Build |
Steel |
| Location |
Micronesia
|
| Depth |
40-210 feet |
| Length |
stinkin huge |
| Built |
Vintage World War II |
| Sank |
1944 |
| Access |
Boat |
| Experience Level |
Beginner to Technical |
| Orientation |
Every which way you can imagine
|
It is disappointing at first to discover Truk Lagoon is mostly full of merchant vessels and not warships, but it has to be remembered they were carrying the implements of war. Most ships were retrofitted with sizeable gun for self defense, some carried tanks, trucks, artillery, landmines, ammunition, torpedoes, fighter planes, and more. And they’re not ALL merchant ships. There’s a destroyer, submarine and Betty bomber which sound like they should be highlights of the trip but aren’t. In comparison to the other wrecks these military vessels are smaller with vastly less penetration potential and character. It’s believed the sub was not hit during the attacks but tried to escape by submerging but in their haste not all hatches were closed in time and it went down with all hands. It was later depth charged so it could not fall into enemy hands.
