DIVING TRUK LAGOON
331' (101m), 3,220-ton Cargo Ship was originally a "Venus" class vessel built in Great Britain in 1905. The Japanese bought six such ships in 1911. No. 6 did not get drafted into war use until just a few weeks before Operation Hailstone. She was bombed by aircraft from both the USS Yorktown and the USS Bunker Hill, but it wasn't until an attack the next day when USS Essex planes sank the fire-gutted ship. Three crew members perished.
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Diving Truk Lagoon
