DIVING TRUK LAGOON
492' (150m), 10,437-ton Ex-Armed Merchant Cruiser & Raider never worked as an African-Japan ocean liner as intended. She and two sister ships were Japan's best, able to cruise at 17 knots and out-distance most ships of her time. Pressed into naval service, an unknown Avenger either bombed her or crashed into her forward hold setting off a magazine explosion so violent that she was obliterated from midships forward and she sank in seconds.
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Diving Truk Lagoon
