DIVING TRUK LAGOON
439' (134m) 6,438-ton passenger-cargo ship, built in 1938, was en route to Palau in August 1943 and was located by the submarine USS Drum, which fired two torpedoes. The ship was heavily damaged and was taken to Rabaul, New Guinea for repairs, and then to Truk. She would remain under repair for two months until Operation Hailstone. On February 18, 1944 she was struck by one 1,000-lb and one 500-lb bomb, by Curtis Helldivers from USS Bunker Hill CV17, resulting in a huge explosion and fire. She sank rapidly.
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Diving Truk Lagoon
