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• Dai Na Hino Maru
• Emily Flying Boat
• Fujikawa Maru
• Fumitsuki Maru
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• Gosei Maru
• Heian Maru
• Hoki Maru
• Hoyo Maru
• I-169
• Kansho Maru
• Kiyosumi Maru
• Micro Trader
• Nippo Maru
• Rio de Janeiro Maru
• San Francisco Maru
• Sankisan Maru
• Sutsuki Patrol Boat
• Unkai Maru No. 6
• Yamagiri Maru
• Yubai Maru

Reefs:

• Shark Reef

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Scuba Diving Truk Lagoon (Chuuk Lagoon), Micronesia

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Dive Site: Nippo Maru

Location: Near Tonoas, Chuuk Lagoon

Description: 3,764 ton cargo vessel

Length: 106 metres (353 feet)

Depth: Max depth 50 metres (165 feet), 40 metres (130 feet) to deck, 30 metres (100 feet) to top of wreck

Visibility: 30 metres (100 feet)

Rating: *****

Awesome dive! I dropped onto the bow and headed past the truck frame to the tank, then on past the wheelhouse to the rear howitzer guns on the starboard aft section. The wreck lists to the port at 20 degrees. There is lovely coral on the king masts and we had great viz. On the second dive we did here I went into holds 4 and 5 where there were thousands of sake bottles and huge gun mounts. Two sand rays were on the sea bed by where the stern is stuck on the reef. I headed back through the wheelhouse where the wheel mount and telegraph are intact.

Rik Vercoe, BSAC Advanced Diver

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Nippo Maru Resources

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