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September 29, 2020: Amakasu Maru

On August 11, 2016, during the Deepwater Wonders of Wake expedition, conducted a dive to search for the Japanese Destroyer, Hayate, which sank during the Battle of Wake Island reportedly in the area investigated during the dive. Instead, the team discovered and explored a Japanese cargo ship, Amakasu Maru No.1, which was a Japanese water tanker that was sunk by a U.S. submarine in 1942. In this image, remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer comes upon the bow of the Amakasu Maru.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake. Download larger version (jpg, 398 KB).

On August 11, 2016, during the Deepwater Wonders of Wake expedition, we conducted a dive to search for the Japanese Destroyer, Hayate, which sank during the Battle of Wake Island reportedly in the area investigated during the dive. Instead, the team discovered and explored a Japanese cargo ship, Amakasu Maru No.1, which was a Japanese water tanker that was sunk by a U.S. submarine in 1942. In this image, remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer comes upon the bow of the Amakasu Maru.

From: NOAA Discovers and Explores Japanese Cargo Ship, Amakasu Maru.