DIVING TRUK LAGOON
450' (138m), 7,113-ton Cargo Ship was built in 1921 for the Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand for trans-Pacific trade, mostly to Australia. In July, 1942 she was ambushed by Japanese armed merchant cruisers Hokoku Maru and Aikoku Maru and captured, with her crew sent to the horrible Ofuna POW Camp in Tokyo. On February 17, 1944 she was repeatedly attacked by USS Essex and USS Yorktown bombers and then torpedoed by planes from USS Bunker Hill CV17. She burned and sank before the next day's attacks.
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Diving Truk Lagoon
