Dive boats for Apra Harbor wrecks leave from Aqua World Marina |
Micronesian Divers Association boat operations, Aqua World Marina |
Micronesian Divers Association dive boat "Sea Fantasy" |
I thought when MDA said my tanks would be delivered to the boat, then meant "on" the boat |
Mangrove lined channel and sailboat, Aquaworld Marina |
Dive briefing for the wrecks |
During WWII, the Japanese ship Tokai Maru sank in Apra Harbor almost landing on the German World War I wreck of the Comoran |
Actually, you don't need to go far for a wreck dive - this one is right near the dock |
Wreck of a small boat, Aqua World Marina |
Piti Power Plant, Guam Power Authority |
"Makena" tied up in front of the Piti Power Plant, Aqua World Marina |
Small island in the inner harbor |
Piti Power Plant, Guam Power Authority |
It's a short boat ride to the wrecks |
Apra Harbor, Guam |
Cranes of Apra Harbor's container port |
Rusting wreck alongside the channel, Apra Harbor |
Wreck in Apra Harbor, apparently the victim of a typhoon |
Guam Container Port, Apra Harbor |
Port of Guam, Apra Harbor |
Giant crane, Port of Guam |
M/V Golden Micronesia, Apra Harbor, Guam |
Arriving at the dive site in Apra Harbor - where are my tanks? |
I had expected my tanks to have been loaded on the boat, but they were left sitting on the dock |
Problem solved - descent to the Tokai Maru, sunk August 27, 1943 by an American submarine USS Snapper |
The only place in the world where you can touch a World War I wreck and a World War II wreck at the same time |
German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cormoran, scuttled on April 17, 1917, soon after the US declared war on Germany |
SMS Cormoran on its side in 21-38m of water |
Wreck of the SMS Cormoran, Apra Harbor, Guam |
Second dive onto the Tokai Maru |
Coral and reef fish on the Tokai Maru |
The Tokai Maru entered service in 1930 on the Tokyo-New York route |
The Tokai Maru was torpedoed on January 24, 1943 by the USS Flying Fish but not sunk |
Funnel of the Tokai Maru |
The Tokai Maru was damaged and stranded in Apra Harbor for 7 months before being torpedoed again by by the USS Snapper |
Top of the stack of the Tokai Maru |
Divers on the Tokai Maru in Apra Harbor, Guam |
Tokai Maru |
Bridge of the Tokai Maru |
Doorway on the Tokai Maru |
Tookai Maru wreck |
On the deck of the Tokai Maru |
Wreck of the Tokai Maru |
Wreck of the Tokai Maru |
Anchor chain of the Tokai Maru |
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Tokai Maru lists 85 degrees to port |
Wreck of the Tokai Maru |
Marine growth on the Tokai Maru |
Wreck of the Tokai Maru |
Wreck of the Tokai Maru |