San Francisco Maru

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The San Francisco Maru is a famous World War II Japanese cargo shipwreck in Chuuk Lagoon, renowned among advanced divers for its well-preserved tanks, trucks, and munitions lying at significant depth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese cargo ship
World War II shipwreck
armed merchant vessel
bowDepth approximately 52 meters
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Japan
diveSiteDifficulty advanced
diveType deep wreck dive
era Pacific War
hasCargo Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks
artillery shells
aviation fuel drums
general military supplies
mines
trucks
hasFeature coral and marine growth on hull
holds filled with military cargo
intact superstructure sections
tanks on deck
hazard decompression obligation
overhead environments inside wreck
potential unexploded ordnance
heritageStatus war grave
knownFor deep recreational-technical dive site
well-preserved cargo of munitions
well-preserved cargo of tanks
well-preserved cargo of trucks
locatedIn Chuuk Lagoon
Federated States of Micronesia
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
partOf Chuuk Lagoon underwater museum
Truk Lagoon wrecks
surface form: Truk Lagoon shipwrecks
protectedBy Chuuk State regulations
shipType maru-class cargo vessel
sternDepth approximately 64 meters
sunkBy United States forces
sunkDuring Operation Hailstone
sunkIn Chuuk Lagoon
sunkMonth February
sunkNear Truk Atoll NERFINISHED
sunkYear 1944
tourismType wreck diving tourism
visitedBy advanced recreational divers
technical divers
wreckDepthMax approximately 64 meters
wreckDepthMin approximately 45 meters

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Chuuk Lagoon hasDiveSites San Francisco Maru