Truk Lagoon

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Truk Lagoon is a large coral atoll in Micronesia famed as a major Japanese naval base in World War II and now a renowned underwater graveyard and diving site filled with sunken warships and aircraft.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battlefield site
coral atoll
lagoon
scuba diving site
ship graveyard
alsoKnownAs Chuuk Lagoon
Lagoon of Chuuk
Truk Atoll NERFINISHED
attackDate February 1944
attackedBy United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
controlledBy Empire of Japan
United States after World War II
country Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance memorial site for World War II casualties
war grave for Japanese servicemen
currentStatus part of an independent Micronesian state
environmentalConcern leaking fuel and oil from wrecks
unexploded ordnance in wrecks
event Operation Hailstone
formerName Truk Atoll NERFINISHED
governedBy Chuuk State government
hasFeature barrier reef
lagoon basin with deep anchorages
numerous small islands
historicalPeriod World War II
locatedIn Caroline Islands NERFINISHED
Chuuk State
western Pacific Ocean
notableFor clear warm tropical waters
coral-encrusted wrecks
large concentration of sunken Japanese warships
rich marine life around wrecks
sunken merchant ships
sunken military aircraft
underwater war relics
well-preserved underwater wrecks
partOf Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
popularWith military history enthusiasts
technical divers
underwater photographers
strategicRole major forward base for Japanese operations in the central Pacific during World War II
tourismType historical tourism
wreck diving tourism
usedAs Japanese air base
Japanese naval base
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chuuk Lagoon
alsoKnownAs
Operation Hailstone
location

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